Japan condemned Vladimir Putin’s first visit to the Russian-administered Kuril Islands, which Tokyo claims as its Northern Territories. The long-running dispute has prevented Japan and Russia from signing a post-World War Two peace treaty.
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U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee called a settler siege of Palestinian homes in Qusra a “horrific act of terror.” Families said they were cut off from food, water and supplies before Israeli forces dismantled two nearby illegal outposts.
Tennessee, Alabama and Oklahoma are scheduled to carry out lethal injections Thursday, which would be the first time since 2010 that three U.S. executions occur on the same day. The cases involve separate murders in 1985, 2003 and 2021.
Israel’s military said it will deploy additional troops to Qusra after settlers trapped Palestinian families in their homes, cutting off water and electricity. The standoff has prompted U.S. criticism and renewed scrutiny of settler violence in the occupied West Bank.
A single ticket sold in Illinois won Wednesday’s $1.04 billion Powerball jackpot after matching all five numbers and the Powerball. The prize was the eighth-largest in Powerball history and can be taken as a $450.5 million lump sum before taxes.
A baby boy with hypoplastic left heart syndrome was born to an Alaska surrogate in Texas amid a legal fight over his care. A Texas court ordered lifesaving treatment and barred the child from being taken out of state.
Police say a 41-year-old Minnesota man killed his wife and 7-year-old daughter at a Hopkins home day care, then died by suicide. Hours later, a 78-year-old close relative was found stabbed to death in nearby Burnsville in what investigators believe was a connected killing.
Two people were killed when an AH-64 Apache helicopter based at Fort Hood crashed into a field near Salado, Texas. Authorities said the crash sparked a large fire, and the Army said an investigation is underway.