AP News, by Lolita C. Baldor: The U.S. launched an airstrike on a facility in eastern Syria used by Iranian-backed militias, in retaliation for what has been a growing number of attacks on bases housing U.S. troops in the region…

Epoch Times, by Megan Redshaw: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is expanding its infectious disease surveillance program at four major U.S. airports as part of a new pilot program to provide early detection of more than 30…

Daily Wire, by Katie Jerkovich: A group of students in Virginia walked out of school on Wednesday in protest of the district’s transgender bathroom policy, demanding male and female only spaces. Nearly 100 students at Woodgrove High School in Purcellville…

12News, by Chase Golightly: A Mesa High School teacher is being investigated after reportedly dressing up as a devil and saying “hail Satan” to students, according to one of the students in his class.  Sophomore Nathaniel Hamlet said last Wednesday…

CNN, by Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Lianne Kolirin: Demonstrations, rallies and vigils have been staged around the world after Hamas militants launched a series of brutal attacks on Israel over the weekend, moving the long-running conflict into uncharted and dangerous new…

CNN, by Muhammad Darwish, Nic Robertson, Artemis Moshtaghian, Amir Tal, and Ivana Kottasová: Bodies of Israeli residents and Hamas attackers lay outside burned-out homes in the Israeli kibbutz Kfar Aza on Tuesday, days after the Palestinian militant group launched a…

FOX Weather, by Emilee Speck: Extreme weather reduced visibility on a major interstate in Louisiana, resulting in a massive pileup resembling a “war zone,” according to crash witnesses. A combination of wildfire smoke and dense fog – known as super…

FOX Weather, by Scott Sistek: As Hurricane Otis swirled north toward Mexico’s Pacific coastline Tuesday, a “nightmare scenario” unfolded for residents near Acapulco when the storm experienced nearly unprecedented explosive development in hours, going from a Category 1 to a…

AP News, by Jim Gomez and Simina Mistreat: The United States renewed a warning Monday that it would defend the Philippines in case of an armed attack under a 1951 treaty, after Chinese ships blocked and collided with two Filipino…

Fox News, by Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Elizabeth Pritchett, Jacqui Heinrich, Lawrence Richard, and David Spunt: A massive manhunt is underway in Maine after a mass shooting that spanned two locations Wednesday night left at least 22 people dead and 30 wounded,…

NY Post, by Tina Moore: A Brooklyn cop and Seventh Day Adventist was derided as a “scammer” after she requested to be off on Saturdays to worship, according to a lawsuit. When she signed onto the job in 2016, Johanne…

NPR: Pope Francis has suggested there could be ways to bless same-sex unions, responding to five conservative cardinals who challenged him to affirm church teaching on homosexuality ahead of a big meeting where LGBTQ+ Catholics are on the agenda. The…