Some former law enforcement officials and Democratic lawmakers contend federal agencies have been caught flat-footed by a surge in mass shootings by white supremacists.

Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide in a federal jail is sparking a fresh round of conspiracy theories online, and even from prominent officials, in a case that has long provided fuel for them.

South Korea says North Korea has fired what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea in another likely protest of U.S. and South Korea’s joint military exercises.