AP News Summary at 11:23 p.m. EDT

BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares have nosedived after the meltdown Friday on Wall Street. U.S. futures also have bounced lower. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index lost nearly 8% shortly after the market opened early Monday, but recovered some of those losses. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 tumbled more than 6% and South Korea's Kospi lost 4.4%. Oil prices fell more than $2 a barrel. On Friday, Wall Street’s worst crisis since COVID slammed into a higher gear. The S&P 500 plummeted 6% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 5.5%. The Nasdaq composite dropped 5.8%. The losses came after China matched President Donald Trump’s big increase in tariff with higher import duties and other retaliatory moves.

Trump says he's not backing down on tariffs, calls them 'medicine' as markets reel

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump says he won’t back down on his sweeping tariffs on imports from most of the world unless countries even out their trade with the U.S. He's digging in on his plans to implement the taxes that have sent financial markets reeling, raised fears of a recession and upended the global trading system. Speaking to reporters Sunday aboard Air Force One, Trump said he didn’t want global markets to fall, but also that he wasn’t concerned about the massive sell-off either, adding, “sometimes you have to take medicine to fix something.” His comments came after Trump’s aides sought to soothe market concerns by saying more than 50 nations had reached out about launching negotiations to lift the tariffs.

Rising rivers threaten US South and Midwest after dayslong torrent of rain

FRANKFORT, Kentucky (AP) — Rivers rose and flooding worsened across the U.S. South and Midwest, threatening communities already waterlogged and badly damaged by days of heavy rain and wind that killed at least 18 people. From Texas to Ohio on Sunday, utilities scrambled to shut off power and gas, while cities deployed sandbags to protect homes and businesses. Forecasters warned that flooding could persist for days, as torrential rains lingered over many states, including Kentucky, Tennessee and Alabama. They said tornadoes are possible in Alabama, Georgia and Florida.

RFK Jr. visits epicenter of Texas measles outbreak after death of second child who was infected

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has traveled to the epicenter of Texas' measles outbreak after a second school-aged child who was not vaccinated died from a measles-related illness. The death was confirmed Sunday by a spokesman for UMC Health System in Lubbock, Texas, and the Texas State Department of State Health Services. The state health department said the child died Thursday of “what the child’s doctors described as measles pulmonary failure.” The first measles death in the U.S. in a decade was in an unvaccinated school-age child in February in Lubbock. An adult in New Mexico who was unvaccinated became the second death in March. Kennedy says in a social media post Sunday that he is in Gaines County, Texas, to comfort the children's families.

Judge says deportation of Maryland man to an El Salvador prison was 'wholly lawless'

GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A federal judge says the U.S. government’s decision to arrest a Maryland man and send him to a notorious prison in El Salvador appears to be “wholly lawless.”  U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis issued a legal opinion Sunday explaining why she had ordered the Trump administration to bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back to the United States. Abrego Garcia is a 29-year-old Salvadoran national. He was arrested in Maryland and deported last month despite an immigration judge’s 2019 ruling that shielded him from deportation to El Salvador, where he faced likely persecution by local gangs.

Israeli strikes on Gaza kill 32, mostly women and children

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinian health officials say Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip have killed at least 32 people including over a dozen women and children. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is on his way to the United States to meet with President Donald Trump about the war. Israel ended its ceasefire with Hamas last month after two months of relative calm. It has seized territory to pressure the militant group to accept a new deal for a truce and hostage release. It has also blocked the import of food, fuel and humanitarian aid. Gaza's population of over 2 million relies heavily on outside assistance.

Ukraine will send a team to the US next week for talks on a new draft mineral deal

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine's economy minister has told The Associated Press it will send a delegation to Washington next week for talks on a new draft of a proposed mineral deal with the U.S. The negotiations mark a renewed push to finalize an agreement that could establish a joint investment fund. Talks had stalled earlier this year after a contentious Oval Office meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The latest U.S. draft is more comprehensive and has drawn criticism from some Ukrainian lawmakers over concerns it could undermine Kyiv’s control of its natural resources.

Forecast of a week of rain adds to woes faced by victims of Myanmar quake, as death toll tops 3,500

BANGKOK (AP) — People in Myanmar’s earthquake-stricken areas were braced for thunderstorms late Sunday, after heavy rains and winds the previous night disrupted rescue and relief operations and added to the misery of the many who lost their homes in the disaster and were forced to sleep in the open. Myanmar’s state-run MRTV reported that scattered showers and thunderstorms are possible across the country for the next week. The epicenter of the 7.7 magnitude quake on March 28 was near Mandalay, Myanmar’s second-largest city, and also caused serious damage in the capital Naypyitaw. A spokesperson for the military government said the death toll so far is 3,564,  with 5,012 others injured and 210 missing.

UConn returns to top of women's basketball, dominates South Carolina 82-59 to capture its 12th title

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — UConn is back on top of women’s basketball, winning its 12th national championship by routing defending champion South Carolina 82-59 behind Azzi Fudd’s 24 points. Sarah Strong added 24 points and 15 rebounds while Paige Bueckers had 17 points in her final game at UConn. She capped her stellar career with the Huskies’ first championship since 2016, ending a nine-year title drought for the team. That was longest for coach Geno Auriemma and his Huskies since the team won its first championship in 1995. Dawn Staley’s South Carolina team was trying for a third title in four years and fourth overall

Jay North, TV's mischievous Dennis the Menace, dies at 73

LAKE BUTLER, Fla. (AP) — Jay North, who starred as the towheaded mischief maker on TV’s “Dennis the Menace” for four seasons starting in 1959, has died. He was 73. North died Sunday at his home in Florida after battling colon cancer, according to Laurie Jacobson, a longtime friend, and Bonnie Vent, who was his booking agent. North was 6 when he was cast as the smiling troublemaker in the CBS sitcom adaptation of the popular comic strip.  Often wearing a striped shirt and overalls, Dennis’ antics frequently frustrated his retired next-door neighbor George Wilson. The show ran on Sundays until 1963. After that it was a fixture for decades in syndication.