Three people pulled up in a white S.U.V. outside a banquet hall in Hialeah, where a concert was being held early Sunday, and fired indiscriminately into the crowd before fleeing the scene, the Miami-Dade police said.

The European Medicines Agency cleared the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for children ages 12 to 15 on Friday. The opinion will be sent to the European Commission for final approval.

Senate Republicans on Friday blocked the creation of an independent commission to investigate the deadly Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob. The final vote, 54 to 35, fell short of the 60 senators needed.

President Biden spoke with reporters on Thursday, and confirmed he would release an intelligence report on the origins of the coronavirus pandemic.

Members of the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority and the mayor of San Jose, Calif., held a news conference Thursday to honor the victims of Wednesday's mass shooting at a rail yard.

Republican senators outlined a $928 billion infrastructure proposal to counter President Biden's plan. Their plan involves unused coronavirus aid, and focuses on rebuilding roads and bridges.

Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen said on Thursday that while economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic has shown significant progress thanks to the American Rescue Plan, more economic assistance is still needed.

The family of Brian Sicknick, an officer who died after clashing with rioters at the Capitol on Jan. 6, plan to meet with Republican senators on Thursday in order to garner their support for an independent commission to investigate the Capitol attack.

Tens of thousands of people tried to escape the major city in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday, after authorities issued an evacuation order warning that Mount Nyiragongo could erupt again.

The Biden administration announced that it has called on intelligence agencies to redouble their efforts to investigate the origins of the coronavirus pandemic in China as a way to prevent future pandemics.