This year’s Met Gala co-chairs include

“These dogs are being shot in the street, often in front of children, or dragged away with wire nooses to die slow, agonizing deaths,” Ian Ward, the coalition’s chairman, said in a statement.Moroccan officials vehemently deny the claims, say they’re implementing the very programs that activists propose, including TNVR. They rebuff the idea that any policy is related to the World Cup. Still, critics see their efforts as publicity stunts and are skeptical such programs are as widespread as officials claim.

Instances of mistreatment and euthanasia by gunshot have been reportedbut Moroccan officials say, despite international attention, they’re isolated incidents and don’t reflect on-the-ground reality nationwide.▶ Follow live updates on

NEW YORK (AP) — When the email came from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Jacques Agbobly at first didn’t quite believe it.The Brooklyn-based fashion designer had only been in the business for five years. Now, one of the world’s top museums was asking for two of his designs to be shown in

the exhibit launched by the starry

“I was just floored with excitement,” Agbobly said in an interview. “I had to check to make sure it was from an official email. And then the excitement came, and I was like … am I allowed to say anything to anyone about it?”Trump signs an executive order instructing the Commerce Department to consider whether a tariff on imported copper is needed

. He cites the material’s use in U.S. defense, infrastructure and emerging technologies.Trump signs an additional executive order instructing the Commerce Department

whether tariffs on lumber and timber are also needed to protect national security, arguing that the construction industry and military depend on a strong supply of wooden products in the U.S.Trump’s 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico