President Ebrahim Raisi, 63, has died after the helicopter he was on crashed, Iranian state media has confirmed. It took rescuers several hours to reach the crash site amid bad weather and heavy fog. 

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, known for enforcing brutal crackdowns on political opposition and seen as a potential successor to the supreme leader, has died in a helicopter crash landing in the country’s north, state media reported Monday.

An Arizona man has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the death of his wife, who was buried alive in a hand-dug grave near their home, authorities said.

Search-and-rescue efforts underway after Iranian President Raisi’s helicopter crashes

Lai Ching-te was sworn in as Taiwan’s new president on Monday, extending the rule of a party that is viewed with suspicion by China.

Bruce Nordstrom, a retail executive who helped expand his family’s Pacific Northwest department store chain into an upscale national brand, has died.