Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader, Baptist minister and two-time Democratic presidential candidate, has died at age 84 in Chicago, his family announced. Jackson marched alongside Martin Luther King Jr., helped lead the civil rights movement in the 1960s, and later founded and headed the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, a Chicago-based organization focused on voting rights, economic justice and social equity. He became a national political figure with influential presidential campaigns in 1984 and 1988. Jackson also undertook international missions that helped secure the release of Americans held abroad and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

The U.S. military has struck three more suspected drug-smuggling boats, killing 11 people and raising the reported death toll to at least 145 since a campaign against small maritime vessels began in September. This fact-based report outlines what is publicly known about the targets, the nature of the operations, casualty figures and the broader counter-narcotics context driving the strikes. The article summarizes available official information on how the vessels are identified, the scope of the campaign at sea, the lack of disclosed tactical details and the continuing focus on disrupting alleged drug trafficking routes in international waters.