A Virginia teacher who was critically injured when she was was shot by a six-year-old student in Newport News, Va., is showing signs of improvement as authorities struggle to understand how a child so young could be involved in a school shooting, the city's mayor said Saturday.
Doctors described Damar Hamlin's neurological function as "excellent" Saturday, as the Buffalo Bills safety continued making progress in his recovery after having to be resuscitated on the field in a game at Cincinnati on Monday.
Iran hanged two men on Saturday for allegedly killing a member of the security forces during nationwide protests that followed the death of 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman Mahsa Amini on Sept. 16.
Russia's Defence Ministry said on Saturday its forces in Ukraine would maintain a ceasefire it unilaterally declared to observe Orthodox Christmas until midnight, despite Ukraine rejecting the truce offer.
