• Israeli Soldiers Kill Palestinian Who Attempted to Stab Them Amid Escalating Tension

  Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian who tried to stab them in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday and an Israeli woman was wounded in a separate knife attack near a Jewish settlement, the military and police said.

  

• Judge Blocks Alabama From Defunding Planned Parenthood Amid Release of Controversial Videos

  A federal judge on Wednesday blocked Alabama from defunding Planned Parenthood clinics amid controversy over the release of covertly recorded videos about the reproductive health organization's handling of aborted fetal tissue.

  

• South Carolina Sheriff's Deputy Caught Flipping High School Student Out Of Chair To Be Fired

  The white sheriff's deputy caught on video flipping a black high school student out of her classroom chair in Columbia, South Carolina, will be fired, MSNBC reported on Wednesday.

  

• Walgreens Announces Plans to Buy Rival Drugstore Rite Aid Corp

  Drugstore chain Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc said on Tuesday it would acquire smaller peer Rite Aid Corp for $9.4 billion to widen its footprint in the United States and negotiate for lower drug costs.

  

• Tuberculosis Now Rivals HIV/AIDS As Leading Cause of Death From Infectious Diseases: WHO

  For the first time, tuberculosis infections rivaled HIV/AIDS as a leading cause of death from infectious diseases, the World Health Organization said in a report released on Wednesday.