1 student killed, 1 hospitalized in stabbing at North Carolina high school (apnews.com)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A stabbing at a North Carolina high school on Monday left one student dead and another hospitalized, officials said.
Kenya raises alarm as flooding death toll rises to 76, with thousands marooned by worsening rains (apnews.com)
Intercepted calls from the front lines in Ukraine show a growing number of Russian soldiers want out (apnews.com)
Diplomas for sale: Inside Louisiana's nonpublic schools (apnews.com)
Arliya Martin accepted her high school diploma with relief and gratitude. It was her ticket to better-paying work, she felt, after getting kicked out of high school and toiling for eight years at factory jobs to support her children....
New incentives could boost satisfaction with in-person work, but few employers are making changes (apnews.com)
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Trump hints at expanded role for the military within the US. A legacy law gives him few guardrails (apnews.com)
An alliance of Myanmar ethnic groups claim capture of another big trade crossing at Chinese border (apnews.com)
An alliance of Myanmar ethnic groups claim capture of another big trade crossing at Chinese border (apnews.com)
North Korea restores border guard posts amid rising tensions over its satellite launch, Seoul says (apnews.com)
North Korea is restoring front-line guard posts that it had dismantled during a previous period of inter-Korean rapprochement, South Korea’s military said Monday, after animosities spiked between the rivals over the North’s recent spy satellite launch....
Court document claims Meta knowingly designed its platforms to hook kids, reports say (apnews.com)
Biden says 4-year-old Abigail Edan was released by Hamas. He hopes more U.S. hostages will be freed (apnews.com)
President Joe Biden confirmed Sunday that Abigail Edan, a 4-year-old American girl held hostage by Hamas after her parents were killed, was released as part of the cease-fire deal in the Israel-Hamas war....
Schools in Portland, Oregon, reach tentative deal with teachers union after nearly month-long strike (apnews.com)
Oregon’s largest school district said late Sunday it had reached a tentative agreement with its teachers union and roughly 45,000 students would be back in school Monday after more than three weeks without classes....
Thailand's Cabinet approves a marriage equality bill to grant same-sex couples equal rights (apnews.com)
Thailand’s Cabinet has approved an amendment to its civil code to allow same-sex marriage, with an expectation for the draft to be proposed to Parliament next month.
US Navy seizes attackers who held Israel-linked [oil] tanker. Missiles from rebel-controlled Yemen follow (apnews.com)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Armed assailants seized and later let go of a tanker linked to Israel off the coast of Yemen on Sunday before being apprehended by the United States Navy, officials said. Two ballistic missiles fired from Houthi-controlled Yemen then landed near a U.S. warship aiding the tanker in the Gulf of...
Four local employees of Germany's main aid agency arrested in Afghanistan (apnews.com)
Russia puts the spokesman for Facebook owner Meta on a wanted list (apnews.com)
Russia has added the spokesman of U.S. technology company Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, to a wanted list, according to an online database maintained by the country’s interior ministry....
Republicans want to pair border security with aid for Ukraine. Here's why that makes a deal so tough (apnews.com)
Intercepted calls from the front lines in Ukraine show a growing number of Russian soldiers want out (apnews.com)
In audio intercepts from the front lines in Ukraine, Russian soldiers speak in shorthand of 200s to mean dead, 300s to mean wounded. The urge to flee has become common enough that they also talk of 500s — people who refuse to fight....
Why Finland is blaming Russia for a sudden influx of migrants on its eastern border (apnews.com)
Militants with ties to the Islamic State group kill at least 14 farmers in an attack in east Congo (apnews.com)
Israeli-linked oil tanker seized off the coast of Aden, Yemen, private intelligence firm says (apnews.com)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An unknown force has seized an oil tanker linked to Israel off the coast of Aden, Yemen, a private security firm said Sunday.
Why Americans feel gloomy about the economy despite falling inflation and low unemployment (apnews.com)
Ukraine's military says Russia has launched its largest drone attack since the start of the invasion (apnews.com)
Russia on Saturday morning launched its most intense drone attack on Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion in 2022, targeting the Ukrainian capital, military officials said....
An Israeli-owned ship was targeted in suspected Iranian attack in Indian Ocean, US official tells AP (apnews.com)
A container ship owned by an Israeli billionaire came under attack by a suspected Iranian drone in the Indian Ocean as Israel wages war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip, an American defense official said Saturday....
UN confirms sexual spread of mpox in Congo for the 1st time as country sees a record outbreak (apnews.com)
The World Health Organization said it has confirmed sexual transmission of mpox in Congo for the first time as the country experiences its biggest-ever outbreak, a worrying development that African scientists warn could make it more difficult to stop the disease....
