Woman killed, toddler son among 3 others shot standing on sidewalk on Chicago’s South Side
CHICAGO (AP) — A 23-year-old woman was killed and three other people — including her 2-year-old son — also were shot Wednesday on Chicago’s South Side,...
UN given green light to monitor peace deal between Colombia’s government and its largest rebel group
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Security Council on Wednesday unanimously authorized the U.N. political mission in Colombia to help verify implementation of a cease-fire agreement between...
Mexico says a body spotted near the floating barriers in Rio Grande river across from Texas
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican government said Wednesday that a dead body has been spotted along the floating barriers that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott installed...
‘No good options’: Sudan’s warring sides have committed ‘extensive war crimes,’ Amnesty says
CAIRO (AP) — A leading human rights group said on Thursday Sudan’s warring parties have committed “extensive war crimes” including mass killings of civilians, rape and...
Gunman shot on community college campus in San Diego after killing police dog, authorities say
SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego police shot and killed a gunman on a community college campus Wednesday after he fatally wounded a police dog, authorities...
Dead fish carpet beaches at Pacific coast town in north Mexico as experts blame toxic algae bloom
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A town on northern Mexico’s Pacific coast saw its beaches carpeted with dead fish after what experts describe as a toxic algae...
Wisconsin Supreme Court chief justice accuses liberals of ‘raw exercise of overreaching power’
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The conservative chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court accused her liberal colleagues of a “raw exercise of overreaching power” after they...
Investigators say weather worsened quickly before plane crash that killed 6 in Southern California
The weather was quickly worsening before a plane crashed in Southern California last month, killing all six people on board, federal investigators said Wednesday. The National...
Advocates accuse New York City of using migrants as ‘props’ in bid for federal money
NEW YORK (AP) — For days now, newly arrived international immigrants have waited night and day outside New York City’s Roosevelt Hotel, sleeping shoulder-to-shoulder on the...
Police raid in Rio favela sets off gunbattle that kills 9 people and wounds 2 officers
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — A police raid in a low-income neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro set off a gunbattle that killed nine people and wounded two...