Stocks sink after Trump threatens to escalate trade war despite seeing how much Wall Street hates it

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are falling after President Donald Trump doubled down on his tariffs, despite seeing how much markets want him to do the opposite. The S&P 500 dropped 1.7% Monday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank 860 points, and the Nasdaq composite fell 1.4%. The Dow earlier fell as many as 1,700 points following even worse losses worldwide on worries that Trump’s tariffs could torpedo the global economy. It then surged to a gain after a rumor circulated that Trump may pause his tariffs. But the White House quickly called that fake news, and Trump then threatened to raise tariffs further on China.

Trump threatens more tariffs on China as global markets plunge

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he's considering additional tariffs on China. The Republican president's threat came Monday after Beijing retaliated against his announcement of tariffs last week. The back-and-forth raises new concerns about a global trade war as markets plummet. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 1,200 points as trading began Monday morning. Trump says other countries have been taking advantage of the U.S. for years and insists his tariffs are necessary to rebalance global trade and rebuild domestic manufacturing. Trump posted online that “GREATNESS will be the result!” The White House says Trump would veto a Senate bill that would mandate congressional approval for new tariffs.

Nations puzzle over how to respond to US trade war as global markets gyrate

BRUSSELS (AP) — The impact from U.S. President Donald Trump's blast of tariff hikes is reverberating across world markets as America's trading partners puzzle over whether there is room for negotiating better deals. China struck a note of confidence even as markets in Hong Kong and Shanghai tumbled. South Korea and Pakistan say they're planning to send officials to Washington to see what might be done to soften the impact. Malaysia’s Trade Minister said his country will seek this week to forge a united response among Southeast Asian nations to the sweeping U.S. tariffs.

Swollen rivers are flooding towns in the US South after a prolonged deluge of rain

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Rivers rose and flooding worsened across the U.S. South and Midwest, threatening communities already waterlogged and badly damaged by days of heavy rain and storms that killed at least 20 people. From Texas to Ohio, utilities scrambled to shut off power and gas, while cities deployed sandbags to protect homes and businesses. Forecasters warned that flooding could persist for days, especially in Kentucky, Tennessee and Alabama. Some rivers that inundated towns rose to near-record levels and were expected to crest on Monday.

An Israeli strike on a media tent outside a Gaza hospital kills and wounds journalists

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinian hospital officials say Israel struck a news media tent outside a hospital in the Gaza Strip, killing a local reporter and one other person and wounding six other journalists. The Israeli military says the strike targeted a man whom it identified as a Hamas militant posing as a journalist. Medics say at least 32 other people were killed in separate attacks. Israel has carried out waves of strikes across Gaza and ground forces have carved out new military zones since it ended its ceasefire with Hamas last month. Israel has barred the importation of food, fuel, medicine and humanitarian aid for well over a month.

Trump and Netanyahu will meet on tariffs, the war in Gaza and more

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet President Donald Trump in Washington, becoming the first foreign leader to visit Trump since he unleashed tariffs on countries around the world. Whether Netanyahu’s visit Monday succeeds in bringing down or eliminating Israel’s tariffs remains to be seen. But how the meeting plays out could set the stage for how other world leaders try to address the new tariffs. Netanyahu’s office has put the focus of his hastily organized visit on the tariffs. They also stress that the two leaders will discuss major geopolitical issues, including the war in Gaza, tensions with Iran, Israel-Turkey ties and the International Criminal Court. They're also likely to discuss Israel’s hoped-for annexation of parts of the occupied West Bank.

‘Little suns in the classroom’: Ukrainian city mourns children killed by Russian missile

KRYVYI RIH, Ukraine (AP) — Anger and outrage are gripping the hometown of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as it holds funerals for some of the 20 people, including nine children, killed by a Russian missile that tore through apartment buildings and blasted a playground. More than 70 were injured in the attack last Friday evening on Kryvyi Rih. The children were playing on swings and in a sandbox in a tree-lined park at the time. Bodies were strewn across the grass. “We are not asking for pity,” Oleksandr Vilkul, the head of the city administration, wrote on Telegram as Kryvyi Rih mourned Monday. “We demand the world’s outrage.”

First Black Republican woman in Congress honored in Utah after brain cancer death

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Family and friends of former U.S. Rep. Mia Love were gathering in Salt Lake City to honor her life and legacy after she died of brain cancer in March at age 49. Love was the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress. The former lawmaker from Utah had undergone treatment for an aggressive brain tumor called glioblastoma and received immunotherapy as part of a clinical trial. She died at her home in Saratoga Springs, Utah, weeks after her daughter announced she was no longer responding to treatment. Hundreds of mourners attended Monday's service at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Institute of Religion at the University of Utah.

WNBA mock draft: Paige Bueckers goes No. 1 to Dallas and Seattle selects French star Malonga 2nd

NEW YORK (AP) — There’s no doubt who’s going first in the WNBA draft next Monday with Paige Bueckers the consensus top pick. After that it gets interesting with Olivia Miles' decision to enter the NCAA transfer portal instead of the draft. The Washington Mystics, with a new coach and general manager, control the direction of the draft with the third, fourth and sixth pick. Here’s a look at how the first round could look on April 14.

American YouTuber who left a Diet Coke can for a reclusive tribe on an island is arrested in India

NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian police have arrested a 24-year-old American Youtuber who visited an off-limits island in the Indian ocean to try to establish contact with an isolated tribe known for attacking intruders. Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov, a resident of Arizona, was arrested on March 31, two days after he set foot on the restricted territory of North Sentinel Island, part of India’s Andaman and Nicobar Islands. He left an offering of a Diet Coke can and a coconut in an attempt to meet people from the reclusive Sentinelese tribe, who have has been isolated from the rest of the world for thousands of years.