Texas Governor Abbott cancels his appearance at today's NRA meeting in Houston. / CNN More than a quarter of a million people died in Somalia's 2011 famine, most of them children. This year is looking to be the same. / Reuters The Supreme Court blocks a request from
"Layla, 10, liked dancing to TikToks, won six races at the school's field day, and loved to swim." These are the victims of the Uvalde school shooting. / BuzzFeed News The Uvalde school district had recently doubled its security budget, which included enhanced safety protocols, new monitoring
On day 91 of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, President Putin's military campaign enters its most active phase. / The Guardian The European Union bends to Putin's demands and gives companies permission to buy gas in rubles. / Al Jazeera Five takeaways from yesterday's primaries
Hacked files from Xinjiang reveal new evidence of abuse of Uyghurs at detention camps, including a shoot-to-kill policy for escapees. / Bloomberg From 1825 to the present day, France and the US have bilked Haiti's economy out of billions of dollars. / The New York Times According to
A Ukrainian photographer documented the siege of the Azovstal steel works. Before his capture by Russia, he put his pictures online to be shared. / The Guardian Russia bans 963 Americans, including President Biden and Mark Zuckerberg, though not Obama or Trump. / USA Today Biden says he'll defend Taiwan
Pennsylvania's Republican primary for Senate is likely headed to a statewide recount. / The Associated Press An interactive record of proposed redistricting maps shows whether they'll benefit Democrats or Republicans in the midterms. / FiveThirtyEight A roundup of recent bills that passed (or failed) in the House or
Stunning video by a Ukrainian medic who recorded her time in Maripol—before she was captured by Russian troops. / Associated Press See also: A visual investigation of video evidence shows a group of Ukrainian men were in the custody of Russian soldiers before being executed. / The New York Times Related:
Here is one possible future for Covid-19: some people get reinfected many times, and a few experience symptoms for months or years. / The New York Times When we discuss long Covid, we need to include medicine's uncertainty about it. / STAT Related: A comic about health data and
A 10-year project finds, compared to those who received care, women denied abortions suffer more economically and mentally. / NPR Awareness of abortion medication remains dangerously low—and as recently as 2017, most people trying to end pregnancies on their own did so without pills. / The 19th A Michigan judge
David Leonhardt: The American political right has a violence problem with no equivalent on the left. / The New York Times Exploring domestic extremist-related killings by perpetrator affiliation, 2012-2021. / The Anti-Defamation League Seven things to watch in today's primaries in Idaho, Kentucky, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and
