Court bars Robinho from leaving Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Former soccer star Robinho has been ordered to hand over his passport while Brazilian judicial authorities determine if he…
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Protests erupt in NYC — not for Trump but for ‘The Joker’
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Throngs of protesters gathered at the courthouse steps, chanting for freedom for their…
Continue ReadingVenezuela: 21 officials, businessmen arrested in oil scheme
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s attorney general says 21 people, including senior officials in President Nicolás Maduro’s government…
Continue ReadingNicholas Lloyd Webber, son of famed composer, dies at 43
By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Nicholas Lloyd Webber, the Grammy-nominated composer, record producer and eldest son of Andrew Lloyd…
Continue ReadingMexico sanctioned for not protecting endangered porpoise
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico faces sanctions from the international wildlife body known as CITES for not doing enough to protect the vaquita marina, a…
Continue ReadingTornadoes deadliest in Mississippi since 2011
The Associated Press With at least 25 people dead in Mississippi, tornadoes that ravaged parts of the Deep South overnight were the deadliest in the…
Continue ReadingFinnish leadership condemns attack on veteran lawmaker
By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Finland’s leaders have strongly condemned an assault on a Jewish lawmaker who was assaulted and…
Continue Reading2 dead in rail car; human smuggling investigation indicated
By KEN MILLER Associated Press Two people found dead in a railroad car in south Texas were Honduran men, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security…
Continue ReadingChallenger wins close race to lead United Auto Workers union
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — A challenger defeated the president of the United Auto Workers in a close election and vowed Saturday…
Continue ReadingIsraeli defense minister calls for halt to judicial overhaul
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s defense minister became the first ally in Prime Minister Benjamin…
Continue Reading2 Cuban migrants fly into Florida on motorized hang glider
KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — Two Cuban migrants used a motorized hang glider to fly the approximately 90 miles (145 kilometers) from the communist island…
Continue ReadingFrench police, activists injured at anti-reservoir protest
PARIS (AP) — French police and environmental campaigners have fought violent pitched battles around a giant agricultural irrigation reservoir in…
Continue ReadingIsrael: 2 soldiers wounded in West Bank drive-by shooting
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says two soldiers were wounded, one severely, in a drive-by shooting in the occupied West Bank, the latest in…
Continue ReadingIdaho governor signs firing squad execution bill into law
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Republican Gov. Brad Little signed a bill allowing execution by firing squad, making Idaho the latest state to turn to older…
Continue ReadingMexican kid’s comic Xavier López, ‘Chabelo,’ dies at 88
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Xavier López, a Mexican children’s comic better known by his stage name “Chabelo,” has died at 88, President Andrés…
Continue ReadingCanada pledges Great Lakes funding after Trudeau-Biden talks
By JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Canada has pledged to step up spending to improve water quality in the Great…
Continue ReadingBrazil’s Lula cancels trip to China because of pneumonia
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has canceled his trip to China after contracting pneumonia, the presidential…
Continue ReadingVoting rights effort targets those held in jails across US
By GARY FIELDS and MICHAEL TARM Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The voting precinct could have been any one of hundreds throughout Chicago, except…
Continue ReadingHungary: Criticism makes it hard to cooperate with West
By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The West’s steady criticism of Hungary on democratic and cultural issues makes the…
Continue ReadingJehovah’s Witnesses mourn victims of Hamburg shooting
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Members of the Jehovah’s Witnesses in Germany have held a memorial service for the six…
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