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Gaza鈥檚 ceasefire faced its first major test yesterday as Israeli forces launched a wave of deadly strikes, saying Hamas militants had killed two soldiers. The military later said it resumed enforcing the ceasefire and that aid deliveries would resume today. U.S. President Donald Trump said the ceasefire remained in place. 鈥� The Associated Press

鈥淣o Kings鈥� protests drew large crowds across the United States on Saturday, denouncing what demonstrators view as the authoritarian tendencies of President Trump. The demonstrations were meant to build on momentum gained from more than 2,000 such protests on June 14. Rallies were boisterous but orderly, with police largely keeping a low profile. 鈥� Reuters

Bolivia elected centrist Rodrigo Paz as president yesterday, ending two decades of socialist rule and marking a shift to the right. His victory comes amid the worst economic crisis in a generation, and he鈥檒l face immediate challenges like securing fuel and forging alliances in a legislature where his party lacks a majority. Many say his win reflects a popular rejection of the Movement Toward Socialism party but a desire to preserve the social and economic inclusion of the past 20 years. 鈥� Staff

The Louvre Museum in Paris remained closed today after thieves carried out an early morning heist yesterday, breaking into one of the 尘耻蝉别耻尘鈥檚 most ornate rooms and stealing eight pieces of jewelry. France鈥檚 interior minister said the 鈥減riceless鈥� jewels, which included an emerald and diamond necklace given by Napoleon to his wife, were of 鈥渦nmeasurable heritage value.鈥� While investigators hunt for the thieves, the French government faces scrutiny over the relative ease of the break-in. 鈥� Staff

College students are reporting greater wellbeing than during the pandemic. Levels of depression, anxiety, and loneliness have all improved since 2022, when mental health hit the lowest point in nearly two decades of tracking. Daniel Eisenberg, a co-principal investigator on the national Healthy Minds Study, told LAist that 鈥渃oncerted efforts to improve support for students [seem] to be working.鈥� 鈥� Staff

Republicans and Democrats aren鈥檛 negotiating to end the weekslong government shutdown, as its effects are felt more widely. Some pressure points for each side are looming, however.

Denmark and Sweden have taken different approaches to accepting immigrants. Their experiences may provide lessons for other Western societies.

Now nine months into his second term, President Donald Trump may be setting a new norm in law enforcement. Under his watch, prosecutors in the U.S. Justice Department have indicted three people who Mr. Trump believes have done him wrong: former FBI Director James Comey, current New York Attorney General Letitia James, and, on Thursday, his former national security adviser, John Bolton.

The courts may yet declare all three to be not guilty of charges against them. Yet the possibility of prosecutorial misconduct, such as for vindictiveness, has supercharged efforts to reset the norms of integrity 鈥� that is, pursuing justice over 鈥渨inning鈥� 鈥� that most prosecutors have honored for decades.

For now, much of that norm-resetting is at the state level, where millions of felonies and misdemeanors are handled each year by more than 2,300 prosecutor鈥檚 offices. And it is in the states where much of the problem lies. In about a third of cases in which someone is exonerated, the reason is prosecutorial misconduct, yet only 4% of prosecutors who participated in a wrongful conviction have been disciplined, according to the National Registry of Exonerations.

Some legal experts want the American Bar Association to toughen its Model Rules of Professional Conduct, specifically Rule 3.8 that establishes obligations and discipline for prosecutors, the gatekeepers of the legal system. Many states have recently tweaked ethics codes for prosecutors, as well as for other government workers. This year, for example, New York state updated its ethics guidebook for prosecutors, titled 鈥淭he Right Thing.鈥�

鈥淒efense counsel protect their clients鈥� interests and legal rights. Judges protect the parties鈥� rights and the public鈥檚 interest in the proper resolution of pending cases,鈥� the handbook states. 鈥淏ut it鈥檚 not their job to find the truth, decide who should be charged, or hold the perpetrator accountable. Only prosecutors are given the freedom 鈥� and with it the ethical duty 鈥� to promote all these vital components of 鈥榯he right thing.鈥欌��

Two states, Georgia and New York, have recently set up special bodies to oversee the conduct of prosecutors. The two commissions are very different in the scope of their powers and their political purposes. While they represent a new approach to the problem of 鈥渞ogue鈥� prosecutors, both are not seen as bipartisan enough. And rather than assisting prosecutors in acting better, they are largely investigative or regulatory.

鈥淓thical principles are the essence of criminal prosecution, not a burden upon it,鈥� the New York handbook states. Helping prosecutors to act along those principles, either in the Trump Justice Department or in the local courthouse, is now on the docket in the United States.