Russian President Vladimir Putin passed a ruling increasing the number of total Russian soldiers by 137,000, bringing the total of Russian military staff to 2.04 million.

Students at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., will be asked to wear face masks in most academic settings during the fall semester, according to revisioned COVID-19 guidelines issued by the institute last month.

U.S. Navy service members who are pursuing religious exemptions to the Department of Defense's COVID-19 vaccine mandate have been moved into deplorable living conditions and, in some cases, are unable to leave while awaiting termination from the military, according to court documents.

A defense attorney on Monday implored a Florida jury to spare the life of Nikolas Cruz, who murdered 17 people in a 2018 high school mass shooting in the city of Parkland, noting brain damage linked to fetal drug and alcohol exposure as a reason not to impose the death penalty.