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Amazon is partnering with hip-hop star Megan Thee Stallion to boost sales for its 10th annual Prime Day discount event. The rapper unveiled a new original song called “It's Prime Day” on Tuesday. An accompanying music video shows her purchasing a pink dog collar, fake eyelashes and other items from Amazon. The online retailer's two-day discount bonanza will take place this year on July 16 and 17. It is limited to Prime members who pay Amazon $14.99 per month, or $139 per year, for access to deals and other perks. The company says Megan Thee Stallion’s song is a bonus track from her forthcoming album and will be available for listening only on Amazon Music.

Eastern Ohio residents will learn more Tuesday about the fiery Norfolk Southern train wreck that derailed their lives when the National Transportation Safety Board holds another hearing in their hometown about the disaster last year. The hearing is expected to disclose new findings from the investigation into the February 2023 derailment near the Ohio-Pennsylvania line. The agency also will make recommendations for averting future derailments. The agency has already said it believes the crash was caused by an overheated bearing on a railcar and that officials didn't need to blow open five tank cars of vinyl chloride and burn the toxic chemical to prevent an explosion. Congress has yet to act on rail safety reforms proposed after the derailment.

Jurors in the murder trial of Karen Read must decide whether she was a callous girlfriend who drove off after killing her Boston police officer boyfriend with her SUV, or whether police framed her to cover a brutal beatdown by his fellow officers. Lawyers are to give closing arguments Tuesday before jurors consider the wildly differing accounts of the death of Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe. Prosecutors contend Read struck O’Keefe with her Lexus SUV and drove off in January 2022, leaving him unconscious in the snow after a night of bar hopping. But the defense said she was a “convenient outsider” who saved them from having to consider other suspects.

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been fighting for years to avoid extradition to the United States to face charges related to his organization’s publication of a huge trove of classified documents. On Monday, news came that Assange will plead guilty to a felony charge in a deal with the U.S. Justice Department. This will allow him to walk free and resolve his long-running legal saga that spanned multiple continents and centered on the publication of a trove of classified documents. He has been in custody in a high-security London prison since 2019 as a back-and-forth with the U.K. courts dragged on over whether he can be sent to the U.S.

Residents are returning to a fire-ravaged village in the mountains of southern New Mexico. The mayor warns that some parts of Ruidoso remain off limits as special search and rescue teams go house to house along the hardest-hit streets. They're looking for the remains of people who are still unaccounted for after the South Fork and Salt fires ripped through the area last week, killing at least two people, forcing thousands to flee and destroying more than 1,500 structures. The mayor says 29 people are on the list. Firefighters also worked Monday to bolster fire lines and prevent hot spots from flaring ups.

ANAHEIM — As the Angels run low on starting pitchers, they are going to need every inning they can get out of the ones who remain.

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Defense attorneys for Alec Baldwin say the involuntary manslaughter charge against him in the 2021 death of a cinematographer on a movie set should be thrown out because the gun was damaged during FBI testing. The actor's lawyers argued in a New Mexico court hearing Monday that the prosecution knew the revolver could be destroyed during testing, and that amounted to deliberate and outrageous destruction of evidence they might have used to exonerate him. Prosecutors argued that the gun was not destroyed and there are plenty of means left for his defense. A judge expects to rule on the motion to dismiss on Friday.

The mayor of Maui County in Hawaii wants to stop owners of thousands of vacation properties from renting to visitors. Instead, he wants the units rented long-term to people who live on Maui to address a chronic housing shortage that intensified after last August’s deadly wildfire. The mayor’s proposal faces multiple legislative and bureaucratic hurdles, starting with a planning commission meeting Tuesday. The outcome will shape whether Maui continues to cater to tourists or whether it will curb tourism to address complaints that visitors are overwhelming the island. The units in question account for about half of Maui’s legally operated short-term rentals.

Jurickson Profar’s two-run, bases-loaded single with two outs in the 10th inning lifted the San Diego Padres to a wild 7-6 victory over the Washington Nationals. Profar’s hit into the right-center gap bounced over the fence. Profar rounded first base, swerved toward the infield celebration and pulled off his helmet and raised his arms in the air. The winning hit came five batters after Jackson Merrill hit a two-run single to center off Hunter Harvey (2-3). The Padres hadn’t had a baserunner since the third inning. Wandy Peralta (2-1) got the win.

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Olympic champion Athing Mu’s hopes for a repeat title came crashing down during the first lap of the 800-meter final at U.S. track trials. Racing in the middle of the pack, Mu got tangled up with a bunched pack of runners and went crashing to the ground. She got back to her feet and finished, but was more than 22 seconds behind the winner, Nia Akins. Mu headed quickly off the track and through the tunnel after the race. The Olympic trials were her first meet of the year after dealing with injuries all season.

More rain storms are possible in parts of the deluged Midwest, where flooding after days of heavy rains has killed at least two people, sent a river surging around a dam and forced evacuations and rescues. Two deaths were confirmed by Iowa and South Dakota officials. Additional rain and severe storms are possible later Tuesday in parts of Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota and Minnesota with even more unsettled weather expected later in the week. Many streams may not crest until later this week as the floodwaters slowly drain.

A well-known Hawaii lifeguard who was killed in a shark attack on Oahu’s North Shore was a former professional surfer with acting credits to his name. Tamayo Perry died in the attack near Goat Island on Sunday. Perry was most famous as a surfer around in the early 2000s. His specialty was surfing huge Pipeline waves, and he won the Pipeline Master trials in 1999. His other passion was acting. He had several small roles credited to him, including playing a buccaneer in “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” in 2011. That same year, he appeared in an episode of the television series “Hawaii Five-0.”

Canada's Stanley Cup drought continues after the Edmonton Oilers fell short of coming back to win the final. They lost Game 7 to the Florida Panthers with Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl held off the scoresheet. The defeat came after the Oilers became the first team since the 1945 Detroit Red Wings to overcome a 3-0 deficit to force a deciding seventh game in the final. They could not join the 1942 Toronto Maple Leafs as the only ones to rally from that position to hoist the Cup. A team from Canada has not won it in 31 years and 30 seasons dating to the Montreal Canadiens in 1993.

News that the U.S. Justice Department has reached a plea deal with Julian Assange brings a stunning culmination to a long-running saga of international intrigue that spanned multiple continents and has had as its central character a quixotic internet publisher with a disdain for government secrets. An Australian editor and publisher, Assange is best known for having founded WikiLeaks, which gained attention for the 2010 release of almost half a million documents relating to U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He's set to plead guilty to conspiring to unlawfully obtain and disseminate classified information relating to the national defense of the United States. Rather than prison time in the U.S., he is expected to return to Australia after his plea and sentencing.

Civil liberties groups have filed a lawsuit challenging Louisiana’s new law mandating that the Ten Commandments must be displayed in every public school classroom. Plaintiffs in the suit filed Monday include parents of Louisiana public school children, represented by attorneys with the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, and the Freedom From Religion Foundation. Opponents argue that the law is a violation of separation of church and state and that the display will isolate students, especially those who are not Christian. Proponents say the measure is not solely religious and has historical significance. In the language of the law, the Ten Commandments are “foundational documents of our state and national government.”

South Korea has lashed out at North Korea’s resumption of trash-carrying balloon launches and threatened to restart anti-Pyongyang propaganda broadcasts. On Monday night, North Korea floated huge balloons carrying plastic bags of waste papers across the border in its fifth such campaign since late May. It was an apparent response to South Korean activists flying political leaflets via balloons. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has called North Korea’s balloon activities “a despicable and irrational provocation.” The South Korean military said Tuesday that it's ready to turn on its border loudspeakers again in response.

Indonesia’s national data center has been compromised by a hacking group asking for a $8 million ransom that the government says it won’t pay. The cyberattack has disrupted services of more than 200 government agencies at both the national and regional levels since last week. The telecom company says it is working with authorities at home and abroad to investigate and try to break the encryption which made data inaccessible. Some services such as immigration ones have returned, but efforts continue at restoring other government services such as investment licensing.

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Kyle Okposo used to rollerblade around his driveway as a kid, pretending he was a pro hockey player competing in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup final. It’s a memory he’s kept with him throughout his NHL career. Exactly 18 years after the Islanders selected him with the seventh pick in the 2006 draft, Okposo’s moment finally came as the Panthers beat the Oilers in Game 7 of a thrilling Stanley Cup Final.

Brazil was held to a 0-0 draw by Costa Rica in its Copa America group play opener. Although Brazil controlled play and outshot Costa Rica 18-2, the team known for decades of sublime offensive play was held scoreless by a defense led by goalkeeper Patrick Sequeira, who had to make just three saves thanks to Brazil’s erratic aim. Brazil also had an apparent goal by Marquinhos taken off the board in the first half after a lengthy VAR check. The result left Colombia on top of Group D after its 2-1 victory over Paraguay.

Connor McDavid has won the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP despite he and the Edmonton Oilers losing the Stanley Cup Final to the Florida Panthers in seven games. McDavid was the biggest reason the Oilers fought back from a 3-0 series deficit to get to Game 7. He was the first player to have consecutive four-point games in the final. His 42 points led all scorers in the NHL postseason and were five shy of the record of 47 set by Wayne Gretzky in 1985.

Vietnamese automaker VinFast has a big problem: It just can’t sell enough cars. Idle factories bleed money and the company's financial health is at stake. Vinfast is hoping its tiniest and cheapest car yet — a roughly 10-foot-long mini-SUV priced at $9,200 and called the VF3 — will become Vietnam's “national car" and win over consumers in Asian markets. Bad reviews and poor sales after VinFast plunged straight into the hypercompetitive U.S. market have compelled it to focus more on potential customers in neighboring countries. VinFast is building factories in Indonesia and India and considering launching the VF3 in the Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand as well as the U.S. and Europe.

Federal judges in Kansas and Missouri have together blocked much of a Biden administration student loan repayment plan that provides a faster path to cancellation and lower monthly payments for millions of borrowers. The judges’ rulings prevent the U.S. Department of Education from helping many of the intended borrowers ease their loan repayment burdens going forward under a rule set to go into effect July 1. The decisions do not cancel assistance already provided to borrowers. In Kansas, the judge is allowing parts of the program applying to students who borrowed $12,000 or less remain in effect, but not parts for others. In Missouri, the judge blocked forgiving loan debt.

North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is one of Donald Trump’s most visible and vocal backers, sprinting around the country to drum up support for the ex-president’s comeback bid while auditioning to be his running mate. But far from the glare of the campaign trail, Burgum is wrestling at home with a mammoth carbon dioxide pipeline project. The $5.5 billion venture has split his state and left him straddling an awkward political divide. Burgum has stood out in the narrowing field of Trump's potential V.P. choices due to his executive experience, business savvy, and close ties to deep-pocketed energy industry CEOs whose money Trump wants to help bankroll his 2024 campaign.

A Nevada judge is being asked to decide if a former Los Angeles-area gang leader will be freed from jail to house arrest on $750,000 bail ahead of his murder trial in the 1996 killing of hip-hop music legend Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas. Duane “Keffe D” Davis has been jailed since his arrest last September in the killing 27 years ago. His defense attorney wouldn't comment ahead of Tuesday's hearing. The judge in Las Vegas wants proof that funds for Davis' release are obtained legally. Documents say the bond backer is an insurance company in Morristown, New Jersey. Davis has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder. His trial is scheduled Nov. 4.

Hawaii authorities say the death toll from last year’s wildfire in Lahaina on the island of Maui has risen to 102. The Maui Police Department said Monday the Honolulu Medical Examiner’s office found 68-year-old Claudette Heermance succumbed to injuries suffered in the fire. She died in hospice care in March. An official from the medical examiner’s office says she died of various issues including cardiovascular disease and burns over 20% of her body. The Aug. 8 wildfire was already the deadliest to hit the United States in over a century.

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw has been shut down for a week after experiencing lingering soreness in his comeback from left shoulder surgery. Manager Dave Roberts says the 36-year-old Kershaw had an MRI that “showed no new incidents." Roberts says the team is confident this is just “a blip.” Kershaw had surgery in November, a month after he recorded just one out in Game 1 of the National League Division Series against Arizona. The three-time NL Cy Young Award winner re-signed with Los Angeles in February, staying with his only big league club.

North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is one of Donald Trump’s most visible and vocal backers, sprinting around the country to drum up support for the ex-president’s comeback bid while auditioning to be his running mate. But far from the glare of the campaign trail, Burgum is wrestling at home with a mammoth carbon dioxide pipeline project. The $5.5 billion venture has split his state and left him straddling an awkward political divide. Burgum has stood out in the narrowing field of Trump’s potential V.P. choices due to his executive experience, business savvy, and close ties to deep-pocketed energy industry CEOs whose money Trump wants to help bankroll his 2024 campaign.

Republican voters in Utah are set to decide whether retiring U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney will be succeeded by someone similarly willing to challenge GOP hard-liners or a farther-right candidate who pledges to fall in line with former President Donald Trump. Tuesday's primary duel between GOP factions will test whether Trump’s influence and appeal have grown among Republican voters in Utah. The state is a rare Republican stronghold that half-heartedly embraced the former president in past elections. Suburban mayor Trent Staggs rode Trump’s endorsem*nt to a GOP convention nomination. He's hoping it will also propel him past the more moderate front-runner, U.S. Rep. John Curtis.