Ella Nilsen

A Kentucky high school reels after a fatal shooting Tuesday; a volcano erupts near a Japanese ski resort.

The so-called “Common Sense Coalition” wants to be a new force in the Senate.

The Senate votes to end a three-day shutdown; Turkish troops go on the attack.

The government officially shut down Friday at midnight, but the House and Senate are still in session this weekend.

Democratic lawmaker: “I’ll take a bucket, take bricks, and I’ll start building it myself.”

A government shutdown is still looming; the pope reignites a sex abuse controversy he was hoping to quell.

And a few Republicans are joining them.

Wisconsin Democrats win big in a state race that has important national implications; the US arrests a former CIA agent suspected of spying for the Chinese government.