A media freedom group accuses Israel and Hamas of war crimes and reports deaths of 34 journalists (apnews.com)
Thousands of Bangladesh’s garment factory workers take to the streets demanding better wages (apnews.com)
Ex-North Dakota lawmaker charged with traveling for sex with minor, receiving child sex abuse images (apnews.com)
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A retired Republican state senator from North Dakota has been charged with traveling to Europe with the intent of paying for sex with a minor and with receiving images depicting child sexual abuse, according to a federal indictment unsealed Monday....
Australian police arrest host of lunch that left 3 guests dead from suspected mushroom poisoning (apnews.com)
Maine gunman may have targeted businesses over delusions they were disparaging him online (apnews.com)
Maine State Police documents released Tuesday shed light on why a delusional U.S. Army reservist who killed 18 people at a bowling alley and a bar in Lewiston may have targeted those locations....
The US infant mortality rate rose last year. The CDC says it’s the largest increase in two decades (apnews.com)
The U.S. infant mortality rate rose 3% last year — the largest increase in two decades, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....
The US sanctions more foreign firms in a bid to choke off Russia's supplies for its war in Ukraine (apnews.com)
The United States on Thursday imposed a new round of sanctions on 130 firms and people from Turkey, China and the United Arab Emirates in an effort to choke off Russia’s access to tools and equipment that support its invasion of Ukraine....
Bob Knight, Indiana’s combustible coaching giant, dies at age 83 (apnews.com)
South Korean and US forces stage drills for reaction to possible 'Hamas-style' attack by North Korea (apnews.com)
South Korean and U.S. troops have been conducting live-fire exercises this week to hone their ability to respond to potential “Hamas-style surprise artillery attacks” by North Korea, South Korea’s military said Friday....
Delta says pilot accused of threatening to shoot the captain no longer works for the airline (apnews.com)
At 15, he is defending his home and parenting his sister. One young man's struggle to stay in school (apnews.com)
Time is running out on high school, yet millions of students aren’t showing up to class every day. When they do make it, untold numbers are so consumed with their troubles that they struggle to learn. Others have disappeared from school altogether....
Man trapped in jewelry vault overnight is freed when timer opens the chamber as scheduled (apnews.com)
NEW YORK (AP) — A man was trapped inside a steel-reinforced concrete jewelry vault in New York City overnight after firefighters had to abandon an attempt to rescue him for safety reasons. Fortunately, the vault was on a timer and opened on its own Wednesday morning, officials said.
State is paying fired Tennessee vaccine chief $150K in lawsuit settlement (apnews.com)
The state of Tennessee has agreed to pay $150,000 to settle a federal lawsuit by its former vaccine leader over her firing during the COVID-19 pandemic....
Bud Light brewer is still struggling to sell the beer in North America over trans promotion backlash (apnews.com)
Anheuser-Busch Inbev said Tuesday that revenue growth in most of its global regions was offset by a drop in North American sales, in a sign of continuing fallout from a promotion with a transgender influencer that cost it sales....
Ex-cop who fired into Breonna Taylor’s apartment in flawed, fatal raid goes on trial again (apnews.com)
Firearms charge against Washington state senator Jeff Wilson dismissed in Hong Kong court (apnews.com)
A Hong Kong court dismissed a gun charge Monday against a Washington state senator who had been arrested after he carried a gun into the Chinese territory in what he called an “honest mistake.”...
Donald Trump’s sons Don Jr. and Eric will testify at fraud trial that threatens the family’s empire (apnews.com)
Israeli settler shoots and kills Palestinian harvester as violence surges in the West Bank (apnews.com)
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UN agency in Gaza says urgent cease-fire is a matter of life and death for millions of Palestinians (apnews.com)
Biden administration takes on JetBlue as its fight against industry consolidation goes to court (apnews.com)
The Biden administration’s fight against consolidation in the airline industry is being tested Tuesday as lawyers for JetBlue Airways and the Justice Department squared off in court....
Court arguments on blocking Trump from the presidential ballot under the ‘insurrection’ clause begin (apnews.com)
A weeklong hearing on one lawsuit to bar Trump from the ballot in Colorado begins Monday, while on Thursday oral arguments are scheduled before the Minnesota Supreme Court on an effort to kick the Republican former president off the ballot in that state....
2 die in Bangladesh as police clash with opposition supporters seeking prime minister’s resignation (apnews.com)
Palestinians plead ‘stop the bombs’ at UN meeting but Israel insists Hamas must be ‘obliterated’ (apnews.com)
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Alabama man charged with making threats against Georgia prosecutor, sheriff over Trump election case (apnews.com)
An Alabama man has been indicted on federal charges that he threatened violence against a Georgia prosecutor and sheriff related to an investigation into former President Donald Trump....
