The usually chaotic streets of Haiti's capital were quiet and largely empty Monday as thousands of workers angry about the country's lack of security went on strike in protest two days after 17 members of a U.S.-based missionary group, including a Canadian citizen, were abducted by a violent gang.
Los Angeles County is seeking to compel psychiatric evaluations for Kobe Bryant's widow and others to determine if they truly suffered emotional distress after first responders shared graphic photos from the site of the 2020 helicopter crash that killed the basketball star, his daughter and others.
Drone footage revealed the massive scale of damage the Spanish island of La Palma has suffered throughout the course of several weeks of volcanic activity. (Credit: REUTERS/Susana Vera)
The Biden administration is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to block the Texas law banning most abortions while the fight over the measure's constitutionality plays out in the courts.
Five people killed in the small Norwegian town of Kongsberg last week were all stabbed to death and not shot with a bow and arrows as initially suspected, police said on Monday.
