British leaders and local residents paid their respects to David Amess, a Conservative lawmaker who was fatally stabbed on Friday while meeting with constituents at a church in Leigh-on-Sea, England.

Nikolas Cruz, the accused gunman in the 2018 mass shooting in Parkland, Fla., plans to plead guilty to 17 counts of premeditated murder and attempted murder. On Friday, he pleaded guilty in a separate case related to his assault of a sheriff's deputy while in jail.

The spacecraft is designed to study clusters of asteroids along Jupiter's orbital path, known as the Trojan swarms, as it seeks to answer questions about the origins of the solar system and how life might have emerged on Earth.

A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel recommended authorizing booster shots of Johnson & Johnson's one-dose coronavirus vaccine for people 18 years or older, at least two months after the first dose.

Witnesses said that multiple blasts erupted inside a Shiite Mosque on Friday in Kandahar city – considered the heart of the re-established Taliban government. While no group claimed responsibility, the Islamic State said it was behind a similar attack last week.

President Biden announced the donation of 17 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine to the African Union, a month after President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya publicly pleaded for more equitable vaccine distribution around the world.

Durst, the onetime heir to a Manhattan real estate empire, was sentenced to life in prison for the execution-style killing in 2000 of a close confidante. He will not be eligible for parole.

Employees of Deere & Company formed picket lines after some 10,000 unionized workers went on strike to demand better pay and benefits at a time when the agriculture equipment maker was on track for a year of record profits.

President Biden expressed optimism in the fight against the coronavirus amid a drop in new cases, while pleading with unvaccinated Americans to get the shots and rallying support for vaccine mandates.

A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel recommended a half-dose as a third injection for people 65 and older as well as younger adults at high risk because of their medical conditions or jobs.