Israel launches deadly airstrikes on Lebanon; deal averts federal shutdown

Israel has carried out hundreds of airstrikes in southern Lebanon, killing at least 100 people. The Israeli military called on residents to immediately evacuate places where it claimed the Hezbollah militant group stores weapons.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican has confirmed that plans remain in place for Pope Francis to go to Belgium and Luxembourg. That follows the cancellation of all of his audiences on Monday because of a “slight flu-like state.”

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Authorities in Alabama are investigating whether the shooting of three more people in Birmingham on Sunday night is connected to the mass shooting a day earlier that killed four and injured more than a dozen. 

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders have a deal on a short-term spending bill that will fund federal agencies for about three months. The agreement announced Sunday averts a possible partial government shutdown when the new budget year begins Oct. 1 and pushes final decisions until after the November election. 

MOSCOW (AP) — A Soyuz capsule carrying two Russians and one American from the International Space Station has landed in Kazakhstan, ending a record-breaking stay for the Russian pair. 

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