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In Santa Fe School Shooting Trial, a Texas Lawyer’s Own Grief

Lori Laird was defending a couple whose son shot 23 people at his school, while engaged in a desperate struggle with her own son’s mental illness. When are parents to blame?

The New York Times - 3d

Israeli forces begin withdrawing from key Gaza corridor in major test of ceasefire deal

Three more Israeli hostages were released Saturday in exchange for dozens of Palestinian prisoners.

CBS News - 3d

Israeli forces begin to withdraw from a key Gaza corridor, part of the ceasefire deal with Hamas

Israeli forces were withdrawing from a key corridor that bisects the Gaza Strip on Sunday as part of Israel’s commitments under a tenuous ceasefire deal with Hamas.

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A hunger strike to force the release of my friend Alaa Abd el-Fattah – it’s the ultimate weapon of the powerless | Peter Greste

In prison, Alaa taught me the power of this form of resistance. His mother, Laila Soueif, and I have used it to challenge Downing Street. Alaa Abd el-Fattah knows about hunger strikes. When I was ...

The Guardian - 3d

Watch: Thousands of baby turtles released in Brazil

The project aims to boost numbers of threatened tracajás turtles in Amazonas state.

BBC News - 3d

Pope Francis reminds armed forces only to act for defense and always respect international laws

Pope Francis has told soldiers, police and other law enforcement officials from around the world that armed force can only be used for legitimate defense and must always respect international law

ABC News - 3d

Israeli official says force withdrawal from key Gaza corridor has begun, as part of ceasefire deal

An Israeli official says that Israeli forces have begun withdrawing from a key Gaza corridor, part of a ceasefire deal with Hamas that is moving ahead

ABC News - 3d

‘Many teachers don’t want to do this, but they’re trapped’: film shows extent of Putin indoctrination in Russian schools

Two years after he started documenting the effect of the Ukraine war on his pupils, Pavel Talankin reveals how it led to accolade – and exile from home. As Russian tanks advanced into Ukraine in ...

The Guardian - 3d

How the NFL is expanding its fanbase in Brazil

Football fans will have their eyes on New Orleans on Sunday, but the NFL is looking overseas. A record 62.5 million people outside the U.S. watched the Super Bowl last year, and the league is ...

CBS News - 4d

Musk Wields Scythe on Federal Work Force, With Trump’s Full Blessing

The president defended Elon Musk’s role in seeking to slash budgets and cut payrolls as the young aides burrowing into federal agencies came under scrutiny.

The New York Times - 4d

Schools on 4 Greek islands will stay shut next week as earthquakes continue

Schools on four Greek islands will remain closed through next week as earthquakes continue to rattle the region

ABC News - 4d

Hundreds join Sheffield march for boy fatally stabbed at school

March in tribute to Harvey Willgoose, 15, a Sheffield United fan, ends at club’s Bramall Lane stadium. Hundreds of people joined a march in tribute to 15-year-old Harvey Willgoose, who died after ...

The Guardian - 4d

Booker scores 47 points, Allen forces OT with 3-pointer at buzzer in Suns' 135-127 win over Jazz

Devin Booker scored a season-high 47 points, Grayson Allen hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to force overtime and the short-handed Phoenix Suns rallied to beat the Utah Jazz 135-127

ABC News - 4d

Oscar nominees Fernanda Torres and Walter Salles on Brazil’s 1970s junta and ‘resistance through affection’

The actress and director discuss ‘I’m Still Here’, their portrait of a family torn apart by political persecution — but still defiant

Financial Times - 4d

How a Tennessee woman turned surrogate for her former high school teacher

Hannah Dearman had hardly seen her beloved high school teacher since graduation. But she offered to carry her baby for free.

CBS News - 4d

Lyft and Anthropic Are Joining Forces to Bring Artificial Intelligence to Ridesharing

The partnership follows a collaboration between Lyft’s rival Uber and OpenAI.

Inc. - 4d

Review: In a Norwegian school, parents and teachers clash over the fate of 'Armand'

The debut of Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel arrives with some unfair expectations — his grandparents are film legends — but finds a confidence and flair of its own.

Los Angeles Times - 4d

Plane Crash in São Paulo, Brazil, Kills Two

Six people on the ground were also injured by the plane, part of which struck a bus on the road when it crashed in São Paulo.

The New York Times - 5d

Unemployment spiked for Black men in January as more joined the labor force

Black men saw their unemployment rate spike to 6.9% from 5.6% in January, bucking the overall unemployment rate trend for the country.

CNBC - 5d

Pakistan to Force Tens of Thousands of Afghan Refugees Out of the Capital

The order, giving Afghans until March 31 to go elsewhere in Pakistan, came on the heels of President Trump’s suspension of refugee admissions to the United States.