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The eastern Pacific season’s first hurricane is heading for a stretch of tourist beaches and fishing towns on Mexico’s southern coast amid warnings of dangerous storm surge and flooding.

Some fortuitous timing in doing chores saved a family that lived in the Ukrainian city of Chernihiv. A few blocks away, things turned out very differently.

Biden calls McConnell, Cornyn “rational Republicans” who could move on gun control  Axios President Biden, first lady pay respects to grieving families in Uvalde, Texas  CBS New York Protesters Demand Change During Biden’s Visit To Texas School Shooting Memorial Site  NBC News Feds

Russian troops pushed farther into a key eastern Ukrainian city and fought street by street with Kyiv’s forces Monday.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s block on NATO membership for Sweden and Finland is likely to be managed, but Washington and the rest of the alliance are annoyed.

Promising ‘good returns’ on cryptocurrency investment, gang cheats victims out of tens of millions of dollars; less than $2 million recovered so far

Bennett hails Jerusalem Day flag march as critical for maintaining Israeli ‘sovereignty and governance’ despite Hamas threats; Lapid says festivities tainted by extremists, racists

Economic Committee head Michael Biton had vowed to boycott most votes, hobbling razor-thin coalition; Bennett promises to look at agriculture, transport reforms that raised his ire

President Joe Biden will lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day.

Mermade CEO Daniel Einhorn reveals the algae that could make lab-grown seafood and meat a daily dish