Suspect

took selfie

(AP) — The man charged with trying to storm the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner and kill President Donald Trump took a picture of himself in his hotel room just minutes earlier, outfitted with an ammunition bag, a shoulder gun holster and a sheathed knife.

The details are in a new court filing Wednesday. Authorities say Cole Allen, of Torrance, California, was captured Saturday when he tried to race past security barricades, prompting an exchange of gunfire with Secret Service agents. The government says Allen repeatedly made online checks to keep track of the Republican president’s status that night and “intended to kill.”

Prosecutors want Allen to remain in custody. Allen’s defender says he’s presumed innocent.

Man convicted

of aiding IS

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — An alleged Islamic State group militant from Afghanistan has been convicted of aiding the terror organization that took credit for a deadly suicide bombing at a Kabul airport. But a Virginia jury couldn’t agree Wednesday on whether the man bears some responsibility for that attack during the U.S. military’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021.

Mohammad Sharifullah faces a maximum prison sentence of 20 years after his conviction in an international terrorism case President Donald Trump heralded during a speech to Congress. Thirteen U.S. service members were killed in the attack at the airport’s Abbey Gate entry point. Sharifullah’s defense says prosecutors failed to present evidence tying him to the bombing besides his own words during FBI questioning.

King Charles

honors victims

NEW YORK (AP) — King Charles III and Queen Camilla have begun their trip to New York City with a visit to the National 9/11 Memorial, honoring victims of the 2001 attacks.

Charles and Camilla are on a closely watched diplomatic trip to the U.S. to mark the 250th anniversary of the country’s declaration of independence from England. The king laid flowers at the memorial, and the royal couple met with 9/11 first responders and victims’ families.

Camilla visited the New York Public Library, where she was to deliver a Roo doll for the library’s collection of Winnie-the-Pooh stuffed animals as the children’s character turns 100. The royal couple will also attend a reception for a charity Charles founded.

Oil prices

go higher

NEW YORK (AP) — More jumps for oil prices sent tremors through the bond market, along with hints that some Federal Reserve officials don’t want to cut interest rates any time soon. But fat profit reports from big companies helped the U.S. stock market remain resilient Wednesday.

The S&P 500 edged down by less than 0.1%, a day after slipping from its latest all-time high. The Dow dropped 0.6%, while the Nasdaq composite inched up less than 0.1%.

The price for a barrel of Brent crude jumped nearly 6%. Treasury yields climbed as traders erased nearly all their bets for a cut to rates by the Fed this year.