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1. From Descartes to punk rock, X has an extraordinary history

   The letter X can be a lot of things: rebellious, mysterious, religious. For this Word of the Week, we examine its origins and many uses.

2. 'Rewarding loyalists,' punishing critics: How Trump's Treasury sanctions foreigners

   Spain's Prime Minister called U.S. strikes against Iran "unjustified." When other foreigners in power have used similar language against the U.S. or Israel, they were sanctioned by the Treasury.

3. Reproductive health clinics scramble as Title X funding cliff approaches

   Title X is a 56-year-old federal grant program that supports thousands of clinics that provide birth control and STI testing and treatment around the country. Now those clinics could face a funding gap because of a Trump administration delay.

4. Last protester in detention after Trump's campus crackdown has been released

   Leqaa Kordia, a 33-year-old from the West Bank who has lived in New Jersey since 2016, had been held in a U.S. immigration detention center in Texas since last March.

5. Tennessee teens sue Elon Musk's xAI over AI-generated child sexual abuse material

   The three girls say that the nonconsensual nude images were created by a perpetrator who used AI company xAI's image generation tools.

6. Afghanistan says 400 people killed in Pakistan strike on Kabul hospital

   Afghanistan has accused Pakistan of targeting a hospital for drug users in the Afghan capital with an airstrike, marking a dramatic escalation of a conflict that began late last month. Pakistan has dismissed the accusation.

7. Federal judge halts RFK Jr.'s changes to children's vaccine policies

   In a rebuke, a federal district court judge blocked the administration's reduction in the number of immunizations recommended for kids and also changes to an influential vaccine committee.

8. Supreme Court to hear expedited arguments on protected status for migrants

   The court temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deporting some 6,000 Syrians and 350,000 Haitians who were granted Temporary Protected Status.

9. A new drug could be the beginning of the end for sleeping sickness

   The goal in the world of global health is to bring an end to this scourge by 2030. A new drug looks as if it could do the job.

10. Cuba hit by island-wide blackout as energy crisis deepens

    On Monday Cuba was plunged into an island-wide blackout affecting 11 million people after a "complete disconnection" of its electrical system, officials said, amid a worsening fuel shortage.