An Alabama jail official who was accused of helping a murder suspect escape from custody died Monday after the pair was apprehended in Indiana, more than a week after they disappeared, law enforcement officials said.
Students graduating from a historically Black college in East Texas were told at their commencement ceremony that an anonymous donor had paid their balances, officials said.
More bodies were pulled from the ruins of a luxury hotel in Cuba's capital on Monday, bringing the official death toll of a powerful explosion at the iconic building to 40.
Queen Elizabeth will not attend the opening of Parliament on Tuesday amid ongoing mobility issues. Buckingham Palace said in a statement on Monday that the decision was made in consultation with her doctors.
The summer movie season is off to a blockbuster start thanks to Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness. The superhero extravaganza grossed an estimated $185 million US in ticket sales in its first weekend in U.S. and Canadian theatres, the Walt Disney Co. said Sunday.
COVID-19 vaccine makers are shifting gears and planning for a smaller, more competitive booster shot market after delivering doses as fast as they could over the last 18 months.
An official says Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has resigned following weeks of protests demanding that he and his brother, the president, step down over the country's worst economic crisis in decades.
