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1. Did a Russian lab worker die from pneumonic plague? What we know — and don't know

   

   An unnerving story has emerged from southeastern Russia involving the death of 28-year-old woman from pneumonia and fears that she may have been exposed to a form of plague at the lab where she worked. But the

2. U.S. Coast Guard identifies all 6 people aboard missing Canadian air ambulance

   

   The U.S. Coast Guard has named all six people, including four Canadian crew members and two Bermudian passengers, aboard an Ontario-based air ambulance that went missing off the coast of Massachusetts on Saturday.

3. Cornell protesters demand university president resign over handling of alleged frat-house gang rape

   

4. New York state declares measles disaster emergency

   

   New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a statewide disaster emergency on Monday over a measles outbreak, the first such declaration ​by a U.S. state since cases began surging in ​2025. New York has reported 108 measles ‌cases so far this year, with seven cases in New York City and 101 elsewhere in the state.

5. Student reportedly loses hand from police grenade amid France's education protests

   

   A teenager's hand was blown off as high-school protesters clashed with riot police in northern France on Monday, a local official said, on ‌the eve of a national demonstration by the pupils' union against underfunding, overcrowding and dilapidation.