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A series of strong quakes struck a far southwestern area of China early Wednesday, killing more than 600 people and injuring thousands as houses made of mud and wood collapsed. Officials feared the death toll would increase because of people trapped in the rubble. The U.S. Geological Survey said the largest quake had a magnitude of 6.9.

Mo Brooks' Republican Senate campaign has been struggling, and now the former president has pulled his endorsement, citing a dispute over the 2020 election.

A small Canadian firm takes on two of the largest drug companies in the world with its surprise launch of a generic copy of the best-selling blood thinner Plavis. Apotex began shipping its generic version to U.S. stores today. The makers of Plavix sold $6 billion of the popular heart drug last year.

The argument over the vice president's role in counting electoral votes fueled the Jan. 6 protests, thanks to ambiguity in the Electoral Count Act. A push to clarify the law is gaining traction.

FBI data show a 6% increase in the number of hate crimes in 2020. But that doesn't tell the full story, as state and local jurisdictions don't have to report those offenses to the federal government.

Hezbollah is at the center of recovery efforts -- and controversy -- in southern Lebanon. With the countrty facing $3.6 billion in direct economic damage from the war, Hezbollah is promising housing and furniture to the tens of thousands who lost a home. Hezbollah spokesmen also say that "the resistance" will remain in southern Lebanon, much as it did before the war.

According to a new government report, allegations of wrongdoing by military recruiters rose from 4,400 cases in 2004 to 6,600 cases in 2005 -- and numbers are likely worse than reported. Violations range from falsifying documents to telling a recruit not to reveal a legal or medical problem that could bar enlistment. The rise in recruiter problems could reflect pressure to meet wartime recruiting goals.

JPMorgan Chase has agreed to pay regulators more than $900 million in fines over last year's London Whale trading fiasco. A handful of rogue traders at the bank lost more than $6 billion in a bad derivatives trading strategy. The traders then concealed the losses from senior executives for weeks. JPMorgan also formally admitted wrongdoing in the settlement with four different regulators.

Police in Newport News, Va., say they're in "unprecedented" territory following last week's shooting at an elementary school that left one teacher wounded and a six-year-old boy in custody.

Mexico says it has deployed thousands of National Guard forces along its northern border with the U.S. and 6,000 along the southern border with Guatemala. It says they are there to stop migrants.