A school shooting in Bend, Oregon, has left three children and a teacher dead, marking the 149th school shooting in the United States this year. Meanwhile, geopolitical tensions persist as Ukraine resumes attacks on Russian oil refineries following the restoration of Starlink satellite services, and Houthi rebels strike the presidential palace in Aden, Yemen. In legal developments, former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife have pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to torture charges in New York. Beyond hard news, the debate over smart glasses continues, with visually impaired users facing exclusion from public spaces due to privacy concerns. Archaeological findings in Iraqi Kurdistan suggest early Neanderthals engaged in lethal violence while also demonstrating nurturing behaviors. On a lighter note, Rotterdam’s tradition of printing poetry on garbage trucks has gained official cultural heritage status, and 99-year-old Helga Duffy has set a new world record for wing walking.
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