The Latest: US military launches strikes against Iran in response to downing of American helicopter

The U.S. military says it has carried out strikes against Iran following the crash of a U.S. Army Apache helicopter off the coast of Oman that U.S. President Donald Trump blamed on the Islamic Republic. A U.S. official who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss an ongoing investigation said Tuesday that the helicopter went down after colliding with an Iranian drone. It wasn’t clear whether the collision was intentional. Iranian Foreign...