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During a press conference, Gov. Mike DeWine (R-OH) announced statewide drawings to give $1 million to vaccinated adults and full scholarships to vaccinated individuals aged 17 and younger.

Officials in Kansas say a doorbell camera captured video of a mountain lion trotting along a residential back alley earlier this week. A state wildlife biologist says it's the first confirmed cougar sighting in Wichita. (May 12)

A transportation official says repairs to the Interstate 40 bridge linking Arkansas and Tennessee could take months after a crack was found in the span. (May 12)

A man suspected of shooting three people in New York's Times Square, including a 4-year-old girl, was arrested Wednesday in Florida, police said. Farrakhan Muhammad was taken into custody in a McDonald's parking lot near Jacksonville. (May 12)

President Joe Biden says that “Israel has a right to defend itself” amid a barrage of rockets fired by Hamas and other Palestinian groups. Biden says he spoke with Israeli Prime Minister amid an outbreak of violence that has killed dozens. (May 12)

Former acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller and former acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen testified during a House hearing about their actions during the Capitol insurrection. CNN's Jessica Schneider reports the hearing devolved into "partisan finger pointing.

An Israeli airstrike destroyed Al-Shorouk Tower in Gaza, according to CNN photojournalist Ibrahim Dahman who witnessed the event. This is the third high-rise building to be destroyed by the IDF since the escalation of violence began on May 10, 2021. It was not immediately clear if there were any casualties.

Michigan health officials are urging primary care physicians to enroll to administer COVID-19 vaccines, as the state prepares to quickly begin vaccinating 12- to 15-year-olds (May 12)

State and federal officials are scrambling to find alternate routes to deliver gasoline in the Southeast U.S. after a hack of the nation's largest fuel pipeline led to panic-buying. (May 12)

Israel has killed a string of senior Hamas military figures and pounded three multistory towers as it hammers the Gaza Strip with airstrikes. Meanwhile, militants in the territory fired barrages of rockets Wednesday. (May 12)

A growing number of gas stations in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and Virginia are running out of gas as the Colonial Pipeline shutdown stretches into a sixth day. CNN's Pete Muntean reports.

tajikistan (Tajikistan) (AFP) – Tajikistan's government says that eight people have died and many properties were devastated in landslides in various parts of the country following heavy rainfall. Fatal landslides affect mountainous Central Asian Tajikistan every year around springtime, blocking off important roads in a country lacking transport infrastructure and forcing families to rebuild homes from scratch.