The state of Connecticut released the report on the investigation of the December 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings on Monday and stated that there is extra security on hand at schools in Newtown.
The death toll in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan, the powerful storm that wiped out entire villages in the Philippines two weeks ago, continues to rise with newest numbers reaching over 5,200. That number will surely grow larger as some 1,600 people are still listed as missing.
Iran and six world powers entered a crucial third day of talks Friday in Geneva, where they will try to close gaps on a proposed interim deal that would curb Tehran's nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief.
After the U.S. Supreme Court rejected his requests for a stay of execution, and the governor of Missouri rejected his requests for clemency on Monday, White Supremacist and serial killer Joseph Paul Franklin was led to the death chamber and administered a lethal injection and died ten minutes later.