Five stories this week, sent in part by two of you, and found in part the usual way. A library system saved, a wilderness protected, a man pulled alive from total darkness, teenagers who turned a summer hobby into a cleanup crew, and a bird that came back from extinction to have a baby.
In January, a US military operation captured Venezuela’s president and killed 32 Cuban military personnel in the process, a number Cuba’s own government, Venezuela’s own defense minister, and Trump himself have all confirmed. Within weeks, Cuba’s most important oil supply was gone.
An economic threat just drew a military one. Iran’s own military chief promised “devastating” retaliation against sanctions that haven’t even been announced yet. China rejected Washington’s pressure campaign outright. Four Mississippi cases we’ve been following all moved this week, two forward, two nowhere. And Iran executed another woman, a case with nothing to do with the protests.
The world is condemning a settlement plan that could end any chance of a Palestinian state. Washington isn’t. The national debt just crossed $40 trillion. Iran executed its 28th protester since March. And Israel just sent ground troops into Syria while Türkiye’s own government accused Netanyahu of genocide.
