The Associated Press

Elsa briefly hit hurricane strength in the Gulf of Mexico, but moved ashore as a tropical storm. Despite heavy rains, it appears to have spared Florida major damage or widespread power outages.

The former president filed suit against three of the nation's biggest tech giants, alleging they wrongfully kicked him off their platforms after a mob of his supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol.

The city's initial two-week lockdown has been extended, officials say, because only 9% of Australia's population is fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

Police made the arrests after uncovering an attempt to make explosives and plant bombs across the city. Of the nine arrested, six are secondary school students.

The Antonov An-26 plane missed a scheduled communication earlier Tuesday and disappeared from radar when flying from the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to the town of Palana, officials said.

A court in Honduras on Monday found Roberto David Castillo Mejía guilty of participating in the 2016 killing of Cáceres, a prize-winning environmental and Indigenous rights defender.

An affiliate of the notorious Russian-linked REvil gang infected thousands of victims in at least 17 countries on Friday. Researchers say REvil was demanding ransoms of up to $5 million.

The campaign emerged on social media last week and urges people to hoist a white flag or cloth to signal they needed immediate help. Food retailers and celebrities alike have responded.

The Vatican said the 84-year-old pope had been diagnosed with "symptomatic diverticular stenosis of the colon," a reference to a narrowing in the large intestine.

At least 49 soldiers were rescued from the wreckage of the crash in southern Sulu province. The Lockheed C-130 Hercules was one of two ex-U.S. Air Force aircraft given to the Philippines this year.

Authorities said that Picasso's "Woman's Head" and a work by the Dutch master Piet Mondrian, "Stammer Mill with Summer House," were stolen in January 2012 from the National Gallery in Athens.

Michael Taylor, a former Green Beret, and his son Peter are facing charges for allegedly helping Ghosn, the former chairman of Nissan, jump bail and escape Japan for Lebanon.

The settlement follows years of accusations that the electronic cigarette giant had fueled a surge in teen vaping. As part of the agreement, Juul will not advertise to anyone under 21 in the state.

The Saturday morning crash on a busy street in Albuquerque left all five people on board the balloon dead, including the parents of a prison transport officer with the city's police department.

Gravel gained national attention in 1971 when he read the Pentagon Papers into the Congressional Record as part of a one-man filibuster to protest the Vietnam-era draft.

Gov. Ned Lamont signed legislation on Tuesday that will allow people age 21 and older to possess and consume marijuana beginning in July. Connecticut becomes the 19th state to legalize cannabis.

Israeli police and border officials said they arrested four suspects in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, where settler groups are trying to evict several Palestinian families.

The loss for Stefan Lofven, Sweden's Social Democratic prime minister, comes amid a housing crisis and skyrocketing real estate prices that have made buying property increasingly hard.

An official from the state electric company Tavanir said over the weekend that the Bushehr plant shutdown began on Saturday and would last "for three to four days."

Eight of the children were traveling in a van belonging to a youth ranch operated by the Alabama Sheriffs Association for abused or neglected children. A 9-month-old baby died in a separate vehicle.