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MONACO (AP) - Monaco 's chief prosecutor said Tuesday that the suspect who placed an explosive device that injured three people, including a reported Ukrainian tycoon, acted alone and remains at large. Police in the principality have opened an attempted murder investigation into Monday's incident but aren't qualifying it as a terrorism investigation, Prosecutor Stephane Thibault told reporters. The motive remains unclear. One of the three injured is a woman in life-threatening condition, he said.

SOLANA BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 30, 2026-- AEVEX Corp. (NYSE: AVEX) announced today that it has been awarded a $50 million contract from the United States Air Force to continue expanding unmanned mission‑support capabilities for current operations. The contract includes $27 million in initial funding.

North Carolina routinely makes national lists of the top states for business in America. The underlying economic data support such accolades. According to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, North Carolina's private sector grew by an inflation-adjusted 3.1% last year - faster than anywhere else in the Southeast and all but five other states in the country. As with stock or fund performance, past successes are no guarantee of future ones.

DETROIT (AP) - Jerry Esters proudly displays the American flag each day on his Detroit home. A few miles away, Yvonne Pistochini says there is no scenario under which she would allow the Stars and Stripes to cast its shadow where she lives. Both are Black. For Esters, the flag represents the opportunities that allowed the great-great-grandson of slaves to find success and flourish. Pistochini, 79, simply says the America identified by the flag is not the same country she saw growing up.

MADRID (AP) - Around 1 million immigrants in Spain have sought to legalize their status after the Southern European nation launched a measure earlier this year to integrate foreigners living and working in the country without authorization. The window to apply for the program, which was announced in January and kicked off in April, was set to close Tuesday.

Sorry, but your browser does not support the video tag. (BPT) - To celebrate the United States' 250th anniversary this year, Mars Inc. and American Heritage Chocolate announced the launch of the History Tellers Award, a new national initiative created to honor the interpreters, educators, guides and storytellers who keep America's history alive and relevant for future generations.

HONG KONG (AP) - Asian shares were mostly higher on Tuesday, tracking Wall Street gains, while the Japanese yen was trading near a 40-year low against the U.S. dollar. Shares in South Korea, Japan and Taiwan rebounded from earlier losses spurred by selling of technology companies due to concerns over the sustainability of the boom in artificial intelligence. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 was up 0.9% to 70,062.32. Chip equipment maker Tokyo Electron jumped 3.3%.

Today in History Today is Tuesday, June 30, the 181st day of 2026. There are 184 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 30, 1934, Adolf Hitler launched his "blood purge" of political and military rivals in Germany in what came to be known as the "Night of the Long Knives." Also on this date: In 1918, labor activist and socialist Eugene V. Debs was arrested in Cleveland, charged under the Sedition Act of 1917 for a speech in which he denounced U.S. involvement in World War I.

Trump's fixation on voting has had mixed results. He still has ways to affect November's elections ATLANTA (AP) - President Donald Trump has tried many ways to tighten his grip on U.S. elections, from signing executive orders to pushing restrictive legislation in Congress. Monday's Supreme Court ruling siding with states that accept late-arriving mail ballots was the latest example showing the limits of his reach. It followed a series of other setbacks for the Republican president.

An influenza outbreak at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas has sickened almost 160 people in the past few weeks and might have even killed one person going through basic training. If it wasn't already clear why Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's decision to eliminate the military's universal flu vaccine mandate was an exceptionally bad idea, it should be now. Hegseth announced the policy change in April, and since then, fewer than half of Air Force trainees have opted to get the shot.