The Brief

French police secure the area after a knife-wielding man was shot dead after attempting to enter a police station in the 18th district in Paris, Jan. 7, 2016.

Suspected Terrorist Shot Dead in Paris on Anniversary

Officers shot and killed a knife-wielding man wearing a fake explosive vest at a police station in northern Paris, a year to the day after an attack on the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo launched a bloody year in the French capital.

A woman purchases a Powerball lottery ticket at a liquor store in Washington, DC, on Jan. 4, 2016.

Record Powerball Jackpot Climbs to $700 Million

The largest U.S. lottery jackpot in history has climbed to $700 million and could easily grow to $800 million by Saturday night’s Powerball drawing. The prize could balloon to $1 billion next week if no winner is drawn

Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump Holds Rally In Las Vegas

How Donald Trump Stole 2016

As the crown princes of Republican politics can't mount so much as a two-car parade, Trump is drawing massive crowds. He is attracting the greatest number of potential recruits to Republican ranks but can GOP insiders learn to love him?

South Korean conservative activists shout slogans with placards showing portraits of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a rally denouncing North Korea's claimed hydrogen bomb test, Seoul, Jan. 7, 2016.

U.S. Vows Tough Response to North Korea's Nuclear Test

The U.S., South Korea and Japan agreed to launch a "united and strong" international response to North Korea's apparent fourth nuclear test, as experts scrambled to find more details about the detonation that drew worldwide skepticism and condemnation

China Financial Markets

China Stocks Plunge, Triggering Another Market Halt

Chinese stock trading was suspended after "circuit breakers" kicked in following a steep plunge, in the latest spasm of investor panic. Trading on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges was frozen for the day after shares tumbled more than 7%.

The boundary of Southern California Gas Company property, where Aliso Canyon Storage Field is located, is seen as people continue to be affected by a massive natural-gas leak in the Porter Ranch neighborhood of the of the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles on Dec. 22, 2015.

Huge Gas Leak Puts L.A. in a State of Emergency

California Gov. Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency over a massive natural-gas leak that has been spewing up to 1,200 tons of methane daily into a Los Angeles neighborhood for months, along with other gases