AP sources: Russia has provided Iran with information that can help Tehran strike US military

WASHINGTON (AP) — Russia has provided Iran with information that could help Tehran strike American warships, aircraft and other assets in the region. That’s according to two officials familiar with U.S. intelligence on the matter. The officials, who were not authorized to comment publicly on the sensitive matter and spoke on the condition of anonymity, cautioned that the U.S. intelligence has not uncovered that Russia is directing Iran what to do with the information. Still, it’s the first indication that Moscow has sought to get involved in the war in the week-old war that the U.S. and Israel launched on Iran.

Study: Spacecraft’s impact changed asteroid’s orbit around the sun in a save-the-Earth test

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A new study has found that an asteroid NASA used for target practice a few years ago was nudged into a slightly different route around the sun. It’s the first time that a celestial body’s solar orbit was deliberately changed. Scientists reported Friday that the 2022 impact by the Dart spacecraft not only trimmed the asteroid’s orbit around its bigger space rock companion, but also around the sun. Researchers say their findings could help divert an incoming killer space rock given enough advance notice. The study was published in Science Advances.

Former President Barack Obama speaks during final public tribute to the late Rev. Jesse Jackson

CHICAGO (AP) — Former President Barack Obama said the presidential runs in the 1980s by the late Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. set the stage for other Black leaders, including himself. Clinton, along with other former Democratic presidents, Bill Clinton and Joe Biden, joined thousands of people in a Chicago church for a celebration of life for Jackson. The final public tribute honors the protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate. It follows memorial services that drew large crowds in Chicago and South Carolina, where Jackson was born. Friday’s celebration is expected to be the largest. Former Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris is also listed as a speaker on the program.

Fla. Bar walks back statement on investigation into Halligan, now says there is none

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Bar has walked back what it said was an erroneous earlier statement its representatives had made indicating that it had an open investigation into Lindsey Halligan, a former top federal prosecutor in Virginia. A letter from a bar association representative to an advocacy group that had requested an inquiry into Halligan said that there as an “investigation pending” in response to the group’s complaint. Jennifer Krell Davis, a spokeswoman for the Florida Bar, also said Thursday that there was an “open file” but declined to comment further “as active Florida discipline cases are confidential.” On Friday, Davis issued a new statement saying the Florida Bar wrote a letter to the complainant “erroneously stating” there is a pending Bar investigation Halligan.