GENEVA (Reuters) -The United Nations on Monday slashed its aid appeal to donors by over a third, saying it was now seeking $29 billion to support 114 million people amid what it described as the deepest funding cuts ever.

Israeli fire killed at least 40 people, half of them near an aid distribution site operated by the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation on Monday, the territory's health ministry said.

Education officials will begin more rigorous screening of financial aid applicants, citing instances of fraud at California’s community colleges.

More than 100 additional Rite Aid locations have been designated for closure, adding to a growing list of shuttering stores.

The road to Dover, Delaware, is lined with barns and giant wheat fields and all the other signs of American abundance.But on this journey, the scene only highlights the devastating contrast between peace and war.

The United Nations said that it was drastically scaling back its global humanitarian aid plans due to the "deepest funding cuts ever" -- leaving tens of millions of people facing dire straits.

This story originally appeared on Stateline. The Trump administration is pushing to reshape the federal housing safety net by slashing spending and shifting the burden of housing millions of people to states,

Palestinians killed in worst incident since beginning of contentious US and Israeli-backed distribution system

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy drew pledges of non-military help from neutral Austria on Monday, a day before he's expected to press U.S. President Donald Trump for more military support in Ukraine's fight against Russia.