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1. Melania Trump shares the spotlight with a robot at an education and technology event

   The robot accompanied the first lady to the White House East Room for the final day of a summit she had convened with counterparts from around the world through her Fostering the Future Together global initiative.

2. UN calls for reparations to remedy the 'historical wrongs' of trafficking enslaved Africans

   The U.N. General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans "the gravest crime against humanity" and calling for reparations.

3. War with Iran disrupts fertilizer exports as U.S. farmers prepare for planting season

   Gulf states are major fertilizer producers, and the war with Iran has triggered a 25% price hike just as struggling U.S. farmers are planting corn.

4. OpenAI's Sora app may be going away, but its legacy will be the spread of AI video slop

   Barely six months after its launch, OpenAI is ending an app that could generate AI video at the click of a button.

5. Doctors worry about FDA scrutiny of RSV shots to protect babies

   The antibody shots are about 80% effective at preventing babies from ending up in intensive care because of RSV. The drugmakers behind them maintain they're safe.

6. Travelers are facing the longest TSA wait times in history

   Wait times are exceeding four hours at some major airports, leading TSA officers to call out at rates of 40 to 50%, according to TSA Deputy Administrator Ha Nguyen McNeill.

7. Greetings from Turkey's border with Iran, where Iranians let loose on the dance floor

   Iranians escaping hardship and war are shaking it off to Persian, Arabic and Turkish tunes in this disco in eastern Turkey.

8. Jury finds Meta and Google negligent in social media harms trial

   The jury ordered the companies to pay $6 million in damages over defective design. The landmark verdict may influence the outcome of 2,000 other pending lawsuits.

9. For the first time in more than 1,400 years, Church of England gets a woman leader

   A new archbishop of Canterbury has been installed in a historic ceremony. Sarah Mullally is the 106th person to hold the job, and the first woman.

10. Savannah Guthrie's first interview since mother Nancy vanished: 'I imagine her terror'

    Nearly two months after Nancy Guthrie disappeared, her daughter Savannah discusses the toll on her family in an emotional interview with her Today show colleague Hoda Kotb.