US & World

The mother and father of a Michigan teen who shot and killed four classmates were each sentenced to 10 to 15 years in prison on Tuesday after a jury convicted them of manslaughter in a rare case of parents being held responsible in a school shooting.  School shooter Ethan Crumbley’s …

Tesla has settled a lawsuit over a 2018 car crash that killed an Apple engineer after his Model X, operating on Autopilot, swerved off a highway near San Francisco, court documents showed on Monday. Walter Huang, an engineer for Apple, was killed in a 2018 Northern California highway crash. Why …

Transgender activists and allies on Monday decried the Vatican’s new doctrine against gender-affirming surgery as “hurtful” and devoid of the voices and experiences of trans, non-binary and gender-diverse people, especially in its distinction between transgender and intersex people.  Doctrine says gender-affirming surgery and surrogacy reject God’s plan for human life. …

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that a date was set for an invasion of Rafah, the enclave’s last refuge for displaced Palestinians, as a Hamas official said no progress had been made at talks in Cairo on a ceasefire in the Gaza war.  Hamas official says no progress …

Abortion may be the biggest threat to Donald Trump’s political comeback. Like an albatross he personally helped set loose. Now he’s trying to wriggle from its clutches. Trump released his 2024 abortion policy that seeks to sidestep thorny questions. It’s a close election. Abortion is a problem. Trump’s solution: Wash …

Wartime need has pushed Ukraine’s government to permit calling up more of its adult population to join the fight against the Russian invasion — a long-considered, but still-contentious step that could provide Kyiv’s armed forces with thousands of new recruits.  Zelenskyy has warned Russia will be sending 300,000 more people …

Russia’s nuclear power corporation, Rosatom, accused Ukraine’s military on Sunday of launching a series of attacks on the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station, and the UN’s nuclear watchdog called for such incidents to cease immediately.  Ukraine denies involvement; UN watchdog calls for such incidents to stop. Russia’s nuclear power corporation, …

Thousands of protesters rallied in Jerusalem on Sunday demanding the release of about 130 hostages still being held in Gaza after six months of Israel’s war against Hamas.  Thousands rally in Jerusalem to demand release of about 130 still in captivity. Mother of Israeli hostage counting the days until his …

At least 94 people died, including children, and 26 are missing after a ferry boat capsized off the northern coast of Mozambique, an official from the country’s Maritime Transport Institute said.  Vessel was an overloaded fishing boat, not licensed to transport people. At least 94 people died, including children, and …

Mexico abruptly suspended bilateral relations with Ecuador in an escalating diplomatic dispute, after Ecuador’s police forced their way into the Mexican Embassy in the capital Quito to arrest a former vice-president on graft charges.  Mexico suspends bilateral relations after ex-Ecuador VP seeking asylum is arrested. Mexico abruptly suspended bilateral relations …