Police shot and killed two people on Saturday, including a woman who was accidentally struck.
At least 11 people are confirmed dead in the storms that struck the Dallas area. Separately, five people were killed in flash flooding in Illinois.
Officials say traffic was shut off in both directions on Highway 101 near Ventura, 65 miles northwest of Los Angeles.
More than 150,000 people have been displaced in Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay, and Brazil.
Ursula Gauthier, a French journalist, is being accused of inciting “the outrage of the Chinese people” with an article on Beijing’s relationship with Uighurs.
A tornado struck the city Friday, downing tree limbs, causing flooding, and trapping some people under debris.
Zahran Allouch, the head of the Army of Islam, was killed in an airstrike.
Tens are reported dead after a fuel tanker exploded outside an industrial plant in the southeast of the country.
Pope Francis called for an end to the conflict in Syria and elsewhere in his traditional Christmas Urbi et Orbi address.
The visit by Narendra Modi is the first by an Indian prime minister since 2004.
The actor, who spent more than a year in prison following a drug conviction in 1996, was among 91 people pardoned Thursday by California Governor Jerry Brown.
At least 10 people are dead and dozens injured as tornadoes ripped through three Southern states on Wednesday, and threatened more areas on Thursday.
The U.S., U.K., and others warned their citizens to be vigilant in the popular Sanlitun neighborhood on or around Christmas Day.
Iraqi troops and local fighters continued their assault Wednesday on the Islamic State-held city.