Florida boat collision leaves 1 dead, at least a dozen injured

CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — One person has died and at least a dozen people were injured in Florida when a boat crashed into a ferry and then fled the scene off the Memorial Causeway Bridge. The Clearwater Police Department posted on X that there were multiple injuries Sunday and the crash had been declared “a mass casualty incident” by the fire department due to the number of injuries. All of those injured were aboard the ferry. The U.S. Coast Guard says on-scene reports indicate that 45 people were on the ferry and six people were on the boat and it’s reported that all are accounted for from both vessels. The Coast Guard says 12 people were taken to a local hospital.

Mob chased woman after mistaking her for protester at speech by Israeli security minister

NEW YORK (AP) — A Brooklyn woman said she feared for her life as she was chased, kicked, spit at and pelted with objects by a mob of Orthodox Jewish men who mistook her as a participant in a protest against Israel’s far-right security minister. The assault, recorded by a bystander, unfolded Thursday near the global headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement in Crown Heights, where an appearance by Itamar Ben-Gvir set off clashes between pro-Palestinian activists and members of the neighborhood’s large Orthodox Jewish community. The woman, a neighborhood resident in her 30s, told The Associated Press she learned of the protest after hearing police helicopters over her apartment. She walked over to investigate around 10:30 p.m. but by then the protest had mostly dispersed. Not wanting to be filmed, she covered her face with a scarf.

Another federal judge expresses skepticism over Trump law firm executive orders

WASHINGTON (AP) — Another federal judge in Washington has expressed skepticism on the legality of President Donald Trump’s executive order targeting a prominent law firm, saying he was concerned that the clear purpose of the edict was punishment. U.S. District Judge John Bates had already temporarily halted the Trump administration’s executive order against the firm of Jenner & Block but heard arguments Monday on a request by the firm to block it permanently. Lawyers for two other firms — Perkins Coie and WilmerHale — made similar arguments last week to judges who appeared receptive to their positions. Like the other judges, Bates did not immediately rule but repeatedly pushed back against a Justice Department’s claims that the orders against Jenner and other law firms were not meant to punish them.

Fighter jet slips off the hangar deck of a US aircraft carrier in the Red Sea, one minor injury

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Navy says an F/A-18 fighter jet slipped off the hanger deck of an aircraft carrier deployed to the Middle East, as sailors were towing the aircraft into place in the hangar bay of the USS Harry S. Truman. The Navy says the crew members who were in the pilot seat of the Super Hornet and on the small towing tractor jumped out before the jet and the tug went into the Red Sea. One sailor sustained a minor injury. It is unclear whether there will be an effort to recover the jet, which costs about $60 million. The incident, which occurred on Monday, is under investigation.