WASHINGTON — A potentially paralyzing blizzard begins dumping snow on the southern and eastern United States, spurring mass flight cancelations over the weekend and causing seven states to declare a state of emergency. More than two feet (60 centimeters) of snow was predicted for Washington alone.
TORONTO — A gunman opens fire at a high school and a second location in an aboriginal community in northern Saskatchewan, leaving four dead and at least two injured, officials say.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A presidential runoff that had already been delayed once and faced deep public skepticism was put on hold indefinitely, as Haiti's leaders sought to negotiate a resolution to what threatens to become a constitutional crisis.
WASHINGTON — The youngest son of Cambodia's prime minister has an easy smile and conciliatory air. Hun Many's genteel manner contrasts with the ruthlessness that has characterized his father's 30 years in power, but that doesn't mean he's not ambitious.
RIO DE JANEIRO — Two Latin American countries are investigating whether outbreaks of the mosquito-borne Zika virus are behind a rise in a rare and sometimes life-threatening nerve condition that can cause paralysis and leave victims on life-support.
CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela's opposition-led congress on Friday rejected President Nicolas Maduro's request for emergency powers amid a plunging national economy, the depths of which were dramatized by an IMF estimate that inflation this year will top 700 percent.
NEW YORK — Airlines cancel around 7,600 flights to, from or within the U.S. for Friday and Saturday, as a blizzard began covering much of the Eastern U.S.
SAN FRANCISCO — Google will pay about $140 million in British back taxes in a concession driven by a shift in how the Internet company will measure its success in the United Kingdom. The amount translates into 130 million pounds.
UNDATED — Film academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs says that despite the organization's internal efforts toward inclusion, a second year of all-white acting Oscar nominees made her think, "We need to step this up."