The U.S. unveiled new restrictions on China’s access to vital components for chips and AI, escalating a campaign to contain Beijing’s technological ambitions but stopping short of earlier proposals that would have sanctioned more key Chinese firms.

It was not immediately clear whether Trump was threatening to directly involve the U.S. military in Israel’s ongoing campaign against Hamas in Gaza. Trump allies have said he hopes there will be a ceasefire and hostage release deal before he returns to office early next year.

Prosecutors say Daniel Penny intended to protect other subway riders but used too much force and was indifferent to the human life he was holding in his arms. Penny’s defense disputes medical examiners’ findings that the chokehold killed Neely.

A massive earthquake will one day rattle the Pacific Northwest. Minutes to hours later, a surge of seawater will swallow the land. No one knows when.

A huge batch of a GI’s wartime letters to the “girl of my dreams” has been given anonymously to the USO in Arlington, Va.

Judge Tomoko Akane said Monday that “the court is being threatened with draconian economic sanctions ... as if it was a terrorist organization,” referring to remarks made by U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham. Graham’s remarks aren’t seen as empty words. The first Trump administration sanctioned the court’s previous prosecutor.

The Biden administration is set to announce restrictions on exports of semiconductor chips and chipmaking equipment to China.

U.S. Navy destroyers shot down seven missiles and drones fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels at the warships and three American merchant vessels they were escorting through the Gulf of Aden. No damage or injuries were reported.

President Joe Biden is finally making his long-promised visit to Africa this week, attempting to showcase a U.S.-backed railway project in three countries that he has pushed as a new approach in countering some of China’s global influence.