California's governor on Monday declared a state of emergency to speed efforts to combat the monkeypox outbreak, becoming the second state in three days to take the step.
A U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan this weekend killed Ayman al-Zawahri, who took over as al-Qaeda leader after Osama bin Laden's death in a U.S. raid. President Joe Biden announced the killing Monday, delivering a significant counterterrorism win just 11 months after American troops left the country following a two-decade war.
A Texas man convicted of storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, while wearing a holstered handgun, a helmet and body armour was sentenced on Monday to 87 months in prison. The sentence of just over seven years is the longest imposed so far among hundreds of Capitol riot cases.
Abortion could become illegal in parts of Michigan after a state Court of Appeals panel said in a decision released Monday that a judge's injunction blocking the enforcement of a pre-Roe v. Wade ban doesn't apply to county prosecutors.
Two bodies were found inside a burned-out car in the path of a huge wildfire raging near California's border with Oregon, authorities said on Monday, as heavy smoke limited efforts to deploy aircraft to contain the blaze over the weekend.
The first ship carrying Ukrainian grain has set off from the port of Odesa, Turkey's defence ministry says.
