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August 26, 2024     "Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook." —Oliver Goldsmith   1 Gunmen Stop Drivers, Check IDs, Kill 23 in Pakistan Violence in a restive province of Pakistan took a particularly grim turn Monday: Gunmen stopped vehicles on a highway in Baluchistan, checked the IDs of occupants, and killed at least 23 who had the misfortune of being from the wrong place, report the BBC and the AP. Keep reading   2 RFK Jr.'s Wife 'Very Uncomfortable' With His Choice The Kennedy family has made it clear many of them don't support Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Keep reading     At a Glance A firefighter collects fragments of a rocket after a Russian strike on the Sapphire hotel in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024. Russia unleashed a massive drone and missile barrage throughout Ukraine on Monday, its largest in weeks, targeting energy infrastructure. At least three people were reported killed, and power cuts were reported across the country. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Keep reading   3 Body of Missing Hiker in Grand Canyon Is Found The body of a 33-year-old Arizona woman who disappeared during a flash flood in Grand Canyon National Park has been found, reports the New York Times. Keep reading   4 Lily Allen: I'm Getting Death Threats After Telling Dog Story Lily Allen is once again receiving backlash over something she said, and this time the singer says people are going too far. Keep reading   5 New Search Launched in Bizarre Case Linked to Murdoch One of the men convicted of killing a British woman 55 years ago in a case of mistaken identity has asked to return to the UK in order to help locate her body. Keep reading   6 Loretta Lynn's First Grandchild Dies at 59 Loretta Lynn's first grandchild died Tuesday at age 59, the family of the country music icon announced last week. Keep reading     7 Vance: Trump Wouldn't Support National Abortion Ban Appearing on NBC News' Meet the Press Sunday, JD Vance offered assurances that if elected president, Donald Trump would not back a national abortion ban. Keep reading   8 Ice Cave Collapse Kills Tourist in Iceland At least one person has died and two others are still missing after an ice cave partially collapsed as a group of tourists was visiting the Breidamerkurjokull glacier in southern Iceland, the AP reports. Keep reading   Today From Newser.AI Israel Delivers Polio Vaccines for 1M People to Gaza See more stories from our human + machine experiment here.   This Day in History On Aug. 26, 1968, the Democratic National Convention opened in Chicago; the four-day event that resulted in the nomination of Hubert Humphrey for president was marked by a bloody police crackdown on antiwar protesters in the streets. Find out what else happened on this date here.   From the Newser Archives On this day in 2015: Suspect in On-Air Murders Has Died   Yesterday's Most-Read Stories   From Our Sponsors Manage your subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe from Newser emails  |  Privacy Policy We'd love to hear from you. Send us a note at feedback@newser.com. Read our stories on MSN. Newser, LLC  |  1395 Brickell Avenue  |  Suite 800  |  Miami, Florida  |  33131 © 2024 Newser, LLC. All rights reserved