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United Arab Emirates said it will leave OPEC.听The Gulf state said that 鈥渢his decision reflects the UAE鈥檚 long-term strategic and economic vision and evolving energy profile.鈥� Effective May 1, the move comes as the UAE has clashed with Saudi Arabia over economic issues and the war in Yemen against the Iran-backed Houthi rebels. 鈥� The Associated Press

Ukraine accused Israel of importing grain 鈥榮tolen鈥� by Russia.听President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a vessel carrying grain arrived at an Israeli port, calling the trade illegal and warning of sanctions. Israel denied the vessel entered the port, although tracking shows it in Haifa for days. Foreign Minister Gideon Saar dismissed Mr. Zelenskyy鈥檚 comments as 鈥淭witter diplomacy.鈥� Ukraine鈥檚 Foreign Ministry said more vessels have arrived with grain it describes as stolen. Kyiv urges Israel to stop these imports, warning it could harm relations between both countries. 鈥� A.P.

The US and Iran parried at a U.N. nuclear conference.听Iran was elected as one of 34 conference vice presidents at the month-long Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference. It received backing from the Non-Aligned Movement, a bloc of 121 developing countries, in a gesture seen by some observers as reflecting sympathy for the country in the war with the United States and Israel. Christopher Yeaw, the U.S. assistant secretary for the Bureau of Arms Control and Nonproliferation, said Iran had long disregarded the commitments of the treaty. Reza Najafi, Tehran鈥檚 ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, countered that it was 鈥渋ndefensible鈥� that the U.S., which 鈥渃ontinues to expand and modernize its nuclear arsenal,鈥� would hold itself up as the 鈥渁rbitrator鈥� of treaty compliance. 鈥� Staff

Justice Department has indicted James Comey a second time.听A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of North Carolina charged the former FBI director with making threats to harm President Donald Trump after he posted听a social media photo of seashells arranged to spell 鈥�8647.鈥� Some Republicans interpreted 鈥�86鈥� - slang for 鈥渆ject, dismiss, or remove,鈥� according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary - as a call for violence against the 47th president. Mr. Comey had captioned the image, 鈥淐ool shell formation on my beach walk.鈥� He later stated that he assumed it was a political message and deleted the post because he 鈥渄idn鈥檛 realize some folks associate those numbers with violence.鈥� 鈥� Staff

Our coverage: With Comey indictment, Trump shatters norms of US justice system.听

Firefighters gain ground battling blazes in Georgia, Florida.听Some 150 fires are now burning across the two southern states. The active season is a result of drought, gusty spring winds, and copious deadfall from Hurricane Helene in 2024. 鈥� Staff

Belarus frees journalist, a possible step in warming relations with the West. Prominent journalist Andrzej Poczobut has been released from jail in a swap with Poland that also saw a total of 10 prisoners released as the authoritarian leader of Belarus seeks improved relations with the West. Mr. Poczobut, a correspondent for the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza and a leading figure among Belarus鈥� Polish minority, was serving eight years in prison in a case condemned as politically motivated. His 2021 arrest drew criticism from Europe and he was later awarded the European Union鈥檚 most prestigious human rights award, the Sakharov Prize. The U.S. helped broker the release. 鈥� Associated Press

The Trump administration has proposed a massive increase in defense spending for the coming year. It鈥檚 heavy on spending for depleted munitions and plunges deep into drones, as 鈥渢he future of combat.鈥�

President Donald Trump鈥檚 tariffs were aimed at strengthening America鈥檚 economy and trading position. But they are also prompting a profound restructuring of global supply chains, with trade continuing to set records even without American or Chinese partnerships.

Amid wars with Iran and Hezbollah, Israelis still very much want an independent state commission of inquiry to learn the truth about the failure to prevent the Hamas attack that sparked the Gaza war. Israel鈥檚 top court has given the Netanyahu government more time.

American consumers buy many agricultural products from Southeast Asia, where farmers are dealing with a fertilizer shortage because of the Iran war. Crop yields are expected to suffer this year and eventually, U.S. shoppers will feel the impact.听

Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett, and Kit Carson have all loomed large in the popular imagination. 鈥淭he Westerners鈥� offers a more expansive view of the 19th-century American West, demonstrating that Indigenous, Black, Mexican, and Asian women and men were also vital to the frontier experience.

A majority of Americans 鈥� two-thirds 鈥� feel that the nation鈥檚 corrections system does well on maintaining prison security, thus contributing to a sense of overall public safety. But only 16% believe that the system does a good job of rehabilitating incarcerated individuals.

With 95% of these individuals rejoining society after serving an average of about three years, the likelihood of reoffending is concerning for families of those convicted, the communities to which they return, and local law enforcement and justice systems.

In response, more than a dozen states have intensified efforts to reorient their correctional systems toward reformation and rehabilitation. Reforms range from providing more mentorship and educational access to the ambitious reconstruction of San Quentin State Prison in California and 鈥� on the East Coast 鈥� a statewide shift away from what the National Institute of Justice has described as a 鈥渃ommand-and-control culture.鈥�

The emerging approaches recognize and build on individuals鈥� humanity and capacity to reflect, reform, and respond positively to respectful treatment.

鈥淭hese innovations reflect a focus on human dignity for both those who work and those who live in our nation鈥檚 prisons,鈥� said the Brennan Center for Justice in a study published in early April. The changes are occurring across 鈥減olitically and geographically diverse鈥� states, the study found, and are helping to reduce violence, improve working conditions, and equip incarcerated people to 鈥渟uccessfully reenter society.鈥�

The Chester State Correctional Institution near Philadelphia was one of the early adopters, piloting a residential unit known as Little Scandinavia after study visits to Norway and Sweden. Since the pilot began in 2022, 鈥淲e鈥檙e seeing fewer incidents of disorder, a near absence of violence, less use of isolation,鈥� Jordan Hyatt, Drexel University professor of criminology and justice studies, told WBUR鈥檚 鈥淥n Point鈥� program last week.

An even more striking example of change is in Maine, where the state鈥檚 Department of Corrections emphasizes 鈥渞ehabilitation, mutual respect, human dignity, and community reintegration.鈥�

鈥淥ur job as law enforcement and correctional professionals is to release people healthier than when they arrived in our setting,鈥� Randall Liberty, the commissioner of corrections, told 鈥淥n Point.鈥� He promotes a 鈥渞edemptive environment鈥� and 鈥渘on adversarial approach鈥� that supports opportunities for self-government, enrollment in college programs, and remunerative online jobs while still in prison.

Some critics, he said, ask, 鈥淲here鈥檚 the punishment in that?鈥� His response: These activities give incarcerated persons 鈥渢he opportunity to be responsible ... to feel like an adult and care for their families鈥� by paying mortgages, child support, restitution, and taxes. In addition, the Brennan Center report said, state data between 2017 and 2024 has shown dramatic reductions in assaults among prison residents (by 40%) and in staff use of force (by 69%).

鈥淚 believe in redemption,鈥� said Mr. Liberty, who has served in law enforcement and corrections for more than 44 years and saw his father cycle in and out of prison during his childhood. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 how you make our community safer and stronger.鈥�