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In the news today: US President Donald Trump explains why he ended his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein; a gunman kills four people in a shooting at a New York City office tower; and Israel's leader claims no one in Gaza is starving but data and witnesses disagree. Also, a new study details how seniors can cut their risk of developing dementia.
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A photograph of US President Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein is displayed on the side of a van in Aberdeen during Trump's five-day trip to Scotland, Monday. (Jane Barlow/PA via AP)
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Trump says he ended friendship with Epstein because he 'stole people that worked for me'
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President Donald Trump said Monday that he ended his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein and threw the now-disgraced financier out of his private club in Florida after Epstein betrayed him more than once by hiring people who had worked for him. Read more. |
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- The White House declined further comment. But the White House had previously offered a different explanation for the falling-out. Steven Cheung, the White House communications director, said in a statement last week: "The fact is that the President kicked him out of his club for being a creep."
The case has dogged Trump at home and abroad and even followed Vice President JD Vance during an appearance in his home state of Ohio on Monday. A small group of protesters assembled outside a factory in Canton that Vance toured, holding signs that spelled out "JD Protects Pedophiles" and indicating that "GOP" stands for "Guardians Of Pedophiles."
Trump also said he declined Epstein's invitation to visit a private island the financier owned. "I never had the privilege of going to his island, and I did turn it down, but a lot of people in Palm Beach were invited to his island," Trump said. "In one of my very good moments, I turned it down. I didn't want to go to his island."
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Gunman kills 4, including police officer, in shooting at New York City office tower
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A man stalked through a Manhattan office tower firing a rifle Monday, killing four people, including a New York City police officer, and wounding a fifth before taking his own life, officials said. The shooting took place at a skyscraper that is home to the headquarters of both the NFL and Blackstone, one of the world's largest investment firms, as well as other tenants. Read more. |
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The gunman, identified by authorities as Shane Tamura of Las Vegas, had a "documented mental health history," according to Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch, but his motive was still unknown. The officer killed was Didarul Islam, 36, an immigrant from Bangladesh who had served as a police officer in New York City for 3 1/2 years, Tisch said at a news conference.
Through late July, New York City is on pace this year to possibly have its fewest homicides and fewest people hurt by gunfire in decades. But the city's corporate community has been on edge since December, when UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was killed outside a hotel hosting a conference. The rampage happened at the end of the workday in the same part of Manhattan.
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Israel's leader claims no one in Gaza is starving. Data and witnesses disagree
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After international pressure, Israel over the weekend announced humanitarian pauses, airdrops and other measures meant to allow more aid to Palestinians in Gaza. But Palestinians say little or nothing has changed on the ground. The U.N. has described it as a one-week scale-up of aid, and Israel has not said how long these latest measures would last. Read more. |
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says no one in Gaza is starving: "There is no policy of starvation in Gaza, and there is no starvation in Gaza. We enable humanitarian aid throughout the duration of the war to enter Gaza – otherwise, there would be no Gazans." President Donald Trump on Monday said he disagrees with Netanyahu's claim of no starvation in Gaza, noting the images emerging of emaciated people: "Those children look very hungry."
The World Health Organization said Sunday there have been 63 malnutrition-related deaths in Gaza this month, including 24 children under the age of 5 — up from 11 deaths total the previous six months of the year. The WHO also says acute malnutrition in northern Gaza tripled this month, reaching nearly one in five children under 5 years old, and has doubled in central and southern Gaza. The Patient's Friends Hospital, the main emergency center for malnourished kids in northern Gaza, says this month it saw for the first time malnutrition deaths in children who had no preexisting conditions.
- Israel asserts that Hamas is the reason aid isn't reaching Palestinians in Gaza and accuses its militants of siphoning off aid to support its rule in the territory. The U.N. denies that looting of aid is systematic and that it lessens or ends entirely when enough aid is allowed to enter Gaza.
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An elderly couple walks down a hallway in Easton, Pa., in 2015. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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To stay sharper while aging, get active, challenge your brain, and eat healthy
It's official: Older Americans worried about cognitive decline can stay sharper for longer by exercising both their bodies and their brains and eating healthier. That's according to initial results released Monday from a rigorous U.S. study of lifestyle changes in seniors at risk of developing dementia. And it's not too late to get started. |
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