King arrives

at White House

WASHINGTON (AP) — King Charles III and Queen Camilla have made their way to the White House. The British royal couple arrived in the United States on Monday afternoon on a four-day state visit aimed at celebrating the United States’ 250th anniversary.

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump welcomed them to the White House for tea and a trip down to the south grounds to check out a new beehive made like a mini White House.

Both Charles and Camilla support beekeeping to benefit the environment and for sustainability.

Seafarers

are stranded

NEW DELHI (AP) — Around 20,000 seafarers on hundreds of vessels are stuck in the Persian Gulf, unable to cross the Strait of Hormuz that remains effectively shut by Iran. Indian Capt. Rahul Dhar and his crew have been stranded on their tanker for about eight weeks. They have witnessed drones and missile interceptions as they try to keep in touch with their families.

Some other crews have faced shortages of food and water. A ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran has brought some hope, but anxiety over uncertainty has taken its toll. The International Maritime Organization has called for a safe corridor, but most ships remain stranded.

Musk, Altman

head to court

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Technology tycoons Elon Musk and Sam Altman are poised to face off in a high-stakes trial revolving around the alleged betrayal, deceit and unbridled ambition that blurred the bickering billionaires’ once-shared vision for the development of artificial intelligence.

The trial, which began Monday with jury selection, centers on the 2015 birth of ChatGPT maker OpenAI as a nonprofit startup primarily funded by Musk before evolving into a capitalistic venture now valued at $852 billion. The civil lawsuit accuses Altman, OpenAI’s CEO, of double-crossing Musk by straying from the company’s founding mission to be an altruistic steward of the technology.

Kimmel draws

Trumps’ ire

(AP) — Both President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, are calling on ABC to fire Jimmy Kimmel after the late-night comic joked last week that the first lady had “the glow of an expectant widow.” Kimmel made the joke while delivering a mock comic routine for the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner — two nights before that event was cut short when a man tried to rush the ballroom where the Trumps and other leaders were.

Melania Trump said Monday on social media that people like Kimmel “shouldn’t have the opportunity to enter our homes each evening to spread hate.” The president said Kimmel’s words were “beyond the pale.”