In the United States, pilots undergo a criminal history check as well as a threat assessment to see if they have ever been flagged as a “person of interest” in federal law enforcement databases.

Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, said on Monday that investigators were working to determine if the suspect had any connections to left-wing activists.

President Trump and members of his cabinet at a meeting with oil executives at the White House on Friday.

Members of the Missionaries of Charity, the religious community founded by Mother Teresa, participating in the first prayer service, a rosary, in honor of Pope Francis, in Vatican City on Monday.

Federal prosecutors said that a retired four-star admiral, Robert P. Burke, had been arrested and charged with bribery, conspiracy to commit bribery and other offenses in connection with a bribery scheme.

Children in Rafah, on the southern Gaza Strip on Wednesday. Food shortages in the enclave are dire.

Days before a potential government shutdown, David Kirkley, the owner of Union Station Shoe Shine, was worried about the loss of walk-in business from federal workers heading to their jobs.

Danny Masterson and his wife, Bijou Phillips, arrived for closing arguments in his retrial on rape charges in May in Los Angeles.