An out-of-control wildfire burning northeast of the Australian west coast city of Perth has destroyed an estimated 30 homes and was threatening more Tuesday, with many locals across the region told it is too late to leave.
At least five people have died in an attack on a Mogadishu hotel by Somalia's al-Shabaab rebels that was stopped early Monday by security forces, according to the Somali police force.
The mayor of Rochester, N.Y., ordered the city's police chief to immediately suspend officers who were involved in Friday's pepper-spraying of a nine-year-old girl, the city announced on Monday.
Saved by the Bell star Dustin Diamond died Monday after a three-week fight with cancer, according to his representative. He was 44.
Whether Donald Trump bears some responsibility for the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 seems like an important thing for Americans to know — but apparently not all of them want to know, writes Keith Boag.
