Researchers have found that killings by police are mostly unreported or incorrectly reported. Congress has pulled back from the brink of a government shutdown by passing a stopgap funding bill hours before the fiscal year ended. And the Capitol riot was a proving ground for a troubling trend in...

The government officially runs out of money tonight, and Congress seems far from approving more along with a necessary debt ceiling hike. An Ecuadorian prison riot featuring bombs and beheadings has killed more than 100 people. And Britney is free — of her dad’s control, anyway.