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Philippine supply boats breach a Chinese coast guard blockade in the hotly contested South China Sea (apnews.com)

As a United States Navy plane circled overhead, two Philippine boats breached a Chinese coast guard blockade in a dangerous confrontation Tuesday in the disputed South China Sea to deliver food and other supplies to Filipino forces guarding a contested shoal....

'Get out of my house!' Video shows 98-year-old mother of Kansas newspaper publisher upset amid raid (apnews.com)

Video released by the newspaper Monday shows Joan Meyer shouting at the six officers inside the Marion, Kansas, home she shared with her son, Marion County Record Editor and Publisher Eric Meyer. Standing with the aid of a walker and dressed in a long robe or gown and slippers, she seems visibly upset....

Public Enemy, Ice-T to headline free D.C. concerts, The National Celebration of Hip Hop (apnews.com)

“Hip-hop is beyond, not just a musical genre,” said Public Enemy ‘s Chuck D in a statement. “It’s a cultural movement that has dominated art, fashion, politics, poetry, academia, film and every corner of the world for the past 50 years. This National Celebration brings it all together in one place for the people, by...

UPS workers approve 5-year contract, with 86% of votes cast in favor (apnews.com)

Under the tentative agreement, full- and part-time union workers will get $2.75 more per hour in 2023, and $7.50 more in total by the end of the five-year contract. Starting hourly pay for part-time employees also got bumped up to $21, but some workers said that fell short of their expectations....

A Pennsylvania court says state police can't hide how it monitors social media (apnews.com)

A Pennsylvania court says state police can’t hide how it monitors social media::Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court handed civil liberties advocates a victory, ruling that state police can’t hide from the public its policy governing how it monitors social media.

In session reacting to school shooting, Tennessee GOP lawmaker orders removal of public from hearing (apnews.com)

Families close to a Nashville fatal school shooting broke down in tears Tuesday after a Tennessee Republican leader ordered state troopers to remove them and others from a legislative hearing room while they waited to testify in favor of gun control measures....

Fukushima nuclear plant will start releasing treated radioactive water to sea as early as Thursday (apnews.com)

Japan will start releasing treated and diluted radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean as early as Thursday — a controversial step that the government says is essential for the decades of work needed to shut down the facility that had reactor meltdowns 12 years ago.

Female soldiers in Army special operations face rampant sexism and harassment, military report says (apnews.com)

U.S. Army Special Operations Command, in a lengthy study, reported a wide range of “overtly sexist” comments from male soldiers, including a broad aversion to females serving in commando units. The comments, it said, are “not outliers” but represent a common sentiment that women don’t belong on special operations...

Teva to pay $225M to settle cholesterol drug price-fixing charges (apnews.com)

The generic drug maker Teva Pharmaceuticals agreed Monday to pay $225 million to settle price-fixing charges related to sales of a major cholesterol-lowering drug. The U.S. Department of Justice said the agreement also requires Teva to divest its business making and selling the drug, pravastatin, a generic version of the...

Muhammad Ali's grandson used to fight when challenged because of his name. Now he's an MMA fighter (apnews.com)

Muhammad Ali is one of the biggest and best-known figures in boxing history. When kids in Las Vegas discovered he was also the grandfather of Biaggio and his brother, Nico, they’d challenge the siblings to put on the gloves....

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