A suspected attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels damages a ship in the Gulf of Aden (apnews.com)
Philippine and Chinese vessels collide in disputed South China Sea and 4 Filipino crew are injured (apnews.com)
Philippine and Chinese vessels collide in disputed South China Sea and 4 Filipino crew are injured (apnews.com)
Ukraine claims it has sunk another Russian warship in the Black Sea using high-tech sea drones (apnews.com)
Catholic news site Church Militant agrees to pay $500k in defamation case and is expected to close (apnews.com)
A far-right, unofficial Catholic media website has agreed to pay $500,000 to a New Hampshire priest who sued for defamation over a 2019 article that it now disavows. The website also is planning to shut down soon, the priest’s attorney says....
Montana judge declares 3 laws restricting abortion unconstitutional, including a 20-week limit (apnews.com)
A Montana judge has declared that three state laws restricting abortion access are unconstitutional, including a ban on abortions beyond 20 weeks of gestation.
Girl Scouts were told to stop bracelet-making fundraiser for kids in Gaza. Now they can't keep up (apnews.com)
Missouri Girl Scout leaders threatened legal action against a troop that made bracelets to raise funds for starving children in Gaza, provoking outrage and ridicule from the girls’ supporters and advocates for people trapped in the Palestinian territory by the latest humanitarian crisis....
Supreme Court temporarily blocks Texas law that allows police to arrest migrants (apnews.com)
Texas’ plans to arrest migrants who enter the U.S. illegally and order them to leave the country is headed to the Supreme Court in a legal showdown over the federal government’s authority over immigration....
Netanyahu rival’s visit to U.S. highlights cracks within Israel’s wartime leadership (apnews.com)
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rebuked a top Cabinet minister heading to Washington on Sunday for talks with U.S. officials, according to an Israeli official, signaling widening cracks within the country’s leadership nearly five months into its war with Hamas....
Mining company can't tap water needed for Okefenokee wildlife refuge, US says (apnews.com)
In a letter obtained by The Associated Press, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service tells Georgia state regulators that federal law prohibits diverting water from the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in quantities that would harm its function as a protective habitat for native animal and plant species....
Trillions of gallons leak from aging drinking water systems, further stressing shrinking US cities (apnews.com)
For generations, the water infrastructure beneath this southern Alabama city was corroding, cracking and failing — out of sight and seemingly out of mind — as the population shrank and poverty rose. Until it became impossible to ignore....
Gangs in Haiti try to seize control of main airport in newest attack on key government sites (apnews.com)
Heavily armed gangs tried to seize control of Haiti’s main international airport on Monday, exchanging gunfire with police and soldiers in the latest attack on key government sites in an explosion of violence that includes a mass escape from the country’s two biggest prisons....
Israel's wartime Cabinet is shaken by a dispute between Netanyahu and his top political rival (apnews.com)
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A top Israeli Cabinet minister headed to Washington on Sunday for talks with U.S. officials, sparking a rebuke from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to an Israeli official, in a sign of widening cracks in Israel’s wartime government nearly five months into its war with Hamas.
New Jersey businessman pleads guilty and agrees to cooperate in Sen. Bob Menendez's corruption case (apnews.com)
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A ship earlier hit by Yemen's Houthi rebels sinks in the Red Sea, the first vessel lost in conflict (apnews.com)
Wendy's says it has no plans to raise prices during the busiest times at its restaurants (apnews.com)
Hundreds of inmates flee after armed gangs storm Haiti’s main prison, leaving bodies behind (apnews.com)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Hundreds of inmates have fled Haiti’s main prison after armed gangs stormed the facility overnight. At least three people were dead Sunday....
German defense minister said leaked audio is part of Russia’s ‘information war’ against West (apnews.com)
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Germany’s defense minister on Sunday described Russia’s leak of a conversation by ranking German military officers to be part of Russia’s “information war” against the West, and that the aim was to create discord within Germany....
Judge blocks Texas from collecting info on transgender children receiving gender-affirming care (apnews.com)
A Texas judge on Friday temporarily blocked state Attorney General Ken Paxton from forcing an LGBTQ+ advocacy group to hand over information about transgender children receiving gender-affirming medical care....
Writer for conservative media outlet surrenders to face Capitol riot charges (apnews.com)
A Texas-based writer for a conservative media outlet surrendered to authorities Friday on charges that he joined a mob’s attack on the U.S. Capitol more than three years ago....
Firefighters face difficult weather conditions as they battle the largest wildfire in Texas history (apnews.com)
STINNETT, Texas (AP) — Firefighters battling the largest wildfire in Texas history face increasingly difficult weather conditions on Saturday....
Brazil’s finance minister proposes global tax on the super-rich at G20 meeting in Sao Paulo (apnews.com)
US says Israel has agreed to the framework for a Gaza cease-fire. Hamas must now decide (apnews.com)
International mediators have been working for weeks to broker a deal to pause the fighting before the Muslim holy month of Ramadan begins around March 10. A deal would likely allow aid to reach hundreds of thousands of desperate Palestinians in northern Gaza who aid officials worry are under threat of famine....
US says Israel has agreed to the framework for a Gaza cease-fire. Hamas must now decide (apnews.com)
International mediators have been working for weeks to broker a deal to pause the fighting before the Muslim holy month of Ramadan begins around March 10. A deal would likely allow aid to reach hundreds of thousands of desperate Palestinians in northern Gaza who aid officials worry are under threat of famine....