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Jane Arraf
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The U.S. says a halt in hostilities is meant to give diplomatic talks some space, though Iran denies any formal negotiations are underway.
Yemen's Houthi rebels struck Saudi oil assets over the weekend to reinforce their control over the Bab el-Mandeb shipping lane.
After nearly two weeks of intensive mutual airstrikes, both the U.S. and Iran halted attacks over the weekend and began exchanging diplomatic messages.
Oil prices reached a 2-month high of over $100 per barrel last week due to blocked shipping lanes; it fell to $92 in Monday morning trading.
Yemen's Houthi rebels (Ansar Allah) closed the Bab el-Mandeb shipping lane near the Red Sea, a move aimed at Saudi Arabia.
Iran's foreign ministry spokesman stated Monday that Iran had not asked for talks and is not holding formal negotiations with the U.S., despite message exchanges through Oman.
Three people were shot and killed at the Bite of Seattle food festival Sunday evening, with four more injured including a 2-year-old. Police arrested one suspect at the scene and are hunting a second; two guns were recovered and investigators are relying on public video because there were no surveillance cameras at the site.
Festival attendee Jessica Allison described hiding with her family under a performance stage as gunshots rang out. Carnival workers helped adults and children vault fences to escape; she said her heart was still racing afterward.
Washington's governor, a congresswoman, and Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson all arrived at the scene Sunday night. Police are now appealing for public video because no surveillance cameras covered the area where the shooting happened.
After nearly two weeks of U.S. strikes on Iranian military infrastructure and Iranian counterstrikes on U.S. bases in Jordan and Gulf countries, both sides went quiet over the weekend. Ambassador Mike Waltz said Trump is 'giving talks some space,' but Iran insists it is not in formal negotiations.
Yemeni Houthi rebels closed the Bab el-Mandeb shipping lane near the Red Sea, joining the Strait of Hormuz blockade and pushing oil prices to a 2-month high above $100 a barrel before dropping to $92. Iran is also demanding a Lebanon ceasefire as a condition for any deal with the U.S.
Iran has reiterated that any real ceasefire with the United States requires a simultaneous ceasefire in Lebanon, where Israel is fighting Iran-backed Hezbollah. Israel has pledged to withdraw from some test areas but the process is moving extremely slowly.
The U.S. is calling its pause in attacks on Iran a diplomatic window. Iran is calling it exactly nothing — its foreign ministry says there are no negotiations and Iran never asked to return to talks. Meanwhile, the Houthis didn't get the memo, striking Saudi oil infrastructure over the weekend to tighten their grip on the Bab el-Mandeb shipping lane.
Maine Democrats needed a new Senate candidate fast, and they found one in Troy Jackson — a former logger, longtime state lawmaker, and Bernie Sanders ally. Sanders endorsed both Plattner and Jackson and campaigned with both. Jackson's progressive platform is already energizing Democratic voters and pulling independents ahead of a fight with Susan Collins, who is seeking a sixth term.
A JAMA Pediatrics study found 1 in 5 teens and young adults now turn to AI chatbots for mental health support, a number that shot up 40% in just one year. General-use tools like ChatGPT and Gemini weren't built for this — and there have been deaths. Psychologist Ursula Whiteside delivers the most important rebuttal to AI therapy in one sentence: human connection is what keeps people from suicide.
The Pentagon changed how it counts American casualties in the Iran war — moving 4 recently killed troops out of the official Iran war death toll and into a new bucket labeled 'overseas operations.' The result: the true cost of the war is harder to see, and requires cross-referencing separate government lists to piece together.
Chinese chipmaker CxMT became the most valuable company listed on China's stock exchanges after its shares soared on debut in Shanghai. Its chips power AI servers and consumer smartphones — a direct play on China's race to build semiconductor independence amid U.S. export restrictions.
Uncontrolled wildfires have forced more than 250,000 people from their homes in France, prompting President Emmanuel Macron to call an emergency crisis meeting. The scale of displacement marks one of France's worst recent wildfire disasters.
The Senate has one week to pass $1 trillion in government funding, $100 billion in Pentagon spending, and confirm a Director of National Intelligence who already fumbled his confirmation hearings. The 60-vote threshold makes every bill dependent on Democratic cooperation — but Democrats have little appetite to fund a war in Iran that Congress never authorized, or an immigration crackdown they oppose.
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