AP Top Headlines at 6:16 p.m. EDT

President Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to scale back planned joint military exercises with South Korea after the Republican president said it declined to help denuclearize IranHurricane Lala has skirted Hawaii’s Big Island without making landfall and is expected to weaken after lashing the region with strong winds and drenching rainIndiana public safety officials say at least seven people have died during days of heavy rain and historic flooding in the stateAuthorities are seeking additional people who fired weapons during a weekend shooting at Virginia State University that left five people woundedU.S. negotiator Jared Kushner has held a rare meeting with the Hamas chief in Egypt in a push to make progress on the stalled Gaza ceasefireColombia's President Abelardo de la Espriella