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1. Who is Nolan Wells, and why has the Black Mississippi teen's death received widespread attention?

   

   The death of Nolan Wells, a Black teenager whose body was located on an island off the Mississippi coast after he spent the Fourth of July there with three white friends, has drawn widespread attention amid mounting unanswered questions.

2. Expansion of U.S. strikes on Iran leads to more retaliation across Persian Gulf

   

   The United States conducted a new round of airstrikes early Monday targeting Iran after announcing the death of another service member. Iran responded by launching an attack targeting Bahrain, the home of the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet, as well as Kuwait.

3. 10 bodies recovered, dozens feared dead after passenger ferry sinks off coast of Guyana

   

   Guyana's government said on Monday that 10 bodies had been recovered from a ferry that capsized off the coast over the weekend with 133 people on board.

4. Meet Jimothy, the unusually round Seattle raccoon capturing hearts worldwide

   

   A Seattle raccoon with an unusually short body nicknamed Jimothy has become an internet sensation after a video of the critter scampering across a field went viral.

5. Russian missile strike kills 10 in Black Sea near Ukraine

   

   A Russian missile strike on a ‌ship carrying corn near Ukraine's southern port of Odesa killed 10 people, Ukrainian officials said on Monday, in the deadliest attack in a weeks-long flare-up of violence in the Black Sea.