Pence dropped out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination after he struggled to gain traction in a field dominated by Trump. https://ift.tt/yEZstG7

Died: Matthew Perry, 54, a star of the TV sitcom “Friends.” https://ift.tt/hxoXNys

The death toll from Hurricane Otis, the strongest recorded storm ever to hit Mexico’s Pacific coast, was raised to 43, with 36 people missing. https://ift.tt/8cQD3te

Undergraduate students working in dorms, libraries and dining halls are increasingly pushing to unionize. https://ift.tt/HUmyc6V

The Biden administration is seeking new requirements for health insurers aimed at cutting out-of-pocket costs for mental-health care, a proposal that the insurance industry opposes. https://ift.tt/8FIKATc

The number of migrants from India illegally crossing the U.S. border has more than doubled, many of them asylum-seekers who oppose Modi. https://ift.tt/Gy73aFA

The scope of Palestinian casualties in Gaza has become a controversy as the U.S. says it doesn’t dispute that thousands of civilians have been killed, but doesn’t trust figures published by a Hamas-run ministry. https://ift.tt/36i2Lqr

Israeli forces pushed at least 2 miles into the Gaza Strip in moves that seemed designed to trap Hamas in the enclave’s north, as the U.S. pressured Israel to end a communications blackout in the territory. https://ift.tt/0XAKFGt

Australia, European Union Free-Trade Talks Stall https://ift.tt/xUBo2WH

The St. Lawrence Seaway is set to reopen Monday after a deal was struck to end a weeklong strike by workers on the Canadian side of the route. https://ift.tt/KshDzta