In U.S. news

In New Mexico, three people died and 18 first responders were sickened after an apparent fentanyl exposure at a rural home in Mountainair. Officers found four people unconscious, and the responders were hospitalized and decontaminated.

Philadelphia police are investigating two overnight shootings in Spring Garden and Parkside, with multiple victims reported in both cases.

The State Department says it plans to revoke passports from Americans who owe child support, a move critics argue could punish families without doing much to fix the debt.

A federal judge dismissed Michael Wolff’s lawsuit against Melania Trump, saying his anti-SLAPP filing was premature and came in a “somewhat contorted posture.”

In the Middle East

Iran is hosting Pakistan’s army chief as it tries to ward off renewed U.S. strikes, with Iranian officials saying they will not compromise on what they call the country’s legitimate rights. Tehran is also facing a wider U.S. naval pressure campaign in the Strait of Hormuz, where Central Command says more than 100 commercial ships have been rerouted and more than 15,000 U.S. troops are involved.

Separately, an Israeli strike hit a police post in northern Gaza, killing five police officers and a 13-year-old boy, while dozens more people were wounded in Israeli attacks over the past 48 hours.

In disasters and public health

More than 90 people have been killed in a gas explosion at a coal mine in northern China, the country’s deadliest mining disaster since 2009.

In eastern Congo, a treatment tent for an Ebola outbreak was set on fire for a second time this week, and 18 suspected patients escaped, according to a local hospital director.

In tech and space

SpaceX says its latest Starship test flight from Texas was a success after the vehicle flew for nearly an hour, deployed 20 mock Starlink satellites, and then ended in a planned splashdown fireball in the Indian Ocean.