States sue Meta claiming its social platforms are addictive and harm children's mental health (apnews.com)
Strikers have shut down a vital Great Lakes shipping artery for days, and negotiations are looming (apnews.com)
Around 360 workers in Ontario and Quebec with Unifor, Canada’s largest private-sector union, walked out early Sunday in a dispute over wages with the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corp. The strike has shut down 13 locks between Lake Erie and Montreal, bottling up ships in the Great Lakes and preventing more ships from coming...
Russian forces simulate nuclear strike as upper house rescinds ratification of test ban treaty (apnews.com)
Russia’s military conducted a simulated nuclear strike in a drill Wednesday overseen by President Vladimir Putin, hours after the upper house of parliament voted to rescind the country’s ratification of a global nuclear test ban....
Hurricane Otis caused 27 confirmed deaths and left 4 missing, Mexican authorities report (apnews.com)
Michigan State hearing officer rules Mel Tucker sexually harassed Brenda Tracy, AP source says (apnews.com)
Theft of 2 million dimes from truckload of coins from US Mint leaves four facing federal charges (apnews.com)
Federal authorities have released more details and unsealed charges in the theft of more than 2 million dimes earlier this year from a tractor-trailer that had picked up the coins from the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia.
AI-generated child sexual abuse images could flood the internet. A watchdog is calling for action (apnews.com)
California governor signs law barring schoolbook bans based on racial, gender teachings (apnews.com)
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill to ban school boards from rejecting textbooks based on their teachings about the contributions of people from different racial backgrounds, sexual orientations and gender identities.
Autoworkers reach a deal with Ford, a breakthrough toward ending strikes against Detroit automakers (apnews.com)
Women in Iceland including the prime minister go on strike for equal pay and an end to violence (apnews.com)
Iceland’s prime minister and women across the island nation are on strike to push for an end to unequal pay and gender-based violence.
Philadelphia journalist who advocated for homeless and LGBTQ+ communities shot and killed at home (apnews.com)
A journalist and advocate who rose from homelessness and addiction to serve as a spokesperson for Philadelphia’s most vulnerable was shot and killed at his home early Monday, police said....
Mike Johnson elected House speaker with broad Republican support (apnews.com)
Loyalty above all: Removal of top Chinese officials seen as enforcing Xi's demand for obedience (apnews.com)
Japan’s top court strikes down required removal of reproductive organs to officially change gender (apnews.com)
Japan’s Supreme Court has ruled that a law requiring transgender people to have their reproductive organs removed in order to officially change their gender is unconstitutional.
California Gov. Newsom has surprise meeting with China’s leader Xi amid warm welcome in Beijing (apnews.com)
California Gov. Gavin Newsom had a surprise meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing on Wednesday after being warmly welcomed by other senior leaders in a display of friendliness that stands in sharp contrast to the dialogue between the United States and China in recent years....
Dutch king and queen are confronted by angry protesters on visit to a slavery museum in South Africa (apnews.com)
Officials say at least 7 dead in massive vehicle crashes in south Louisiana due to ‘superfog’ (apnews.com)
At least seven people were killed Monday morning after a “superfog” of smoke from south Louisiana marsh fires and dense fog caused multiple massive car crashes involving a total of 158 vehicles, authorities said....
Former British police officer jailed for abusing over 200 girls on Snapchat (apnews.com)
It's Day 20 with no House speaker, and lower-level names seek Trump's support and race for the gavel (apnews.com)
Republicans gathered late in the evening to hear quick speeches from the congressmen seeking the job, though none has a clear shot at the gavel. Eight candidates are in the running for one speaker after one dropped out. Behind closed doors, they made their elevator pitches to colleagues ahead of internal party voting....
Poland's Tusk visits Brussels, seeking initiative in repairing ties with EU and unlocking funds (apnews.com)
German Cabinet approves legislation meant to ease deportations of rejected asylum-seekers (apnews.com)
China crackdown on cyber scams in Southeast Asia nets thousands but leaves networks intact (apnews.com)
Oklahoma attorney general sues to stop US's first public religious school (apnews.com)
Oklahoma’s Republican Attorney General Gentner Drummond on Friday sued to stop a state board from establishing and funding what would be the nation’s first religious public charter school after the board ignored Drummond’s warning that it would violate both the state and U.S. constitutions....
Women in Iceland including the prime minister go on strike for equal pay and an end to violence (apnews.com)
Iceland’s prime minister and women across the island nation are on strike to push for an end to unequal pay and gender-based violence.
Now freed, an Israeli hostage describes the 'hell' of harrowing Hamas attack and terrifying capture (apnews.com)
Eighty-five year-old Yocheved Lifschitz spoke of a “hell that we never knew before and never thought we would experience” as she described the harrowing assault on her kibbutz by Hamas militants and the terror of being taken hostage into the Gaza Strip.
