University of California healthcare, research, and technical workers held a one-day unfair labor practice strike.

UC system said the unfair labor practice complaints against it during contract negotiations are unsubstantiated.

Hours before Tuesday’s strike, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued layoff notices to some 10,000 employees. House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi said that morning the department planned to close a regional office in San Francisco, calling the pending closure “shortsighted.”

An Israeli air strike on Beirut's southern suburbs has killed at least three people, Lebanon's health ministry says, putting further pressure on a fragile ceasefire between Israel and the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah.

Beirut’s southern suburbs were rocked by an overnight Israeli airstrike that killed at least four people, according to Lebanon’s health ministry. Israel says the strike was targeting a Hezbollah militant with links to Hamas,

The Israeli military has struck a building in Beirut’s southern suburbs. Lebanese authorities say that at least four people were killed and seven others were wounded in the attack.