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Israel Attacks Hamas Posts, Suspends Aid as Ceasefire Frays
Israel launched strikes against Hamas in Gaza and reportedly suspended all aid shipments on Sunday after blaming Hamas for a lethal Palestinian ambush that left two soldiers dead.
The Israel Defense Forces said it responded to “blatant violation of the ceasefire agreement” by striking dozens of “Hamas terror targets” including weapons ...Read more

Pro-business Senator Paz wins Bolivia runoff amid economic chaos
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Senator Rodrigo Paz won Bolivia’s presidential runoff on Sunday, pledging to repair relations with Washington and curb spending to address the deepest economic crisis in four decades.
Paz led former president Jorge Tuto Quiroga of the Alianza Libre coalition by 54.5% to 45.5%, with 98% of ballots tallied in the preliminary ...Read more
Education council releases draft of new state graduation standard after overturn of MCAS
Proposed regulations for a new graduation standard could see students across Massachusetts taking “end of course assessments” designed and administered by the state, according to a new draft released nearly a year after voters overturned the statewide MCAS testing graduation requirement.
The preliminary draft released by state education ...Read more

Twelve arrested during Denver's 'No Kings' protests, police say
Eleven people were arrested in downtown Denver during a wave of secondary marches after Saturday afternoon’s main “No Kings” protest disbanded, police said.
A group of protesters marching west on Sixth Avenue through traffic at about 6:45 p.m. Saturday tried to access Interstate 25 near Santa Fe Drive, a spokesperson for the Denver Police...Read more

Shrapnel fell onto CHP vehicle during U.S. military live-fire exercise over I-5, agency says
The U.S. military demonstration that shot live-fire artillery rounds over Interstate 5 on Saturday dropped metal shrapnel on a California Highway Patrol vehicle, resulting in damage, agency officials said Sunday.
The CHP said that the shrapnel was from an explosive ordnance that was fired over Interstate 5 and "detonated overhead prematurely,...Read more

India says it's narrowing gap with US on trade deal dispute
India said it’s making solid progress in trade negotiations with the U.S. as it looks to clinch a trade deal and bring down punitive tariffs.
The two sides have narrowed their differences on trade-related matters, an Indian official told reporters in New Delhi on Saturday, asking not to be identified as the discussions are private. There are ...Read more

Top House Democrat campaigns for Proposition 50 at L.A.'s Black churches
U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) visited three Black churches in Los Angeles on Sunday morning to campaign for California's redistricting effort, which could add five or six Democratic representatives to his ranks.
Amid a congressional deadlock over healthcare subsidies that has left the government shut down for more than two...Read more

Digging in on Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson's budget plan, which counts on short-term fixes to plug hole
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s $16.6 billion 2026 budget proposal won early praise from progressives and disdain from business interests when he unveiled it last week.
While he framed his pitch as the city withstanding the financial impact of President Donald Trump’s term while avoiding hits to middle-class taxpayers, it pushes off more ...Read more

Philadelphia's immigration court now rejects three in four asylum cases under Trump
Asylum denials in Philadelphia’s immigration court have spiked through the first seven months of President Donald Trump’s administration, according to an Inquirer analysis of the latest available government data.
The court has denied 74% of asylum claims in the first seven months of Trump’s second term, compared with a 61% denial rate ...Read more

Tropical threat, located near Caribbean, has high odds of developing
A tropical wave, located very near the islands in the far southeastern Caribbean on Sunday, could develop this week — potentially into a tropical depression or tropical storm, experts said.
The system “currently lacks a closed circulation,” but is becoming more organized and could become a tropical depression in the coming days, according...Read more

Vote count starts in presidential runoff in crisis-hit Bolivia
Vote counting has started in Bolivia’s presidential runoff, which will determine which of two pro-business candidates will take office amid the deepest economic crisis in 40 years.
Senator Rodrigo Paz of the Christian Democratic Party and former President Jorge Tuto Quiroga of the Alianza Libre coalition both pledge to curb government ...Read more

SpaceX's fleet-leading booster makes 31st launch from Space Coast
SpaceX plowed ahead with a record 31st launch of one of its Falcon 9 boosters with another Starlink mission from the Space Coast on Sunday.
A Falcon 9 on the Starlink 10-17 mission carrying 28 satellites lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 at 1:39 p.m.
The first-stage booster made its fleet-leading ...Read more
Listeria recall of food included in federal school breakfast and lunch programs
Listeria found in an ingredient caused 91,585 pounds of breakfast burritos and wraps to be recalled nationwide by Los Angeles-area’s M.C.I Foods, the USDA announced Saturday night.
“These items were shipped to foodservice institutions nationwide,” said the recall notice posted by the USDA’s Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS). “The ...Read more

Hurricane center ups chance Caribbean-bound system will develop
The National Hurricane Center on Sunday increased the chances a Caribbean-bound system will develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.
As of the NHC’s 2 p.m. tropical outlook, the tropical wave, dubbed Invest 98L, was on top of the Caribbean’s Windward Islands with a large area of showers and thunderstorms, but without ...Read more

Israel attacks Hamas positions, suspends aid as ceasefire frays
Israel launched strikes against Hamas in Gaza and reportedly suspended all aid shipments on Sunday after blaming Hamas for a lethal Palestinian ambush that left two troops dead.
The Israel Defense Forces said it responded to “blatant violation of the ceasefire agreement” by striking dozens of “Hamas terror targets” including weapons ...Read more

Calling Petro 'drug leader,' Trump halts U.S. aid to Colombia, a key ally in region
Calling Colombian President Gustavo Petro “an illegal drug leader,” President Donald Trump announced Sunday the end of all U.S. aid to the South American country, upending the relationship with one of the region’s closest military allies at a time of a massive U.S. buildup near neighboring Venezuela.
Trump said Petro, who he said has “a...Read more

Trump cuts off aid to Colombia, calling leader a drug dealer
President Donald Trump accused the president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, of being an “illegal drug dealer” and said the country will no longer receive U.S. aid.
Drug trafficking “has become the biggest business in Columbia, by far, and Petro does nothing to stop it, despite large scale payments and subsidies from the USA that are nothing...Read more

Bolivia votes for president to confront worst crisis since 1980s
Bolivians are voting in a presidential runoff to decide which of two pro-business candidates they trust to lead them out of their deepest economic crisis in forty years.
Senator Rodrigo Paz of the Christian Democratic Party and former President Jorge Tuto Quiroga of the Alianza Libre coalition both pledge to curb government spending, phase out...Read more
Hurricane center ups chance Caribbean-bound system will develop
The National Hurricane Center on Sunday increased the chances a Caribbean-bound system will develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.
As of the NHC’s 8 a.m. tropical outlook, the tropical wave, dubbed Invest 98L, was approaching the Caribbean’s Windward Islands with a large area of showers and thunderstorms.
“Heavy ...Read more

SpaceX's fleet-leading booster set for 31st launch from Space Coast today
SpaceX is plowing ahead with a record 31st launch of one of its Falcon 9 boosters with another Starlink mission set to fly from the Space Coast on Sunday.
A Falcon 9 on the Starlink 10-17 mission carrying 28 satellites is slated to lift off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 at 1:40 p.m. during a launch window ...Read more