Biden is said to be finalizing plans for migrant limits as part of a US-Mexico border clampdown (apnews.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/biden-immigration-border-crackd…
Slovenia becomes latest European country to recognize a Palestinian state after parliamentary vote (apnews.com)
Chinese spacecraft successfully lands on moon's far side (apnews.com)
Israel could have used smaller weapons against Hamas to avoid deaths in Gaza tent fire, experts say (apnews.com)
Japan police search for suspects in spray-painting of graffiti at controversial war shrine (apnews.com)
China: After crackdown on Hong Kong, overseas communities carry the torch to keep Tiananmen memories alive (apnews.com)
Archived link...
Fraud trial juror reports getting bag of $120,000 and promise of more if she'll acquit (apnews.com)
A juror was dismissed Monday after reporting that a woman dropped a bag of $120,000 in cash at her home and offered her more money if she would vote to acquit seven people charged with stealing more than $40 million from a program meant to feed children during the pandemic....
Democrats wanted an agreement on using artificial intelligence. It went nowhere (apnews.com)
The Democratic National Committee was watching earlier this year as campaigns nationwide were experimenting with artificial intelligence. So the organization approached a handful of influential party campaign committees with a request: Sign onto guidelines that would commit them to use the technology in a “responsible” way....
Earthquakes in north-central Japan collapse 5 homes that were damaged in deadly January quake (apnews.com)
Earthquakes in north-central Japan collapse 5 homes that were damaged in deadly January quake (apnews.com)
Live updates: Mexico waits for historic election results as vote counting lags (apnews.com)
“Vote counts continue to lag in Mexico’s historic election. Despite private exit polls favoring frontrunner Claudia Sheinbaum, The Associated Press bases its report on official results and will continue to update coverage as votes roll in.”
Shrine honors cats at a Japanese island where they outnumber humans (apnews.com)
CEOs made nearly 200 times what their workers got paid last year (apnews.com)
The typical compensation package for chief executives who run companies in the S&P 500 jumped nearly 13% last year, easily surpassing the gains for workers at a time when inflation was putting considerable pressure on Americans’ budgets....
Israel maintains a shadowy hospital in the desert for Gaza detainees. Critics allege mistreatment (apnews.com)
Panama prepares to evacuate first island in face of rising sea levels (apnews.com)
A mass parachute jump over Normandy kicks off commemorations for the 80th anniversary of D-Day (apnews.com)
Parachutists jumping from World War II-era planes hurled themselves Sunday into now peaceful Normandy skies where war once raged, heralding a week of ceremonies for the fast-disappearing generation of Allied troops who fought from D-Day beaches 80 years ago to Adolf Hitler’s fall, helping free Europe of his tyranny....
After crackdown on Hong Kong, overseas communities carry the torch to keep Tiananmen memories alive (apnews.com)
HONG KONG (AP) — As the 35th anniversary of Beijing’s Tiananmen Square crackdown neared, Rowena He, a prominent scholar of that bloody chapter of modern China’s history, was busy flying between the United States, Britain and Canada to give a series of talks. Each was aimed at speaking out for those who cannot....
US defense secretary says war with China neither imminent nor unavoidable, stressing need for talks (apnews.com)
Kansas Constitution does not include a right to vote, state Supreme Court majority says (apnews.com)
The Kansas Supreme Court offered a mixed bag in a ruling Friday that combined several challenges to a 2021 election law, siding with state officials on one provision, reviving challenges to others and offering the possibility that at least one will be halted before this year’s general election....
Nearly 1,000 people honor a young Ukrainian journalist and volunteer combat medic killed in action (apnews.com)
Nearly 1,000 people attended a ceremony Sunday honoring the memory of Ukrainian journalist Iryna Tsybukh, who was killed in action while serving as a volunteer combat medic a few days before her 26th birthday....
Black leaders call out Trump's criminal justice contradictions as he rails against guilty verdict (apnews.com)
As Donald Trump lambasted the guilty verdict of his hush money trial this week, he stood inside a Manhattan courthouse that was the site of one of the most notorious examples of injustice in recent New York history. And he had a part in that....
South Africa’s ruling ANC is on the brink of losing its majority in a landmark election result (apnews.com)
Biden administration is sending $1 billion more in weapons, ammo to Israel, congressional aides say (apnews.com)
The Biden administration has told key lawmakers it is sending a new package of more than $1 billion in arms and ammunition to Israel, three congressional aides said Tuesday....
Two Lebanese shepherds killed amid ongoing escalation along Lebanon-Israel border (apnews.com)
Two Lebanese shepherds were killed in an Israeli strike that hit their house in the town of Houla near the Lebanon-Israel border on Sunday, state media reported....
IRS makes free tax return program permanent and is asking all states to join in 2025. This could deal a massive blow to private tax filing services such as TurboTax (apnews.com)
