U.S. President Barack Obama commended Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Saturday for his commitment to rooting out corruption in the east African state, saying graft was a key reason why the economy was not growing even faster.
A 59-year-old man who had been committed to a hospital for psychiatric care was identified by authorities on Friday as the gunman who fatally shot two people in a rampage at a crowded movie theater in central Louisiana before turning the gun on himself as police closed in.
Leaders of the United Auto Workers union and Ford Motor Co (F.N) started talks on a new labor contract on Thursday, with the specter of jobs fleeing to Mexico hanging over the proceedings.