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1. UN chief visits Haiti, where a new 'gang-suppression force' will be deployed

   U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres's visit to Port-au-Prince comes as gang violence persists. According to U.N. data, 2,300 people have been killed in Haiti this year, with another 100 kidnapped.

2. U.S. strike on an alleged drug boat kills 1, leaves 2 survivors

   The U.S. military attacked a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Tuesday, killing one man and leaving two survivors. This brings the number of people who have been killed in boat strikes to at least 208.

3. Rain along Gulf Coast could become the first named storm of Atlantic hurricane season

   The National Hurricane Center in Miami says the system is expected to bring intense rain to southern states including Texas and Louisiana this week.

4. Haitian immigrants ask Supreme Court to toss case in light of new evidence

   The lawyers argue that the court does not have a full record of how the Trump administration decided to end temporary protective status for Haitians in the U.S.

5. Georgia results: Collins will face Sen. Ossoff; Trump's pick loses governor runoff

   In an upset, Georgia Republican voters rejected President Trump's preferred nominee for the competitive open governor's race. They also picked Rep. Mike Collins to face Sen. Jon Ossoff.

6. Iraqi soccer fans celebrate end of 40-year World Cup drought

   The Iraq national men's team hasn't played a World Cup in 40 years; a drought that ends Tuesday night, to the excitement of soccer fans in Dearborn, Michigan, home to a large Iraqi diaspora.

7. In Albania, anger grows against the government for supporting a Kushner-linked luxury resort

   Albania's government has given preliminary approval to plans for the luxury resort along a stretch of coastline, prompting daily protests and legal challenges by environmental groups.

8. Trump further guts Education Dept. by shifting oversight of special ed, civil rights

   The moves to the federal departments of Health and Human Services and Justice, respectively, would further dismantle an agency that President Donald Trump has vowed to close.

9. 'The Lost Founder' profiles a brilliant lawyer who helped craft the Constitution

   Jesse Wegman's book tells the story of James Wilson, a largely forgotten founding father who lived a colorful life and died as a Supreme Court justice on the run from the law and creditors.

10. Live with a partner? You may be sharing more microbes than you think

    A large study finds you may share about a quarter of your oral and gut microbes with the people you live with. Should you worry? We asked the experts.