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Game theory analysis finds big, vaccine-rich countries could protect citizens’ lives more effectively by dispatching spare doses to developing countries than by stockpiling them

California Fast Food Wages Would Be Set by Government Under Bill Passed by State Legislature  The Wall Street Journal California’s ‘fast food bill’: Senate passes landmark bill aimed at giving fast food workers more protections  KABC-TV California Senate Passes Bill to Regulate

Local authorities say Ukrainian counteroffensive aims to repulse Russians across the Dnipro River; top pro-Russian official shot dead in occupied city, Russian officials say

Mississippi’s governor says the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency will start distributing both drinking water and non-potable water in the city of 150,000 residents. (Image credit: Rogelio V. Solis/AP)

Moqtada al-Sadr: At least 15 dead amid fighting in Iraqi capital  BBC Deadly clashes in Iraq as Sadr quits politics  Reuters Iraq protests: Multiple deaths, dozens injured after hundreds storm gov’t palace, clash with security forces  Fox News Buildings stormed after Moqtada al-Sadr,

Ukraine Counteroffensive Forcing Russia to Deplete ‘Certain Units’: Kirby  Newsweek Ukraine claims new push in Russian-held region Kherson – BBC News  BBC News Russia’s war in Ukraine: Live updates  CNN Ukrainian attacks suggest offensive may be underway in the south  NPR Ukrainian forces begin

Trump’s home search unearths material possibly covered by attorney-client privilege, prosecutors say  Reuters Justice Department says it found “limited set” of potentially privileged material in Mar-a-Lago s…  CBS News Justice Department tells judge it already reviewed Trump documents  Fox News Unsealed Mar-a-Lago search

Victim fought gunman in Oregon grocery store shooting that left 2 dead, police say  CNN Two killed at Bend Safeway  KOIN 6 Police: Heroic Safeway employee confronted gunman in store  WRAL News Bend Safeway gunman remembered as violent, ‘causing chaos’ in high school  OregonLive

President Zelenskyy has warned Russia that his troops will “push them to the border” after Ukraine launched a counterattack to retake territory in the south.

Israeli soldiers extricate civilians on uncoordinated visit to pilgrimage site in West Bank city of Nablus