A 59-year-old man who had been committed to a hospital for psychiatric care was identified by authorities on Friday as the gunman who fatally shot two people in a rampage at a crowded movie theater in central Louisiana before turning the gun on himself as police closed in.
Leaders of the United Auto Workers union and Ford Motor Co (F.N) started talks on a new labor contract on Thursday, with the specter of jobs fleeing to Mexico hanging over the proceedings.
An independent Mexican commission said on Thursday it found serious flaws in an investigation into the apparent massacre of 43 students last year, dealing a fresh blow to President Enrique Pena Nieto over a scandal that has battered his administration.
The European Union is ready to impose sanctions on Burundians failing to help end the Central African nation's crisis, the EU's foreign policy chief said on Thursday, following elections that Brussels and Washington say were not credible.
