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A nurse said Louisiana jail inmate Paul Cleveland was faking when he was found on the floor of his cell, naked and covered in feces. Two hours later, he was dead from a gastrointestinal bleed. Read the latest special report that looks at how jails across the U.S. have become a first line of treatment for the mentally ill.

U.S. election officials responsible for managing more than a dozen close races this November share a fear: Outdated voting machines in their districts could undermine confidence in election results that will determine which party controls the U.S. Congress.

The growing number of apprenticeships in the U.S. has more to do with European companies importing the practice into their American operations than with the long-running NBC television reality show and its former host who now lives in the White House. Read more on the world at work.

World

One recent Sunday morning in the western Ukrainian village of Ptycha, a battle for control of the church between rival Orthodox factions forced parishioners to worship in unusual places. The standoff is the upshot of a tussle that pits a church aligned with Russian Orthodoxy — widely referred to in Ukraine as the Moscow Patriarchate — against a breakaway rival called the Kiev Patriarchate.

Italy is awaiting a decision from right-wing leader Matteo Salvini on whether to join a last-ditch attempt to form a government and avoid snap elections that would be focused on membership of the euro zone. In addition, euro support in Italy has been declining over the last 15 years and the election of populist parties rises the fear that Italy might quit the monetary union.

Exclusive: Mexican presidential front-runner Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has extended his lead well beyond his nearest rivals with just a month to go before the July 1 election, an opinion poll showed.

Sponsored by Barclays: Automation’s delayed economic impact Workplace automation is increasing, yet key economic indicators seem unaffected. Why aren’t unemployment, wages and productivity responding? Find out.

Commentary: Over the last two weeks, every household in Sweden received a booklet of instructions on how to prepare for war. Issued by the government, it was a dramatic sign of just how quickly the recently unthinkable has become something Europe’s Nordic governments in particular feel they must address, writes Peter Apps.

Two @Reuters journalists have been detained in Myanmar for 171 days. Follow updates on the case: https://reut.rs/2IXyvXf

4:00 AM - MAY 31, 2018