Scott Neuman

During a conference call in May, John Schnatter used the word as he sought to downplay earlier remarks made about the NFL anthem protests led by African-American players.

The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack that killed Haroon Bilour, a senior member of the Awami National Party (ANP), who was a candidate for a seat in the provincial legislature.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited a shelter for flood victims as a search for survivors entered its fifth day after record-breaking flooding in the country's west.

Rescuers still in the Tham Luang cave managed a narrow escape from the rising water.

President Trump said Germany is "captive" to Russia over its energy dependence on the country. He also asked NATO allies to increase defense spending immediately and double their long-term target.

The storm is the equivalent of a Category 4 hurricane and is packing winds in excess of 110 mph. It is expected to make a close pass of northern Taiwan and of Japan's southern Ryukyu islands.

Amid a heat wave with temperatures nearing 90 degrees, officials were also struggling to restore electricity, especially in the hardest hit Hiroshima and Okayama prefectures.

Rescue divers took the last four boys from the cave on Tuesday, along with their soccer coach, as rescuers raced against the possibility of rain and flooding.

Days after Prime Minister Theresa May's Cabinet hammered out a proposal for leaving the bloc, Brexit Secretary David Davis is stepping down, saying the plan leaves the U.K. in a weak position.

Police say the woman was exposed to Novichok, the same nerve agent that also sickened a former Russian spy and his daughter in March. The U.K. is blaming the Kremlin for the woman's death.

Shoko Asahara, the leader of the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult, was hanged after being sentenced to death in 2004. Six of his followers were also put to death.

The boat was carrying more than 100 passengers, mostly Chinese. The Thai navy said another 29 people are still missing after the vessel capsized in rough weather off the resort island of Phuket.

An attorney for Imran Awan said his client, who worked for Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and others, was the subject of "political persecution," fueled by conservative media sites and President Trump.

The girl was one of six children and three adults stabbed in Boise over the weekend. Timmy Kinner was taken into custody after the attack and was charged with first-degree murder, among other things.

President Trump proclaimed the gesture "as a mark of solemn respect" for five people killed at the Capital Gazette newsroom. The White House had initially declined to do so, according to the city.

Twelve members of a boys soccer team and their coach were trapped in the cave by rising floodwaters more than a week ago. "We found them safe," Chiang Rai Gov. Narongsak Osotthanakorn says.

The Wall Street Journal reports that work to expand a facility for the production of solid-fuel ballistic missiles was underway as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was with President Trump.

The electric vehicle maker missed its original goal of producing 5,000 of its lower-cost models by the end of 2017. Musk has said meeting that target is crucial to the company's success.

Interior Minister Horst Seehofer has demanded a tougher line on migrants arriving mainly from North Africa. If his party quits Germany's fragile coalition, it would spell the end of the government.

Andrés Manuel López Obrador ran on a platform of rooting out corruption, helping the dispossessed and defending Mexico against President Trump.