WASHINGTON (AP) — The Secret Service says a suspect who opened fire Monday on the National Mall did so after being confronted by officers.

Secret Service Deputy Director Matt Quinn said officers returned fire. A bystander was struck by the suspect, Quinn said.

Quinn said the motorcade of Vice President JD Vance transited through the area not long before the shooting, but there was no indication it was the target.

The incident happened Monday afternoon around 15th Street and Independence Avenue near the Washington Monument.

The Secret Service encouraged

NEW YORK (AP) — officials awarded the fiction prize to an author with a history of experimenting with genres and with language itself: Daniel Kraus, cited for “Angel Down,” a World War I narrative with a celestial twist that unfolds over some 300 pages in one long sentence. Bess Wohl’s look back at the feminist consciousness-raising groups of the 1970s received the drama prize.

included two books rooted in the country’s founding. Jill Lepore’s “We

HALIFAX — Cape Breton fiddler Ashley MacIsaac has launched a civil lawsuit against Google, claiming the online giant defamed him by falsely identifying him as a sex offender in an AI-generated summary.

In December, the Juno Award-winning musician said he learned about the misinformation after a First Nation north of Halifax confronted him with the summary — known as an “AI overview” — then cancelled one of his concerts. The Sipekne’katik First Nation later issued a public apology to MacIsaac.

In a statement of claim filed in

Police in Durham Region are investigating after three homes were damaged in what authorities describe as an arson that took place in Pickering early Sunday morning.

Emergency crews were initially called to the area of Catalina Manor and Alexander Knox Road at approximately 5:40 a.m. after an active blaze was reported at the site of three homes that were still under construction.

Authorities say the residences were unoccupied at the time of the fire and no injuries were reported.

“Further investigation revealed that at approximately 5:15 a

OTTAWA — The federal intelligence commissioner, who approves or denies key national security activities, issued 14 decisions last year — the most in any single year since the position was created.

In his annual report made public Monday, intelligence commissioner Simon Noel says new issues continue to emerge concerning the activities of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service and the Communications Security Establishment, Canada’s cyberspy agency.

“Global developments in 2025 have reinforced the reality that Canada faces a complex national security and intelligence environment,” Noel says

OTTAWA — A union representing more than 120,000 federal public servants whose contracts are up for renegotiation says wage offers presented by the federal government are “insulting” and “unacceptable.”

The Public Service Alliance of Canada says the government has tabled wage proposals that amount to less than one per cent per year for workers in the administrative services, operational services and technical services groups.

News releases posted to the union’s website say the wage offers amount to 2 per cent in 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — The Washington Post won the for public service for scrutinizing the Trump administration’s sweeping, choppy cuts and changes to federal agencies, and The Associated Press the award Monday for about surveillance.

In a year when several prize-winning projects zoomed in on the Trump presidency, the Post’s coverage illuminated the fast-moving, sometimes opaque particulars of the administration’s drive to reshape the national government, and judges credited the Post with detailing what the changes meant for individual Americans.

The

A United Airlines jet came dangerously close to disaster Sunday when it on the New Jersey Turnpike as it came in to land at Newark Liberty International Airport.

“A major catastrophe was avoided by feet,” said safety expert Steve Arroyo, who landed on that same short runway many times during his career at United. “Had it been another five feet lower, eight feet, I mean, no more than 10 feet, that plane would have been all over the New Jersey Turnpike.”

The driver of the bakery

After cementing himself in lore with a season-saving shot in the playoffs, hometown hero made it clear he doesn’t want to go anywhere.

The Mississauga, Ont., native was asked about his desire to stay in Toronto at the team’s end-of-season media availability on Monday, and while he understands basketball is a business, his heart is already made up.

“I think that this is an easier question for me to answer because I’m from here, and who doesn’