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John Lee was elected as Hong Kong's next leader Sunday by an election committee comprised of nearly 1,500 largely pro-Beijing members.

Authorities in Indonesia now say at least 26 people died in three separate suicide bombings at restaurants on the resort island of Bali. More than 120 people were injured. The attacks are being blamed on the terrorist group Jemaah Islamiyah.

The American Library Association says libraries faced the highest number of book challenges since they started tracking in 2000. Maia Kobabe's Gender Queer topped their list of most challenged books.

The World Health Organization has verified 43 attacks on health care in the three weeks since Russia invaded Ukraine, and says hundreds of facilities remain at risk.

The White House has requested $22.5 billion in additional COVID relief, but 35 GOP senators warned they won't support more until Biden provides an accounting of trillions in prior relief spending.

In an attempt to curb high inflation, the Federal Reserve is expected this week to begin raising interest rates for the first time in three years.

The mayors of New York and Washington, D.C. say homeless should find shelter after recent shootings that left three people injured and two others dead.

Critics, including the National Park Service, said exploding rockets after launch could rain fiery debris onto surrounding land, including a federally protected wilderness.

A community rallied after a couple lost their dog in a car accident that nearly killed them all. Eventually, they all made it home.

A senior U.S. military official said something was detected in recent days that sharply heightened concern that an invasion is coming.