BUTLER, Mo. (@AP) — Authorities say 12 people were killed when a plane crashed in Missouri. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said the crash occurred near the Butler Memorial Airport. Butler is roughly 65 miles south of Kansas City.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (@AP) — The U.S. military announced that it has begun strikes against Iran following the crash of a U.S. Army Apache helicopter off the coast of Oman.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (@AP) _ President Donald Trump blamed Iran for downing a U.S. Army helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday and said the United States must respond to the attack. Trump said that both service members “are safe and uninjured.”

The environmental footprint of data centers rivals some of the world's largest countries, according to a United Nations University report, which predicts their water and energy use and pollution will double in just four years as AI use grows. Via @AP: apnews.com/article/ai-data-c…

WASHINGTON (@AP) _ A federal judge ruled Friday that President Donald Trump's name was illegally added to the Kennedy Center and blocked the administration from closing the cultural and arts venue for major renovations. U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper in Washington, D.C., ruled that the Kennedy Center board’s March 16 vote to close the facility was “ill-informed and seemingly preordained” with no regard for its legal obligations.

BATON ROUGE, La. (@AP) _ Louisiana Legislature approves new congressional map to give Republicans another winnable US House seat.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (@AP) _ A federal judge has temporarily blocked any payouts from the Trump administration’s $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” settlement fund.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (@AP) _ Ohio, one of the nation’s data center destination hot spots, is suspending a tax break that has been critical to its competition with other states to attract the massive new facilities that power and train artificial intelligence chatbots.

WASHINGTON (@AP) — U.S. forces carried out out new defensive strikes on Wednesday on an Iran military facility after downing Iranian attack drones, according to U.S. officials. The officials said U.S. Central Command forces shot down four Iranian one-way attack drones that posed a threat around the Strait of Hormuz.

AUSTIN, Texas (@AP) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton won the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate, defeating four-term Sen. John Cornyn. Paxton was endorsed by President Donald Trump last week.

WASHINGTON (@AP) — The U.S. military said Monday that it carried out “self-defense” strikes in southern Iran, including on missile launch sites and boats placing mines. U.S. Central Command says the strikes were done “to protect our troops from threats posed by Iranian forces” but that it was “using restraint during the ongoing ceasefire.”

The progressive left counts Chris Rabb’s success in Philadelphia as one of its biggest victories of the year and the latest warning sign that Democratic voters see the party’s leadership as weak and feckless in countering Trump. Via @AP: apnews.com/article/chris-rab…

WASHINGTON (@AP) — A person who approached a White House security checkpoint and began firing at officers has died, according to federal officials. The U.S. Secret Service said in a statement late Saturday that, according to a preliminary investigation, the person approached a checkpoint shortly after 6 p.m. ET “removed a weapon from his bag and began firing at posted officers.” Officers returned fire and hit the suspect, who was transported to an area hospital, where he later died, according to the Secret Service.

WASHINGTON (@AP) — Law enforcement authorities are responding to shots that were fired near the White House grounds, FBI Director Kash Patel said. Journalists working there Saturday reported hearing a series of gunshots and were told to seek shelter inside the press briefing room, where U.S. Secret Service officers prevented them from leaving.

WASHINGTON (@AP) — Chris Rabb wins Democratic nomination for U.S. House in Pennsylvania's 3rd Congressional District.

WASHINGTON (@AP) — Bob Brooks wins Democratic nomination for U.S. House in Pennsylvania's 7th Congressional District.