SAN FRANCISCO (AP): A farmworker charged with killing seven people last year in back-to-back shootings at two Northern California mushroom farms was indicted by a grand jury in an effort by prosecutors to move the case along, authorities said....
ATMORE, Alabama (AP) — Alabama executed a convicted murderer with nitrogen gas Thursday, putting him to death with a first-of-its-kind method that once again placed the US at the forefront of the debate over capital punishment. The state said...
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — A judge on Thursday conditionally released US rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine after he was arrested in the Dominican Republic last week on domestic violence charges. The rapper, whose real name is Daniel Hern...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A man was charged with 76 counts of murder and 86 counts of attempted murder on Thursday for allegedly causing a deadly fire at an apartment building in South Africa last year that was one of the country's...
ANAHUAC, Texas (AP) — A judge ordered Wednesday that a trial be held next month to determine whether a black high school student in Texas can continue being punished by his district for refusing to change a hairstyle he and his...
LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Thousands of Indians flocked to a recruitment centre on Thursday for jobs that would take them to Israel despite the three-month Israeli-Hamas war that is devastating Gaza and threatening to ignite the wider...
BAMAKO (AP): An official in Mali says more than 70 people are dead after an unregulated gold mine collapsed late last week, and a search continues amid fears the toll could rise. Karim Berthé, a senior official at the government’s National Geology...
DENVER (AP): An orphanage founder in Haiti who faced past accusations of abusing boys in his care is facing criminal charges in the US after an investigation revealed that he travelled to the Caribbean country to sexually abuse minors, federal...
SAN JUAN (AP): Legislators in racially diverse Puerto Rico have opened a public debate on a bill to explicitly prohibit discrimination against hairstyles such as cornrows and Afros, sparking a heated debate. Local government officials argue the...
FLORIDA (CMC): A chief executive officer of an investment firm, who transferred crime proceeds to foreign bank accounts his co-conspirator controlled in Belarus and Dominica, has been sentenced to two years in prison. In addition, Peter Kambolin,...
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP): Duelling political factions took to the streets of Venezuela’s capital on Tuesday for the first competing rallies of the presidential election year, showcasing their ability to draw people en masse, as voters grapple with...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC): The Trinidad and Tobago government has welcomed a ruling by the United States Appeals Court in favour of Mexico’s attempts to file a lawsuit against US gun manufacturers, alleging that their negligent business...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina's President Javier Milei faced a one-day general strike Wednesday protesting his decree targeting unions as well as his proposals for economic and labour law changes, showing that his opponents are...
OLYMPIA, Washington (AP) — The Washington state attorney general announced a $149.5 million settlement Wednesday with drugmaker Johnson & Johnson, more than four years after the state sued the company over its role in fuelling the...
TORONTO (AP): Canada’s government is preparing for the possibility that Donald Trump could reach the White House again and the “uncertainty” that would bring, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday at a Cabinet retreat. Trudeau said that Trump...
The Commonwealth Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland KC, addressed leaders from 121 Non-Aligned Movement countries, calling for greater cooperation to protect all humanity from overlapping economic, environmental and security challenges. She was...
MANCHESTER, NH (AP) — Former President Donald Trump easily won New Hampshire's primary on Tuesday, seizing command of the race for the Republican nomination and making a November rematch against President Joe Biden feel all the more...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Netflix registered its third-consecutive quarter of accelerating subscriber growth in the final three months of 2023, closing out a comeback year that included a crackdown on viewers freeloading on the video-streaming...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A man was arrested Tuesday hours after he claimed responsibility for starting a building fire in South Africa last year that killed 76 people while trying to get rid of the body of someone he had strangled in the basement...
PHOENIX (AP) — A Phoenix woman has been sentenced to 37 years in prison for the 2013 death of her baby daughter from malnutrition and medical neglect, authorities said Tuesday. Maricopa County prosecutors said 48-year-old Denise Janelle Snow-...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico wants an urgent investigation into how United States military-grade weapons are increasingly being found in the hands of Mexican drug cartels, Mexico's top diplomat said Monday. Mexico's army is finding ...
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City intends to wipe out more than $2 billion in medical debt for up to 500,000 residents, tackling a top cause of personal bankruptcy, Mayor Eric Adams announced Monday. The city is working with RIP Medical Debt, a...
AKSU, China (AP) — A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck a sparsely populated part of China's western Xinjiang region early Tuesday, killing three people and causing extensive damage in freezing cold weather, officials said. It was the latest...
KAMPALA (CMC): Guyana has underscored the need for global solidarity and united action to address the interconnected socio-economic, environmental, and governance challenges that threaten sustainable development of the Global South. Prime Minister...
PORT-AU-PRINCE (CMC): All schools run by the Sisters of Sainte-Anne have been closed indefinitely following last Friday’s abduction of six nuns “Given the painful and trying situation that we are currently experiencing, all schools run by the...
