Strongest storm on planet bearing down on U.S. islands in Western Pacific – San Francisco Chronicle

Kent university students to be offered vaccine in meningitis outbreak  BBCAn ‘Unprecedented’ Outbreak of Meningitis Raises Alarm in Britain  The New York TimesCases of invasive meningococcal disease notified in Kent  GOV.UK2 Peop…

Trump administration to withhold $259M in Minnesota Medicaid funds, citing fraud  The Washington PostVance says Minnesota’s Medicaid funds halted as part of Trump’s ‘war on fraud’  The GuardianTrump admin halts Medicaid payments to Minneso…

Lebanon and U.S. ask Israel for “pause” in fighting, sources say  AxiosIsrael agrees to talks with Lebanon as strikes there threaten fragile U.S.-Iran truce  PBSIsrael rejects a truce with Hezbollah, envoy to US says he told Lebanese count…