Student-led demonstrations over the cost of living and government policy escalated into riots and looting across France, prompting curfews and nearly 1,800 arrests. The unrest exposed political fault lines around Macron and rattled investors, while coverage of the violence diverged sharply along ideological lines.

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a challenge to the long-standing federal prohibition on distilling spirits at home, a case that could clarify the limits of Congress's power to regulate activity inside Americans' own houses.

Elon Musk has announced plans to give one share of SpaceX to every child in the United States, a pledge he says will take effect next year. The statement has drawn attention given SpaceX's status as one of the world's most valuable private companies.

A Kenyan court has found a cult leader guilty of murder in the starvation deaths of 191 people, most of them children, whose bodies were recovered in connection with a doomsday movement.

A campaign stop for Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed turned tense when an audience member, later identified as a former aide to Senator Josh Hawley, pressed him on alleged Muslim Brotherhood connections. The exchange, and the questioner's identity, have become their own storylines in the race.