Japan, with famously strict laws, has among the world's lowest rates of gun ownership and gun violence. In 2018 there were just nine firearm deaths reported in Japan, compared with 39,740 in the U.S.

A construction crew in Alaska found the dog named Lulu in salmonberry bushes after first confusing her for a bear. The pet, which had lost more than 20 pounds, is being nursed back to health at home.

The large telecom provider suffered an outage Friday, creating disruptions to internet and other services throughout Canada. It said it was working to finish restoring services as soon as possible.

The decision lays out ground rules for absentee voting a month ahead of Wisconsin's statewide primary elections.