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Oil prices jump following the latest fighting in the Middle East, while AI stocks sink 07/13/2026 04:19pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices jumped Monday following a weekend of attacks in the Middle East, while more losses for computer chip companies and other winners of the artificial-intelligence boom dragged stock markets lower. The price for a barrel of Brent crude oil, the international standard, climb How major US stock indexes fared Monday 7/13/2026 07/13/2026 04:19pm • Oil prices jumped following a weekend of attacks in the Middle East, while slumping AI stocks weighed on stock markets. Brent crude’s price climbed nearly 10% Monday after the United States and Iran each said the Strait of Hormuz is under its control. Oil prices are still below their wartime peak UK says an Iran-backed group was behind attacks on Jewish community and bans Revolutionary Guard 07/13/2026 04:18pm • LONDON (AP) — A series of arson and vandalism attacks on Jewish sites in Britain were the work of a proxy group backed by Iran, the U.K. government said Monday. The government said it is banning the group behind the attacks, the Islamic Movement of the Companions of the Right, or IMCR, also known Grateful dog owner describes mountain rescue after canine apparently ingests cannabis 07/13/2026 04:14pm • LONDON (AP) — Christina Bluhme was high on the flanks of Britain's tallest mountain with her dogs and one of the hounds was a lot higher — and not in a good way. Tokyo, a 5-year-old black Labrador retriever, had apparently ingested cannabis along the trail and had to be rescued after she began t South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster appoints Lindsey Graham’s sister to serve remainder of his Senate term 07/13/2026 04:12pm • CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster appoints Lindsey Graham’s sister to serve remainder of his Senate term. DC nonprofit making millions of meals for the sick is set to expand 07/13/2026 04:06pm • Food and Friends prepares over two million meals each year for people in the D.C. region who are battling serious illnesses. The organization expects to double its impact with a $30 million addition and renovation. The first shovels went into the ground Monday at Food and Friends' headquarter Aortic tear blamed in Sen. Lindsey Graham’s sudden death is a fast-killing emergency 07/13/2026 03:47pm • The aortic tear that likely caused the sudden death of Sen. Lindsey Graham is a medical emergency that can rapidly kill. The aorta is our largest artery, like a highway that arches up from the heart and then curves back down through the abdomen — carrying oxygen-rich blood to the rest of the body The nation is craving protein, but Vermont dairy isn’t cashing in 07/13/2026 03:40pm • Dozens of dairy farmers from across the state drove to Grand Isle on July 2 with the intention of talking about a recent dairy plant closure. Instead, a larger issue emerged: Some dairy processors are giving up on Vermont, and the state is failing to cash in on a national investment in dairy amid a Ukraine and 9 other countries announce a coalition to protect Europe from ballistic missiles 07/13/2026 03:17pm • PARIS (AP) — Ukraine and nine other countries announced Monday they were forming a coalition to protect Europe from ballistic missiles, utilizing Kyiv’s experience in fighting Russia's full-scale invasion for over four years. “Our goal is to build a shared ballistic missile defense capability Gunman who killed 2 at 2020 Halloween party in Dale City sentenced to 143 years 07/13/2026 03:16pm • The man convicted of murdering two people at a Halloween party in Dale City, Virginia, in 2020 will spend the rest of his life in prison. Karriem Jackson, now 31, was found guilty last summer of fatally shooting 24-year-old Christopher Alan Johnson and 25-year-old Frank Chineji Sapele. The shooti LPGA Tour Schedule 07/13/2026 03:01pm • Jan. 29-Feb. 1 _ Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions (Nelly Korda) Feb. 19-22 _ Honda LPGA Thailand (Jeeno Thitikul) Feb. 26-March 1 _ HSBC Women's World Championship (Hannah Green) March 5-8 _ Blue Bay LPGA (Mi Hyang Lee) March 19-22 _ Fortinet Founders Cup (Hyo Joo Kim) March 26-29 _ Fo PGA Tour Schedule 07/13/2026 03:01pm • Jan. 8-11 _ The Sentry, Kapalua, Hawaii (canceled) Jan. 15-18 _ Sony Open in Hawaii (Chris Gotterup) Jan. 22-25 _ The American Express (Scottie Scheffler) Jan. 29-Feb. 1 _ Farmers Insurance Open (Justin Rose) Feb. 5-8 _ WM Phoenix Open (Chris Gotterup) Feb. 12-15 _ AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am (Coll DP World Tour Schedule 07/13/2026 03:01pm • Nov. 27-30 _ BMW Australian PGA Championship (David Puig) Dec. 4-7 _ Crown Australian Open (Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen) Dec. 4-7 _ Nedbank Golf Challenge in honour of Gary Player (Kristoffer Reitan) Dec. 11-14 _ Alfred Dunhill Championship (Jayden Trey Schaper) Dec. 18-21 _ AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Ope Champions Tour Schedule 07/13/2026 03:01pm • Jan. 22-24 _ Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai (Stewart Cink) Feb. 13-15 _ Chubb Classic (David Toms) March 6-8 _ James Hardie Pro Football Hall of Fame Invitational (Zach Johnson) March 20-22 _ Cologuard Classic (Steven Alker) March 27-29 _ Hoag Classic (Stewart Cink) April 16-19 _ Senio Neighbors near Georgetown University may hear explosions over the next year 07/13/2026 02:59pm • Those in the Georgetown area may hear loud booms or feel the ground shaking this week and throughout the next year, thanks to construction related to a new wastewater tunnel. D.C. Water will be conducting controlled blasting roughly every two weeks near the Canal Road entrance to Georgetown U