The Latest World What the recognition of a Palestinian state means to Palestinians Several countries have made moves to recognize Palestinian statehood. What do these announcements mean practically for Palestinians and are these declarations coming too little too late? John Ketchum National Colorado's largest utility agrees to settle lawsuit over claims it sparked wildfire Colorado's largest utility company has agreed to pay about $640 million to settle a lawsuit over liability for the state's most destructive wildfire, the Marshall fire in 2021. Ishan Thakore Arts & Life Dogs take over a public pool in North Carolina Once a year in Wilmington North Carolina, dogs who love water take over the public pool for the annual Pooch Plunge. Kelly Kenoyer Economy Could a 'silver tsunami' of aging Americans fix the housing crisis? The "silver tsunami" of aging Americans is often seen as a potential way to alleviate U.S. housing affordability woes. But an influx of empty-nester homes into the market may not have much impact. Wailin Wong On the frontlines of Mississippi's infant mortality crisis Public health officials in Mississippi recently declared a crisis around infant mortality. Too many babies are dying. Officials are working to help pregnant moms get access to better prenatal care. Katia Riddle National Security Hegseth summons military top brass to unusual meeting, agenda unclear Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth has summoned hundreds of general and admirals from across the globe to a meeting in Virginia. But there's no word on why the highly unusual meeting has been called. Tom Bowman Europe EU defense ministers to discuss a better defense against mysterious drones Drones were spotted over four of Denmark's civilian and military airports in the second mystery sighting this week. European Union defense ministers will hold a virtual meeting Friday to discuss this. Teri Schultz National Three months later, a survivor reflects on the Texas floods Three months after floods hit central Texas, senior editor at Texas Monthly Aaron Parsley shares his experience when he and his family were swept away by rushing water and how they're moving forward. Courtney Dorning Books With 831 Stories, romance fans get more than a steamy read 831 Stories is all-in on the romance genre, and the founders are cultivating a whole world around the books they publish, complete with fanfiction and merchandise. Juana Summers Technology Trump's TikTok deal terms criticized by experts as a 'shakedown' The U.S. government will collect a multibillion-dollar fee from the American investors who will take over TikTok. Some experts call the fee and other deals like it "extortion." Bobby Allyn Prev 918 of 1652 Next Sponsored
World What the recognition of a Palestinian state means to Palestinians Several countries have made moves to recognize Palestinian statehood. What do these announcements mean practically for Palestinians and are these declarations coming too little too late? John Ketchum
National Colorado's largest utility agrees to settle lawsuit over claims it sparked wildfire Colorado's largest utility company has agreed to pay about $640 million to settle a lawsuit over liability for the state's most destructive wildfire, the Marshall fire in 2021. Ishan Thakore
Arts & Life Dogs take over a public pool in North Carolina Once a year in Wilmington North Carolina, dogs who love water take over the public pool for the annual Pooch Plunge. Kelly Kenoyer
Economy Could a 'silver tsunami' of aging Americans fix the housing crisis? The "silver tsunami" of aging Americans is often seen as a potential way to alleviate U.S. housing affordability woes. But an influx of empty-nester homes into the market may not have much impact. Wailin Wong
On the frontlines of Mississippi's infant mortality crisis Public health officials in Mississippi recently declared a crisis around infant mortality. Too many babies are dying. Officials are working to help pregnant moms get access to better prenatal care. Katia Riddle
National Security Hegseth summons military top brass to unusual meeting, agenda unclear Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth has summoned hundreds of general and admirals from across the globe to a meeting in Virginia. But there's no word on why the highly unusual meeting has been called. Tom Bowman
Europe EU defense ministers to discuss a better defense against mysterious drones Drones were spotted over four of Denmark's civilian and military airports in the second mystery sighting this week. European Union defense ministers will hold a virtual meeting Friday to discuss this. Teri Schultz
National Three months later, a survivor reflects on the Texas floods Three months after floods hit central Texas, senior editor at Texas Monthly Aaron Parsley shares his experience when he and his family were swept away by rushing water and how they're moving forward. Courtney Dorning
Books With 831 Stories, romance fans get more than a steamy read 831 Stories is all-in on the romance genre, and the founders are cultivating a whole world around the books they publish, complete with fanfiction and merchandise. Juana Summers
Technology Trump's TikTok deal terms criticized by experts as a 'shakedown' The U.S. government will collect a multibillion-dollar fee from the American investors who will take over TikTok. Some experts call the fee and other deals like it "extortion." Bobby Allyn