First Thing: Five people, including two suspects, killed in shooting at San Diego’s largest mosque
Teenage suspects died from self-inflicted gunshot wounds, say officials. Plus, why American women want to leave the US at twice the rate of men
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Authorities are investigating a shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego as a hate crime.
Three people were killed and two suspects, aged 17 and 18, were also dead from apparently self-inflicted gunshot wounds, officials said. The FBI set up a tip line and said it was looking for information from the public.
The shooting happened shortly before midday prayers on Monday at the Islamic Center, in the Clairemont area of San Diego. The ICSD is home to the largest mosque in San Diego county.
What do we know about the suspects? The mother of one of the suspects had called police about two hours prior, informing them that her son was missing along with several of her weapons and her vehicle. Police were looking for the teenager and his friend when they received a 911 call from ICSD.
Trump claims planned attack on Iran postponed after Tehran makes new proposal to end war
Iran has presented a new proposal aimed at permanently ending the war, officials in the region said on Monday, with Donald Trump claiming he had paused further military strikes to allow for negotiations.
But while the US president has regularly threatened Tehran on social media and claimed that a peace deal is within reach, there has been no sign of an immediate breakthrough in the stalled negotiations to end the war, though the current truce has paused most attacks.
What is Trump claiming now? That the leaders of Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia approached Washington over the chance of making a deal that would be “very acceptable” to the US, and stop Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.
… and Iran? Its foreign military spokesperson, Esmail Baghaei, claimed Pakistan had shared Iran’s latest proposal with the US. There were contradictory reports from Islamabad, which has acted as mediator: one source appeared pessimistic, while others said Tehran had made concessions.
Jury hands victory to Sam Altman and OpenAI in battle with Elon Musk
A federal jury has ruled in favor of Sam Altman, in the trial between the world’s richest person and a leader of the AI boom.
The jury in Oakland, California, found Altman, OpenAI and its president, Greg Brockman, not liable for Elon Musk’s claims that they had unfairly enriched themselves and broken a contract made with Musk when founding the startup.
What does this mean for OpenAI? It opens up a clear path for the company to pursue going public later this year, at a valuation of about $1tn.
What did the jury’s verdict find? That Musk’s lawsuit, which was filed in 2024, did not fall within the statute of limitations to bring his case. OpenAI had argued that Musk had known of the company’s plans to pursue a for-profit structure as early as 2017, meaning his case was filed after the three-year limit.
In other news …
Greenland’s government has criticized the visit of a US doctor alongside Donald Trump’s special envoy, saying that Greenlanders are not “experimental subjects”.
Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Alabama, Oregon and Idaho are holding primary contests on Tuesday to select candidates ahead of November’s midterm elections.
Mark Fuhrman, a former Los Angeles police detective convicted of lying during testimony at the OJ Simpson murder trial, has died. During the 1995 trial he reported having found a bloody glove at Simpson’s home, but the defense raised the prospect of racial bias – and he was found to have lied about having previously used racial slurs.
Japan has been gripped by fears of a naphtha shortage, as the blockade of the strait of Hormuz causes shortages of the chemical.
Stat of the day: American women want to leave the US at twice the rate of men
A growing number of American women want to leave the US: last year, a Gallup poll found that 40% of those aged 15 to 44 said they would move abroad permanently if they had the chance. This proportion has soared fourfold since 2014, and compares with just 19% of men (their numbers had held steady over the last decade). From politics to gun violence, here is why.
Culture pick: ‘The film humanised Russians at a time when Rambo was killing them’: how we made Letter to Brezhnev
When Frank Clarke wrote the script for Letter to Brezhnev – a working-class romance between a pair of girls from northern England and two Russian sailors on leave in Liverpool – the cold war was at its height. So it was tough to get funding to make it – but Clarke managed, thanks to interest from an heiress. “I’m proud of how Letter humanized the Russians, at a time when Rambo was killing them,” reflects the actor Margi Clarke.
Don’t miss: ‘She compared her dachshund to my newborn baby’: should you be able to take your dog everywhere?
When Gizzelle Cade saw a woman place an absorbent pad on the floor of a London restaurant for her dachshund, she confronted her – and then posted about it. “The owner started to compare her dog to my son. She said: ‘Well, your baby shits and pisses. My dog needs to shit and piss too.’ She kept on comparing her dog to my newborn baby,” says Cade, an influencer from the US who now lives in the UK. As cities become increasingly dog-friendly, where should the line be drawn?
Climate check: Trump’s cuts to weather data could make forecasts less reliable, warn experts
Experts fear the Trump administration’s cuts to climate and weather data could make the federal government’s forecasts less reliable. As the US heads into hurricane season and a stretch of record-breaking temperatures, with a “super El Niño” on the cards, concerns are growing about the impact the 40% cut to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration may have.
Last Thing: Inside the weird and wonderful world of NBA superstitions
The night before the Arizona Wildcats’ 1997 NCAA national championship game against the University of Kentucky, Jason Terry and Mike Bibby slept in their uniforms out of nervousness. The Wildcats won – and that was the beginning of a superstition for Terry, who has embraced several quirks in the hopes of maintaining a running streak. From players eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches before games to boarding flights last, here are some of the NBA’s most particular superstitions.
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