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1. WATCH: How traffic dried up in the Strait of Hormuz since the Iran war began

   The effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz is "about as wrong as things could go" for global oil markets. Iran achieved it not with a naval blockade, but with cheap drones.

2. Colossal Biosciences breeds controversy while trying to revive mammoths

   A Texas biotech company is trying to bring mammoths and other extinct creatures back to life. The science is as intriguing as the ethical questions are thorny.

3. GOP Rep. Tony Gonzales heads to a runoff in Texas amid a new ethics probe in the House

   Texas Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales has faced increasing pressure from his party to resign or drop out of his race after allegations of an affair with a staffer.

4. Satellite images show Iran school strike hit more buildings than earlier reported

   The images suggest that precision munitions struck other buildings, including a clinic that was also inside the complex.

5. The 2026 Oscar-nominated documentaries are sensitive and transformative

   This year's Oscar-nominated documentaries include a tale of terminal cancer, dispatches from behind bars in Alabama, and stories from Iran and Russia.

6. A Biden-era rule sought to stabilize child care. Why Trump wants it gone

   The Trump administration has proposed repealing a Biden-era rule that required states to change how they pay out child care subsidies, citing the potential for fraud.

7. Greetings from Southwest Papua, which has some of the world's richest marine biodiversity

   The Raja Ampat islands in Indonesia's Southwest Papua province are a marine biodiversity hotspot and a divers' paradise.

8. Families remember U.S. reservists killed in Kuwait, members of an Iowa logistics unit

   Four U.S. soldiers were killed in the Iran war on Sunday and IDed Tuesday by the Pentagon; two soldiers haven't yet been publicly identified. Their unit kept troops supplied with food and equipment.

9. Why supporting a shelter for women is now 'kind of radioactive'

   That's how researcher Beatriz Garcia Nice describes the new U.S. stance under the Trump administration to programs addressing gender-based violence.

10. Trump's new reasoning for Iran strikes. And, takeaways from the first 2026 primaries

    President Trump offers new reasoning for the U.S. attack on Iran. And, results from the first midterm primary of 2026 are in, providing an outlook for the matchups for key Senate seats.