US secures the release of the soldier who crossed into North Korea 2 months ago (apnews.com)
Oil prices have risen. That's making gas more expensive for US drivers and helping Russia's war (apnews.com)
CIA stairwell attack among flood of sexual misconduct complaints at U.S. spy agency (apnews.com)
US military may put armed troops on commercial ships in Strait of Hormuz to stop Iran seizures (apnews.com)
The U.S. military is considering putting armed personnel on commercial ships traveling through the Strait of Hormuz, in what would be an unheard of action aimed at stopping Iran from seizing and harassing civilian vessels, five American officials told The Associated Press on Thursday.
Does Texas A&M’s botched hire spell doom for classroom diversity? Some say yes (apnews.com)
Just days later, McElroy’s tenure offer unraveled after the university buckled under backlash from Texas Scorecard, a conservative website, and an unspecified group of individuals close to the university who opposed her previous diversity initiatives. A new state law will limit that and the discussion of race and inclusion on...
UPS reaches contract with 340,000 unionized workers, averting potentially calamitous strike (apnews.com)
Owner of the submersible that imploded during Titanic dive suspends operations (apnews.com)
General Motors to close information technology center near Phoenix and eliminate 940 jobs (apnews.com)
General Motors says it will close a large computer center near Phoenix at the end of October, eliminating 940 jobs....
In Utah and Kansas, state courts flex power over new laws regulating abortion post-Roe (apnews.com)
State courts have become hot spots in the national abortion debate, with Utah’s top court and a Kansas judge considering Tuesday whether their state constitutions require them to block or invalidate laws regulating the procedure more than a year after Roe v. Wade was overturned.
How America’s push for the atomic bomb spawned enduring radioactive waste problems in St. Louis (apnews.com)
August trial date set for officers charged in Tyre Nichols killing (apnews.com)
A judge has set an August trial date for four former Memphis police officers charged in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols after a traffic stop in January.
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....
Scholz says that Germany needs to expand deportations of rejected asylum-seekers (apnews.com)
Mysterious injury of 16-year-old Iranian girl not wearing a headscarf in Tehran's Metro sparks anger (apnews.com)
A mysterious injury suffered by a 16-year-old girl who boarded a Metro train in Iran’s capital without a headscarf has reignited anger just after the one-year anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini and the nationwide protests it sparked....
Afghan embassy says it is stopping operations in Indian capital (apnews.com)
Apple exec defends the decision to make Google its default search engine on iPhones and Macs (apnews.com)
More than 700 million people don't know when — or if — they will eat again, UN food chief says (apnews.com)
A global hunger crisis has left more than 700 million people not knowing when or if they will eat again, and demand for food is rising relentlessly while humanitarian funding is drying up, the head of the United Nations food agency said Thursday....
In deadly Maui fires, many had no warning and no way out. Those who dodged barricades survived (apnews.com)
And car after car was turned back toward the rapidly spreading wildfire by a barricade blocking access to Highway 30....
Britain’s MI6 chief says his spies are using AI to disrupt flow of weapons to Russia (apnews.com)
Russia halts wartime deal allowing Ukraine to ship grain. It's a blow to global food security (apnews.com)
Russia halted an unprecedented wartime deal on Monday that allows grain to flow from Ukraine to countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia where hunger is a growing threat and high food prices have pushed more people into poverty.
Indian authorities arrests 3 railway officials over the train crash that killed more than 290 (apnews.com)
After the fall of Roe, emboldened religious conservatives lobby to restrict abortion in Africa (apnews.com)
Russia extends detention of a US journalist detained for failing to register as a foreign agent (apnews.com)
EXPLAINER: How did Hamas grow its arsenal to strike Israel? (apnews.com)
Officials find debris from F-35 fighter jet that crashed in South Carolina after pilot ejected (apnews.com)
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Authorities found a debris field Monday from a Marine Corps F-35 stealth fighter jet that crashed in South Carolina after the pilot ejected and parachuted to safety.
