Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III announced a deal to give the U.S. military access to four more bases in the Philippines, bringing the total to nine.

Rev. Dr. J. Lawrence Turner, the pastor of Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church in Memphis, described Tyre Nichols as 'a good person' whose brutal killing by the police denied him 'the dignity of his humanity.'

The storm pushing across parts of the Southern Plains and Southeast disrupted travel and caused widespread power outages in Texas.

Crowds gathered along the roads of Kinshasa, the capital, to greet Pope Francis as he arrived for the first papal visit to the Central African country since 1985.

Community members joined RowVaughn Wells, the mother of Tyre Nichols, and Rodney Wells, Mr. Nichols's stepfather, at a candlelit vigil in Memphis.

Pope Francis called on the church to welcome L.G.B.T.Q. people and to work toward ending laws that criminalize homosexuality.

Senator Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee grilled Joe Berchtold, the president of Live Nation, over his claim that bot activity caused the botched Ticketmaster rollout for Taylor Swift's Eras tour.

Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota accused Live Nation and its subsidiary Ticketmaster of being a monopoly that harms consumers.

Live Nation Entertainment's president and chief financial officer told a Senate Judiciary panel that bots attacked Ticketmaster's servers and crowded out fans when tickets for Taylor Swift's tour went on sale.

The outage knocked out electricity for millions across the country, where power failures have become increasingly common in recent years.