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Wells Fargo has fired more than 100 employees whom it says personally defrauded a pandemic relief program from the Small Business Administration.

Wells Fargo Fires More Than 100 Employees Accused Of Coronavirus Relief Fraud

The employees' alleged actions were outside of their work responsibilities and do not involve Wells Fargo's customers, the company said. The bank says it's cooperating with law enforcement.

Jack Wilson poses for a photo at a firing range outside his home in Granbury, Texas. Wilson, who trains the volunteer security team of the West Freeway Church of Christ, killed a man who fatally shot two people there on Dec. 29.

Grand Jury Declines To Indict Church Security Guard Who Killed Gunman In Texas

Jack Wilson didn't hesitate when a man with a shotgun fired into a packed church near Fort Worth last winter. Wilson killed the man with one shot. On Monday, a grand jury declined to indict him.

European Countries Reinstate Curfews To Try To Slow COVID-19 Surge

After letting its guard down this summer, Europe is dealing with a massive second wave of the coronavirus that doctors say will most likely be more deadly than the first.

Tropical Storm Zeta is poised to develop into a hurricane and is expected approach the Gulf Coast on Wednesday.

Gulf Coast Braces As Tropical Storm Zeta Poised To Become Hurricane

The 27th named storm of the season promises heavy rain and damaging winds. It's set to make landfall in the U.S. on Wednesday.

Hurricane Zeta is forecast to make landfall in Louisiana on Wednesday night.×

Now A Hurricane, Zeta Is On Track To Hit Louisiana On Wednesday

Zeta is the 11th hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic season, and would be the fifth named storm to make landfall in Louisiana this year — the most since the state started keeping records in 1851.

Apple already employs more people in Austin than it does in any other city outside of its California headquarters. The new campus will be near its existing facility in the North Austin area.

Apple Will Build $1 Billion Campus in Austin, Adding 5,000 Jobs

The tech company says the move is expected to make it Austin's largest private employer. The city already has more Apple employees than anywhere else outside the company's headquarters in California.

Johan van Hulst, Who Saved Hundreds Of Jewish Children During The Holocaust, Dies At 107

Dutch schoolteacher Johan van Hulst saved hundreds of Jewish children during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands during WWII. He died last week at 107.

Accountant Gets His Big Break As Blackhawks Emergency Goalie

A series of injuries caused the Chicago Blackhawks to call on an unexpected emergency goalie, 36-year-old Chicago accountant Scott Foster.

Members of Thailand's Palang Pracharath Party wave from a truck featuring posters of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha, in Bangkok on Wednesday. The party took the lead in Thailand's first election since the army took power five years ago after a preliminary count by the election commission.

Preliminary Thai Election Results Are In, But Concerns About Accuracy Persist

Initial numbers show the pro-military party winning the most votes. Official results won't come before May, and it's not yet clear which party will have the seats required to form a government.

Venezuelan refugees wait outside the Brazilian Immigration Point in the border city of Pacaraima, Roraima, Brazil, on Aug. 20. Brazil's president said armed forces would be sent to the area.

Brazil Sends Military To Border To Cope With Flood Of Fleeing Venezuelans

The exodus of Venezuelans, trying to escape food and medicine shortages, has been called "one of Latin America's largest mass-population movements in history."

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