Ceasefire

in Lebanon

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) — A 10-day ceasefire announced by U.S. President Donald Trump and agreed on by Lebanon and Israel has started. Barrages of gunshots rang out across Beirut early Friday as residents fired into the air to celebrate the beginning of the truce.

The two neighboring countries held their first direct diplomatic talks in decades on Tuesday in Washington after more than a month of war between Israel and the Iran-backed, Lebanon-based Hezbollah militant group. The truce, if it holds, could boost attempts to extend the ceasefire between Iran, the United States and Israel after weeks of devastating war that killed thousands of people and upended global markets by disrupting the flow of oil.

Fairfax killed

wife, police say

ANNANDALE, Va. (AP) — Police in Virginia say former Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax killed his wife before killing himself. Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis said Thursday that the couple were found dead at their northern Virginia home after their teenage son called 911 shortly after midnight.

He says the couple were going through a messy divorce and that Justin Fairfax had recently received papers telling him when next to be in court. Justin Fairfax was a rising star in the Democratic Party several years ago before his chances of becoming Virginia’s second Black governor were derailed by sexual assault allegations.

He called the encounters consensual and refused to resign. Dr. Cerina Fairfax ran a family dentistry practice.

ICE agent

faces charges

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota prosecutors have charged an ICE agent with assault for pointing his gun at the occupants of a car on a Minneapolis highway. The criminal case announced Thursday is believed to be the first brought against a federal immigration officer involved in the immigration crackdown in Minneapolis, part of a broader surge of federal agents to U.S. cities.

Gregory Donnell Morgan Jr. is charged with two counts of second-degree assault in the Feb. 5 incident. Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said Morgan illegally drove along the shoulder of the highway and pointed his service weapon at two people in a vehicle.

Morgan and officials with the Department of Homeland Security and the Justice Department have not responded to emails seeking comment.

Jet fuel

supplies lag

NEW YORK (AP) — A looming jet fuel shortage in Europe and Asia sparked by the Iran war and the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz could further upend world travel within weeks if oil doesn’t start flowing soon. That means higher airfares and flight cancellations.

International Energy Agency Director Fatih Birol says Europe has maybe six weeks of remaining jet fuel supplies. In general, some European countries hold several months’ worth of jet fuel inventory at a time. That’s according to a report this week from the IEA.

Airlines have reacted with caution, acknowledging fuel issues but working to reassure customers. Still, some carriers have already passed costs on to consumers by increasing fees for baggage and add-ons, embedding costs into ticket prices, or raising fuel surcharges.