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Italy's prime minister, health and interior ministers faced hours of questioning in Rome as prosecutors opened an investigation into possible mismanagement of the COVID-19 crisis.

Thousands of people in Houston and around the country watched the funeral of George Floyd. He was remembered as a caring man who has left a long and lasting legacy for racial justice.

Smoke is rising over the city from a plant complex that makes chlorine for swimming pools, according to a state official. Residents are advised to shelter in place until further notice.

In his remarks, the civil rights activist evoked a series of Black victims of violence, from George Floyd to Breonna Taylor.

A fire at a warehouse in Oakland, California — the scene of a large party Friday night — has killed at least nine people.

Experts said homicides and other violence remain at low rates compared with a crime wave from 20 years ago.

Google sifted through 5 million satellite images to create a series of zoomable, time-lapse videos depicting the human impact on the planet.

New Delhi suffers from intense air pollution every winter. On Monday, the stifling smog was particularly acute — in part because of the countless firecrackers set off for Diwali this weekend.

Warplanes were pounding rebel-held areas of the northern city of Aleppo, and a group of volunteer search-and-rescue workers known as the White Helmets says its centers were targeted by airstrikes.

Around 4,700 transportation workers went on strike at midnight after their contract expired and negotiations failed. Affected buses, subways and trolleys usually handle more than 800,000 trips a day.