- WorldSuspect in July 4 parade shooting charged with 7 counts of 1st degree murder, article with video
The man accused of opening fire with a rifle from a rooftop onto a crowd of people watching a July Fourth parade near Chicago, turning the holiday celebration into another national tragedy, was charged on Tuesday with seven counts of first-degree murder.
- WorldBlinken to seek G20 pressure on Russia to open sea lanes, warn China on Ukraine
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will call on G20 nations this week to put pressure on Russia to support U.N. efforts to reopen sea lanes blocked by the Ukraine conflict and repeat warnings to China not to support Moscow's war effort.
- LegalU.S. funeral home owner who sold body parts pleads guilty to fraud, article with gallery
A former Colorado funeral home owner pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a federal charge of defrauding relatives of the dead by dissecting their family members' corpses and selling the body parts without permission, a practice exposed in a 2018 Reuters investigative report.
- Macro MattersAnalysis: Inflation, not deflation, is now Japan's political hot potato as election looms
The rising cost of living is turning into a thorny political issue ahead of Japan's upper house election this weekend, as opposition parties peg blame for recent price hikes on Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's policies.