Headlines for May 15, 2023

Turkish Elections Head to Runoff as Pres. Erdoğan Fails to Capture 50% of Vote Against Kilicdaroglu, Thai Voters Back Reform Parties in Sharp Rebuke to Monarchy and Military Gov’t, Ukraine Makes Gains in Bakhmut as European Leaders Up Military Support for Zelensky, Israel and Gaza Fighters Agree to Truce After 5 Days of Fighting Kills 33 Palestinians, Powerful Cyclone Kills at Least 6 People in Burma, Destroys Rohingya Refugee Shelters, Death Toll from Kenyan Starvation Cult Tops 200, Including Many Children, Guatemalan Newspaper El Periódico Shutters After Persecution by Giammattei Gov’t, Unaccompanied Honduran Migrant Teen Dies in U.S. Custody, Sen. Tuberville Under Fire for Backing White Nationalists in Military, Buffalo Remembers Victims of Racist Massacre One Year After Tops Supermarket Mass Shooting, North Carolina’s Democratic Gov. Vetoes Abortion Ban, Setting Up Possible GOP Override, Texas Woman Killed by Partner After Returning from Colorado, Where She Had an Abortion, Florida Bans Textbooks Dealing with Race, Social Justice; Allows Discrimination in Healthcare, SF Community Members Demand Justice for Banko Brown, a Trans Activist Killed by Security Guard, Jordan Neely’s Family Blasts Manslaughter Charge; Lawyer Implores Bystanders to Help Those in Need