The rabbi of a Texas synagogue where a gunman took hostages on Saturday recounted throwing a chair at his captor before escaping with two others after an hours-long standoff. Meanwhile, Jewish community leaders are warning Canadian synagogues to be vigilant in case of copycat attacks.
Marking MLK Day, U.S. President Joe Biden said Monday that Americans must commit to the unfinished work of Martin Luther King Jr.'s work and protect "the sacred right to vote," while Vice-President Kamala Harris and the King family urged the U.S. Senate to pass a law to protect voters from racial discrimination.
Russia's top diplomat on Monday angrily rejected U.S. allegations that it was preparing a pretext to invade Ukraine as Russian troops have remained concentrated near the border.
Potato importers in Puerto Rico say there are empty shelves at some grocery stores across the Caribbean island as they struggle to find enough supply to fill the void created by the export ban on P.E.I. potatoes.
Australia and New Zealand sent surveillance flights on Monday to assess damage in Tonga, isolated from the rest of the world after the eruption of a volcano that triggered a tsunami and blanketed the Pacific island with ash.
