A Florida communitywill join together to mourn the 17 victims of a suspected lone gunman, as officials seek to discover how the heavily-armed teenager managed to mingle with students in one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history. The bloodshed was the latest outbreak of gun violence that has become a regular occurrence at U.S. schools and colleges.
Other uniforms that are catching people’s eyes are the skull-covered, Day of the Dead-themed suits worn by the Mexican Alpine skiing team are a hit with the athletes and have even won over their initially skeptical Olympic Committee, racer Sarah Schleper said. Read more features and insight from our reporters at the Winter Olympics here.
Cyril Ramaphosawas elected president of South Africa by parliament today after Jacob Zuma resigned overnight, heeding orders of the ruling African National Congress to bring an end to his nine scandal-plagued years in power.
Commentary: The U.S. is stuck in Syria — with no mission.The U.S. helped Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces to defeat Islamic State and to carve out large swaths of territory, but American troops in Syria are now in an awkward position, writes Peter Apps. “U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration does not seem to know what it wants to achieve” in Syria, and the SDF cannot hold its ground without U.S. backing. “Now the United States is finding itself forced to engage, though it no longer has any clearly articulated mission of its own.”
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway disclosed a new stake in generic drugmaker Teva Pharmaceutical Industries and said it bought more shares of Apple, which surpassed Wells Fargo & Co as its largest common stock investment.
McDonald’s is removing cheeseburgers from U.S. Happy Meal menus and shrinking the french fry serving in one “Mighty Meal” as part of a new global plan to cut calories and make its food for children more healthy.
