Shannon Van Sant

Essebsi rose to power in 2014 after the Arab Spring protests. But his political career spanned 70 years.

The skirmish occurred over disputed islands in the East China Sea during a joint China-Russia air patrol Tuesday morning.

The ruling Conservative Party will choose a new leader this week. The winner will inherit a full-blown international crisis, which erupted Friday after Iran seized a British-flagged oil tanker.

The rules block recipients of federal grants from referring patients for abortion. The Trump administration says groups working in "good faith" will have until Aug. 19 to provide written assurance.

After a series of pilots, the administration says it will roll out the updated version by December 2020 or early 2021.

Iran took over the British-flagged vessel in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday and says it and its crew will remain in an Iranian port during a probe of an accident that Iran says led to the seizure.

It is bringing dangerous, record-breaking temperatures to the Central and Eastern states.

There is considerable disagreement over terms of the deal, which will be detailed in a second agreement yet to be signed.

Sadie Roberts-Joseph was a prominent civil rights activist and community leader in Baton Rouge, La. She founded the city's African American history museum in 2001.

The storm system has prompted tornado and flash flood warnings, and officials are keeping a close watch on New Orleans' levee system and infrastructure, which failed during Hurricane Katrina in 2005.