Cases of COVID-19 are surging again globally, due in large part to the rise of virus variant Omicron BA.5, which is much more contagious than its predecessors and is able to circumvent existing immunity in many people.
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is confirmed dead after being shot Friday, July 8, by a gunman during a speech in the western city of Nara when campaigning for Sunday's upper house election, local media reported.
Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe collapsed and showed no sign of life after being shot on Friday, July 8, during a speech in the western city of Nara, local media reported.
Robert Crimo III, the 22-year-old suspect of a mass shooting during an Independence Day parade in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park on Monday, has been charged with seven counts of first-degree murder.
WASHINGTON -- Two police officers were reportedly shot in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania's largest city, during the Independence Day fireworks show on Monday night, July 4.
