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A rescue worker walks away from the destroyed five-star Hotel Saratoga on Tuesday after searching through the rubble days after a deadly explosion in Old Havana, Cuba.

The death toll rises to 43 after an explosion at a hotel in Cuba

Emergency workers continued to hunt through the ruins for the missing. Authorities have said they suspect the cause was a leak of gas as a tank truck was servicing the building.

Employees and volunteers help pack and sort humanitarian aid donations to be shipped to Ukraine at Meest-America, Inc warehouse in Port Reading, New Jersey, on March 8, 2022.

Biden signs a $40 billion aid package to help Ukraine fight off the Russian invasion

More than half will go to military spending.

James Pepper Henry, vice chairman of the Kaw Nation. He's standing in a quasi-traditional Kaw dugout in the Flint Hills on their property.

The Kaw people are choosing a site for a sacred boulder returned to the tribe

White residents took the boulder to Lawrenceville, Kansas, nearly 100 years ago. The Kaw say it is a reminder of everything that has been taken from them and what some see as invasion and genocide.

During a news conference in Evansville, Ind., on Tuesday, Vanderburgh County Sheriff Dave Wedding shows a photograph of the weapons that were found in the possession of fugitives Casey White and Vicky White following their capture.

Sheriff says Alabama escapee and jail official were prepared for a shootout

The murder suspect and his jailer who evaded authorities for more than a week were carrying $29,000 in cash, four handguns and an AR-15 rifle when they were captured, an Indiana sheriff said.

President Biden laid out his plan to tamp down on inflation and rising costs in a speech at the White House Tuesday.

Biden names combating inflation and rising costs as his top domestic priority

In an address from the White House Tuesday, President Biden contrasted his administration's plans to tackle rising costs with what he called Republicans' "ultra-MAGA" plan.

Stephen Merchant and Christopher Walken suit up for community service in <em>The Outlaws.</em>

British 'Office' co-creator Stephen Merchant isn't afraid to fuse comedy with tragedy

Merchant's new series, The Outlaws, follows low-level offenders who've been assigned community service. It was inspired in part by his parents, who supervised community service in Bristol, England.

More than 19,000 homicides in 2020 involved a firearm — an increase of nearly 5,000 from 2019.

The rate of U.S. gun homicides jumped nearly 35% in 2020 to the highest level in more than 25 years. And gaps widened for groups already at the highest risk, especially Black men and boys.

Journalists conduct interviews on the doorstep of an hotel on Maidan Square on March 1, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. The Pulitzer Prize Board is honoring the courage and commitment of Ukranian journalists.

Ukrainian journalists win a Pulitzer citation for their courage and persistence

At least seven journalists have been killed while covering the war in Ukraine, while many face shelling, shooting and detention on the job. They were recognized by the Pulitzer Prize Board on Monday.

Residents receive food supplies May 7 as volunteers deliver daily from a warehouse of a humanitarian aid distribution center in Severodonetsk, eastern Ukraine

House passes nearly $40 billion in aid for Ukraine and sends package to the Senate

The House added $7 billion to President Biden's request for military, economic and humanitarian aid before voting on Tuesday night.

The hip-hop visionary and Pulitzer Prize-winning rapper is back.

Kendrick Lamar returns, 5 years later and a world away

The Pulitzer-winning rapper has returned with his first solo release since 2017's DAMN.

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