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State Department’s point-man on the conflict to be elevated to position of special envoy to Palestinians; US embassy’s Palestinian unit to report directly to him, not ambassador

Hundreds of paratroopers leading drill simulating war in Lebanon-like terrain; Air Force also practices strikes against Iranian nuclear sites

Hurricane Agatha poses dangerous flood threat to Mexico  The Washington Post Hurricane Agatha update: Pacific storm heading for Mexico landfall  KHOU 11 Agatha becomes a hurricane in the eastern Pacific  CNN Pacific Storm Bears Down on Mexican Coast, Will Strike Next Week  Bloomberg Tropical

Nine-year-old Aubriella Melchor said she narrowly escaped the slaughter because she’d been in the bathroom. At a gas station, Christian bikers joined the girl and her mother to pray. (Image credit: Vanessa Romo/NPR)

Thousands gather at Ford Wyoming Center for Donald Trump’s Save America Rally  Wyoming News Now POLITICO Playbook: Trump’s new obsession- POLITICO  POLITICO (PHOTO GALLERY) Crowd in Casper turns out for Donald Trump rally on Saturday  Oil City News This Is MAGA Country: Donald

Ukrainian president’s visit comes as Russian forces said to capture city of Lyman; Zelensky vows to ‘defend our land to the last man’

Their mom was killed in Uvalde, then their dad died of a heart attack — now people are donating millions for their family  CNN Millions raised for children of Uvalde teacher killed in school shooting, husband who died days later  New York

Young Texas school shooting victim ‘bled out’ waiting for help: family  New York Post Police failed to act quickly in Uvalde. Experts say their inaction allowed for the massacre to continue and led to catastrophic consequences  CNN Uvalde Elementary Schoolers Kept Calling

The review comes amid mounting pressure and questions about the shifting and at times contradictory information of what happened in the shooting last Tuesday at Robb Elementary School and how police responded.

The review comes amid mounting pressure and questions about the shifting and at times contradictory information of what happened in the shooting last Tuesday at Robb Elementary School and how police responded.