HCA Healthcare announces Zach McCluskey as CEO of Fort Walton Beach Medical Center

Reuters
More evidence points to Russia-North Korea military cooperation, South Korea defence minister says
South Korean defence minister Shin Won-sik said on Saturday that more evidence suggests weapons used by Russia in the war in Ukraine were illegally imported from North Korea. "Military cooperation between Russia and North Korea" is escalating tensions on the Korean Peninsula and "also affecting the battlefield in Europe", Shin said.
AFP
China making youth unemployment a 'top priority'
At a job fair for soon-to-be graduates in central Shanghai, recruiters sat bored under washed-out tarpaulins as rain and an apparent lack of interest kept potential young employees away."It's difficult to find a job that matches your degree and aspirations," one of the few young jobseekers at the fair, a data sciences student, told AFP. "Lots of college students actually have too high expectations," said Julia Shao, who was recruiting for a restaurant chain.
AFP
Austin says 'new era of security' in Asia-Pacific
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin hailed on Saturday a "new era of security" in the Asia-Pacific region, as Washington strengthens its network of alliances aimed at countering China's growing military might and influence. - 'Priority' - Underscoring the US commitment to the region, Austin said Saturday that the Asia-Pacific remained Washington's "priority theatre of operations", noting "the United States can be secure only if Asia is".
TODAY
While some companies market ‘natural’ MSG, my restaurant will stick with the original
Eric Huang, chef-owner of Pecking House, had a visceral reaction to Noma Projects' marketing of its mushroom garum.
TODAY
The stingray who got pregnant without a male has a ‘reproductive disease,’ aquarium says
Charlotte, a California round stingray, self-impregnated according to the Aquarium & Shark Lab by Team ECCO in Hendersonville, North Carolina. But the aquarium now says she has a "reproductive disease."
NBC News
Special counsel again asks for modified release conditions for Trump in classified documents case
Special counsel Jack Smith asked the judge overseeing former President Donald Trump's classified documents case in Florida to bar him from making statements that endanger law enforcement.
Associated Press
15 years on, the Tamil survivors of Sri Lanka's brutal civil war live in fear — and disempowerment
At the site of a bloody battlefield that marked the end of Sri Lanka’s civil war, Singaram Soosaimuthu fishes every day with his son, casting nets and reeling them in. The former Tamil fighter lost both legs in 2009 as the nation’s generation-long civil war drew to a close and the Tamils retreated in defeat.
AFP
Hindu holy city votes as India's six-week election ends
India's six-week election reached its final day of voting Saturday, including in the holy city Prime Minister Narendra Modi has used as a staging post for his Hindu nationalist agenda.It is one of the final cities to vote in India's gruelling election and where public support for Modi's ever-closer alignment of religion and politics burns brightest.
Reuters
Florida deputy who shot Black airman is fired, sheriff says
A Florida sheriff's office on Friday fired a deputy who had shot and killed a Black airman with the U.S. Air Force, saying the use of deadly force was not reasonable. That was the conclusion of an internal affairs investigation by the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office into the May 3 killing of Roger Fortson, 23, in Fort Walton Beach, the sheriff's office said in a statement. A criminal investigation into former deputy Eddie Duran, who shot and killed Fortson, is ongoing, the sheriff's office said.
Politico
DeSantis says Trump can still vote in Florida despite felony conviction
The governor disputes the assessment of some experts who say Trump’s conviction would make him ineligible to vote in the state.
CNN
Biden says it’s ‘time for this war to end’ as he lays out Israeli ceasefire proposal
President Joe Biden asserted Friday that Hamas has been degraded to a point where it can no longer carry out the type of attack that launched the current 8-month conflict in Gaza, laying out a three-phase proposal Israel has submitted to wind down the grinding crisis as he declared, “It’s time for this war to end.
The Conversation
Yes, Donald Trump has a point about political prosecution
A former government prosecutor examines the choice to prosecute a polarizing former president.
CNN
Meet the veteran astronauts riding aboard Starliner’s historic first crewed launch Saturday
Boeing’s historic Crew Flight Test of the Starliner spacecraft is expected to launch Saturday carrying veteran NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams.
NBC News
Ohio K9 officer on leave after video appears to show police dog attacking man lying on stomach
An Ohio K9 officer is under investigation after police body camera video captured the officer’s dog appear to attack a man on his stomach with his hands behind his back, authorities said Friday.
Associated Press
Donald Trump’s attorney says he was 'shocked' the former president took the verdict with 'solemness'
Donald Trump's lawyer told The Associated Press he was surprised at Trump’s stoic demeanor as he listened to the verdict that made him the first former U.S. president convicted of a crime. Todd Blanche was sitting to Trump’s left in the Manhattan courtroom as the verdict was read — the jury foreman repeating the word “guilty” 34 times. "I was shocked at how he took the verdict," Blanche said.
Associated Press
Voting begins in the last round of India's election, a referendum on Modi's decade in power
Indians began voting Saturday in the last round of a six-week-long national election that is a referendum on Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decade in power. The election is considered one of the most consequential in India’s history. If Modi wins, he’ll be only the second Indian leader to retain power for a third term after Jawaharlal Nehru, the country’s first prime minister.
AFP
El Salvador's 'all-powerful' Bukele starts second term
El Salvador's gang-busting President Nayib Bukele will be sworn in for a second term Saturday, more popular -- and more powerful -- than ever.- Gangs as a 'cancer' - With his preferred getup of jeans and a baseball cap, millennial Bukele came to power in 2019 promising to crush the country's gangs, to which he attributes some 120,000 murders over three decades -- more than the 75,000 lives lost in El Salvador's civil war from 1980 to 1992.
AFP
Boeing will try to launch its first crew on Starliner, again
Troubled aerospace giant Boeing will try once more to fly its first crew to the International Space Station aboard a Starliner spaceship on Saturday, after the last attempt was scrubbed hours before liftoff.- Urine pump - Since then, a small helium leak located in one of the spacecraft's thrusters came to light -- but rather than replace the seal, which would require taking Starliner apart in its factory, NASA and Boeing officials declared it's safe enough to fly as is.
NBC News
Trump may have violated the hush money gag order while ripping his guilty verdict
Donald Trump discussed two witnesses in the criminal case against him Friday while complaining about his conviction, comments that could violate the judge's gag order against him.
Associated Press
World War II veterans take off for France for 80th anniversary of D-Day
More than 60 veterans of World War II took off Friday from Dallas to France, where they will take part in ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day. The group ranges from 96 to 107 years old, according to American Airlines, which is flying them first to Paris. The flight is one of several that are taking veterans to France for the commemoration.

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