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1. Questions remain about deceased Israeli hostages in Gaza

   The tenuous ceasefire in the two-year Israel-Hamas war appears to be holding even as complex issues remained ahead.

2. What's next for Gaza. And, ICE tactics are reportedly becoming more violent

   With the first phase of a ceasefire holding, eyes are on what is next for Gaza. And, ICE agents are ramping up arrest operations in several cities and raising concerns about their tactics.

3. Maine Gov. Janet Mills enters crowded Democratic race to unseat Susan Collins

   Mills was reportedly recruited by Democratic Senate leaders after her high-profile confrontation with President Trump in February, in which she told the president she'd "see you in court."

4. A Nobel Prize for explaining when technology leads to growth

   The 2025 Nobel Prize in economics was awarded to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt.

5. Data centers are booming. But there are big energy and environmental risks

   How tech companies and government officials handle local impacts will shape the industry's future in the U.S.

6. Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass

   Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says.

7. In reading, the nation's students are still stuck in a pandemic slump

   New 2025 testing data shows third- through eighth-graders scored far below 2019 levels in reading. In math, some grades have made gains, but all are lagging compared to before the pandemic.

8. Death toll from torrential rains in Mexico rises to 64 as search expands

   Mexico has deployed some 10,000 troops in addition to civilian rescue teams. Helicopters have ferried food and water to the 200 some communities that remained cut off by ground.

9. SpaceX launches 11th test flight of its mega Starship rocket with another win

   Starship, the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built, thundered into the evening sky from the southern tip of Texas.

10. Madagascar's president flees country in fear for his life after military rebellion

    Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina called for dialogue "to find a way out of this situation" and said the constitution should be respected.