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The Israeli military confirmed the deaths of four more captives held by Hamas — including three elderly individuals seen in a Hamas video pleading for their release. The three men, Amiram Cooper, Yoram Metzger, and Haim Peri, were all aged 80 or above. Appearing frail and apprehensive, they were featured in a video released by Hamas in December, titled “Don’t let us grow old here.” The fourth captive was identified as Nadav Popplewell. — Beijing has accused Britain’s foreign intelligence agency of “turning” two Chinese central government employees to spy on China in what it termed “a major espionage” case. According to the Chinese Ministry of State Security, in a post on official state social media, MI6 operatives recruited and trained Wang Moumou and Zhou Mou, a married Chinese couple both employed in “core confidential” government departments. — Claudia Sheinbaum, who will become Mexico’s first woman leader in the nation’s more than 200 years of independence, secured the presidency by promising continuity. The 61-year-old former Mexico City mayor and lifelong leftist ran a disciplined campaign capitalizing on her predecessor’s popularity before emerging victorious in Sunday’s vote, according to an official quick count. — Senator Bob Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat, has decided to seek reelection as an independent as his trial on federal bribery charges is ongoing. According to the New Jersey Division of Elections’ website, his petition to run as an independent candidate was filed Monday and had nearly 2,500 signatures. Menendez needed 800 signatures to gain ballot access. “It displeases me to have to go this route,” Menendez said in a statement. — An elderly woman lost her life after a suspect stole the vehicle she was a passenger in and then crashed into a building in Washington, D.C., police said. The carjacking was reported at Washington Hospital Center Monday afternoon, police said. The elderly victim was sitting in the front passenger seat of the vehicle. The driver had exited the vehicle upon arriving at the hospital when the suspect stole it, police said. The driver reported the vehicle stolen with their elderly parent still inside, police said. — Vice President Kamala Harris will represent the U.S. at this month’s Swiss-organized global peace summit on the war in Ukraine. This is an event promoted by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The White House said Harris would attend the meeting in Lucerne on June 15th. President Joe Biden is scheduled to be at a campaign fundraiser in Los Angeles hosted by actors George Clooney and Julia Roberts. — Three people sustained serious injuries when their hot air balloon struck power lines and caught on fire before crashing into an Indiana field, authorities said. The incident occurred Sunday shortly before 7 p.m. local time in Hebron in northwestern Indiana, according to preliminary information from the Federal Aviation Administration. The Lindstrand hot air balloon “crashed after striking power lines,” the FAA said in a statement. — Google is making some adjustments to its AI Overviews, after the artificial intelligence-driven search feature provided what the company calls “odd and erroneous” responses to people’s online searches. AI Overviews were introduced last month at Google’s annual I/O developer conference. Now, when people use Google Search to find information on certain topics, a box of AI-generated text appears at the top of the search results, annotated with links to external websites.

Over the weekend, InfoWars’ Alex Jones went into a bonkers, wild, crying rage thinking that is media (so-called) empire was going to be shut down. Some of Jones’ comments came in profanity-laden rants, and Jones appeared to cry at points. After a weekend in which conspiracy theorist Alex Jones warned that his media company faced an imminent shutdown by the federal government because of his bankruptcy cases, a judge on Monday allowed Jones to keep operating for the next two weeks while it is decided whether his assets should be liquidated.

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As Israel persists in its efforts to secure the release of approximately 125 hostages seized by the Palestinian militant group Hamas on October 7th, Israeli forces have conducted extensive raids in the West Bank, resulting in the arrest of thousands of individuals and the demolition of numerous homes. The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society, a non-profit organization based in Ramallah, reported on social media platforms that a child was among ten people apprehended during Saturday’s raids, raising the total number of individuals arrested by Israel to 8,985. — In Jerusalem, scores of ultra-Orthodox protesters obstructed roads as Israel’s Supreme Court heard arguments in a landmark case challenging the contentious system of exemptions from mandatory military service granted to the religious community. The court is examining the legality of these exemptions, which have polarized the nation and threatened to destabilize Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition. A verdict is anticipated in the forthcoming weeks. In Israel, most Jewish men and women are required to undertake compulsory military service upon reaching the age of 18. — North Korea has declared its intention to cease its campaign of sending trash-laden balloons into South Korea, asserting that its actions have provided the South Koreans with “enough experience of how much unpleasant they feel.” The North’s announcement came shortly after South Korea warned of impending “unbearable” retaliatory measures against North Korea in response to its balloon activities and other recent provocations. Observers speculate that South Korea will likely resume front-line loudspeaker broadcasts directed towards North Korea. — The recovery efforts following the May 10 tornado outbreak have cost Florida’s capital city, Tallahassee, $50 million thus far, according to Mayor John Dailey. Florida officials have requested that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) declare a major disaster, which could make local government entities and individuals eligible for federal assistance. Dailey stated that the total cost to the city will continue to rise as city workers persist in their efforts to clear debris. — Water pressure was gradually being restored to downtown Atlanta and nearby neighborhoods on Sunday, following a two-day water outage that disrupted businesses and left many residential faucets dry. Although a substantial portion of the city remained under a boil water advisory, Mayor Andre Dickens announced during a weekend news conference that one of the two major water main breaks affecting the city had been repaired. “I know it’s been a tough and frustrating day for many of you, but I’m glad to have some positive news to report tonight,” Dickens remarked. — On Saturday, Minnesota law enforcement authorities identified the man they believe fatally shot a Minneapolis officer in what police have described as an ambush. Minnesota Public Safety Department spokesperson Bonney Bowman named 35-year-old Mustafa Mohamed as the suspected shooter. He was subsequently shot and killed by another responding officer. Minneapolis officer Jamal Mitchell was responding to a call when he stopped to assist Mohamed, whom he believed to be injured, according to police reports. — Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton died on Friday after being attacked by another inmate, authorities confirmed. The 74-year-old Pickton was hospitalized after being assaulted on May 19th at the Port-Cartier Institution in Quebec. He had been in a medically induced coma and on life support before succumbing to his injuries 12 days later, as stated by Correctional Service Canada. In 2007, Pickton was found guilty on six counts of second-degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. — Media magnate Rupert Murdoch, aged 93, has married for the fifth time, as confirmed by his corporation News Corp on Sunday. Murdoch and Elena Zhukova, a 67-year-old Russian-born retired molecular biologist, exchanged vows on Saturday in a ceremony held at his vineyard estate in Bel Air, California. Photographs of the newlywed couple were released by News Corp. The couple had announced their engagement in March.

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Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asserted on Saturday that there would be no “permanent ceasefire” in Gaza unless Hamas’ military and governing capabilities were neutralized. After Biden’s three-part ceasefire speech, Netanyahu issued an initial statement that did not reference Biden’s speech, stating, “The Israeli government is united in the desire to return our hostages as soon as possible and is working to achieve this goal.” Opposition leader Yair Lapid endorsed Biden’s call for a Gaza truce. — The African National Congress party lost its parliamentary majority in a historic election result on Saturday, setting South Africa on a new political trajectory. With nearly 99% of votes counted, the once-dominant ANC had garnered just over 40% in the election held on Wednesday, falling well short of the majority it had maintained since the famed all-race vote of 1994 that ended apartheid and brought it to power under Nelson Mandela. The final results are yet to be formally declared. — North Korea launched additional trash-carrying balloons toward the South after a similar campaign earlier in the week. South Korea’s Defense Ministry did not immediately comment on the number of balloons or how many landed in South Korea. South Korea’s Yonhap news agency, citing anonymous military sources, reported that officials had found about 90 balloons as of Saturday night, which dropped paper, plastic trash, and cigarette butts. — New York City police said on Saturday that they had 34 people in custody following a pro-Palestinian protest at the Brooklyn Museum. There were reports of damage to some artwork and harassment of security staff by demonstrators. Hundreds of protesters marched to the museum on Friday afternoon, set up tents in the lobby, and unfurled a “Free Palestine” banner from the building’s roof before police intervened and made arrests. — An Idaho jury sentenced Chad Daybell, the man convicted this week for the 2019 murders of his first wife and second wife’s two children, to death. 55-year-old Daybell was charged with murder and conspiracy in the deaths of the two children, 7-year-old Joshua “JJ” Vallow and 16-year-old Tylee Ryan, as well as his former wife of nearly 30 years, Tamara “Tammy” Daybell, 49, with whom he had five children. She died in their home on October 19th, 2019, with the cause of death determined to be asphyxiation, according to investigators. — The National Transportation Safety Board stated that an inactive but still pressurized gas line was cut six minutes before a devastating explosion rocked downtown Youngstown, Ohio. The blast occurred near Central Square last Tuesday afternoon and impacted a building that contains a Chase bank and apartments. One person was killed, and seven others were injured in the explosion, officials said. The explosion occurred approximately six minutes after workers made two initial cuts into piping along the basement wall, Chapman said. — Police officials in Lakeland, Florida, are reviewing an incident in which officers punched and tased a black teenager after he allegedly trespassed at an apartment complex pool. The officer claims in the report that after making physical contact with the teen to bring him into custody, the teen struck the officer in the face with a closed fist. In cell phone video of the incident, two officers can be seen punching, pulling the hair of, and tasing the teen before he submits to being handcuffed. — The stock price of former President Donald Trump’s social media platform Truth Social experienced turbulent swings in the aftermath of his conviction. In the immediate aftermath of the verdict, the stock price of Truth Social plummeted roughly 15% to a price of about $47. The stock recovered in after-hours trading, however, rallying above its pre-verdict level to about $52. —