Recovering from the devastating earthquake that hit Colombia earlier this month will be particularly challenging for Choco, a remote region that has long struggled with high poverty rates, poor infrastructure and underfunded health and education services. According to the U.N. humanitarian agency, 69,000 people in Choco were affected or displaced by the earthquake. That's about 10% of the region’s population. The regional government says that the earthquake damaged more than 200 schools, and poor internet access will make it difficult for children to take online lessons. With around 600,000 inhabitants, most of them Afro-Colombian or Indigenous people, Choco has long been one of Colombia’s most neglected regions.

A whistleblower is alleging that a Trump administration task force created to combat antisemitism pushed for settlements with Ivy League universities. That's despite government investigations the whistleblower says were rushed and incomplete or that failed to establish legal violations by the schools. The complaint made public Tuesday details allegations made by a former Justice Department attorney who was involved in the task force. The complaint alleges that the investigations into some of the nation’s most prestigious academic institutions were designed to strong-arm the schools into cutting deals for political purposes.

Thousands remain without power after Tropical Storm Lala hit Hawaii, uprooting trees and causing flash floods from Honolulu to the Big Island. On Monday, officials announced one fatality linked to the storm. The storm weakened from a hurricane on Sunday but left a muddy mess as it passed the main islands. Cleanup efforts are underway, with schools and offices closed. Hawaiian Electric reported more than 100,000 customers without power. The Big Island's power system suffered extensive damage. Federal officials have pledged recovery help, and cleanup efforts are in full swing.

A mayor says a high school student killed a fellow student and himself in a school shooting in the southern Philippines.

Police say at least 2 people were hit in a shooting at a high school in the southern Philippines.

KAMPONG PRAHOK, Cambodia (AP) — On Cambodia’s Tonle Sap, the largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia, getting anywhere has always meant navi…

The Department of Defense is introducing a course centered on Western civilization and Christianity this fall in the schools it operates for military families. It's part of an effort by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to redirect the education system toward patriotic values and classical learning. The Western civilization course planned for this fall will use a textbook published by Encounter Books, a conservative publishing house. Historians and educators who reviewed excerpts of the text told The Associated Press it depicts points throughout history in misleading ways. The text represents Western civilization and Christianity as one and the same and casts Islam as a threat to both, scholars said.

Commissioner Greg Sankey wants everyone in the Southeastern Conference to move carefully adding players suddenly allowed by court rulings to seek a fifth year of eligibility. Sankey sent a memo Tuesday to league members on the landscape created by court filings and rulings being “highly dynamic." That's according to a person familiar with the memo who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. Sankey reminded SEC members that each school’s compliance office should work with SEC staff before making any commitments on a player’s eligibility. Recent rulings allowing players a fifth year of eligibility currently are being contested by the NCAA.

A high school football player in Arkansas had every right to be rattled after finding a venomous snake inside his helmet during practice. The Maumelle High student felt unusual movement inside his headgear following warmups last week and brought his helmet to an assistant coach for inspection. A slithering 2-foot cottonmouth was discovered behind some padding. The pit viper was so reluctant to exit the helmet that animal control officers had to submerge the helmet in water and forced the snake out, grabbing it with tongs. Officers identified the snake as a deadly cottonmouth. It was released in a wooded area.

A schoolgirl has died from critical wounds after a student opened fire at a high school and his home outside Bangkok the day before, raising the death toll to at least eight. The 14-year-old shooter opened fire at Debsirin Nonthaburi School before apparently taking his own life. He also allegedly killed his grandparents earlier that morning. The Health Ministry said the 12-year-old girl died after hospitalization. Fourteen people remain hospitalized, with seven in critical condition. The gun was legally registered to the boy’s grandfather. Thailand has one of the highest rates of gun ownership in Asia, and shootings have increased in recent years.