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Israeli police work near the covered body of a shooting victim in Bnei Brak, Israel, Tuesday, March 29, 2022. The circumstance of the deadly incident in the city east of Tel Aviv were not immediately clear.

Gunman kills 5 in mass shooting spree in central Israel

A gunman on a motorcycle opened fire in a crowded city in central Israel late Tuesday, gunning down victims as he killed at least five people in the second mass shooting rampage this week.

An asylum seeker waits outside the San Ysidro Port of Entry in Tijuana, Mexico. The Biden administration is bracing for a possible surge in migration if it lifts the pandemic border restrictions known as Title 42.

DHS officials brace for a new surge at the border if pandemic restrictions are lifted

Homeland security officials say they are planning for a possible increase in migration, as the Biden administration faces growing pressure to end pandemic border restrictions known as Title 42.

The abortion drug mifepristone was approved by the FDA more than 20 years ago. The FDA recently relaxed some of the rules for dispensing the drug. Now, some legislatures are trying to restrict access.

As medication abortion becomes dominant, red states restrict pills

As access to abortion in clinics becomes limited across much of the country, many patients are turning to abortion pills. And conservative state lawmakers are taking notice.

A former Yale University administrator has pleaded guilty to a years-long scheme of stealing electronics ordered for the university and reselling the items. Here, a shuttle drives students around Yale's campus.

A former Yale employee admits she stole $40 million in electronics from the university

Jamie Petrone has pleaded guilty to a years-long scheme of stealing electronics ordered for Yale University and reselling the items. She used the money to buy herself luxury cars and multiple homes.

Pecolia Manigo of Reparations for Black Students speaks in a press conference at Oakland City Hall in Oakland, Calif., on Feb. 9, 2022.

California group votes to limit reparations to slave descendants

The task force will meet again and hold a series of meetings as a report is due by June with a reparations proposal due by July 2023 for the Legislature to consider turning into law.

South Korea's solid-fuel rocket is launched at an undisclosed location in South Korea on Wednesday.

South Korea has key rocket launch, days after North's ICBM test

The launch comes six days after North Korea conducted its first intercontinental ballistic missile test since 2017 in an apparent attempt to pressure on the Biden administration amid stalled talks.

Gov. JB Pritzker takes questions on the state's Prisoner Review Board Tuesday at his Capitol office. Four members have exited the board in recent weeks amid political pushback against the governor's nominees.

Without a Prisoner Review Board quorum, clemency hearings indefinitely postponed

Chicago attorney Alan Mills has a client on the Prisoner Review Board’s clemency docket in April. His hearing has been indefinitely postponed because there is no longer a quorum on the PRB.

A man with a bicycle walks near a tram which got destroyed by a rocket strike in the area few weeks ago on Monday in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Kyiv is urging companies to resume bike rentals so residents can move around the city

The announcement comes a day after Russia said its military is shifting forces away from Ukraine's capital and is the latest hint that Kyiv might be heading toward some stability.

A still from "Bring Them Home." (The Washington Post)

'Bring Them Home' tells story of one of many Americans being held hostage by foreign governments

Emad Shargi is an Iranian-American businesses man detained in Iran under unsubstantiated espionage charges since 2018.

How schools are dealing with a substitute teacher shortage

School districts in Illinois are now holding one-day online training to get short-term subs, even ones without teaching backgrounds.

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