World News Desk

• 12-year-old Girl Suspected in LA School Shooting

• 86 People in China Have Been Gene-edited with CRISPR

• Adulthood Does Not Start Until Age 25, Researchers Claim

• Mexico Murders Hit Record High in 2017

• World’s 8 Richest Men Have Same Wealth as Poorest 50 Percent

• Pope’s Visit to Chile Marred by Controversy, 9 Churches Burned

• Russia Deploys More Surface-to-air Missiles in Annexed Crimea

• Ocean Dead Zones Have Quadrupled Since 1950

• Every Hour, an Indian Student Commits Suicide

• Flu Is Packing California ERs as the Death Toll Rises

• Study: Zika’s Effects Linger in Babies Long After They Are Born

• Apple Set to Become First $1 Trillion Company This Year

• More Than 80 Reporters Lost Their Lives in 2017

• U.S. Hit Hard by Early Flu Season

• Gallup: 8 in 10 Americans Are Stressed Out

• Baltimore Hits Highest Per Capita Murder Rate Even Though U.S. Rate Drops

• UK Considers “Drunk Tanks” to Ease Strain on Health Services

• Russia Says It Is Disappointed by Worsening Ties with U.S.

• Europe’s Mounting Cocaine Problem

• The Holy Land’s Major Water Bodies Are Drying Out