MIAMI (AP) — Mary Sardinas had prepared a room in her Miami house for the arrival of her son from Cuba. He’d sold his home and left his job thinking he’d soon be living in the United States. That was two years ago and he’s...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Homeland Security issued a security alert Tuesday for small planes, warning that modern flight systems are vulnerable to hacking if someone manages to gain physical access to the aircraft. An alert from the...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s governor has signed a bill reducing penalties for possessing small amounts of marijuana. The legislation signed into law Monday by Governor Andrew Cuomo makes unlawful possession of marijuana a...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday signed a bill ensuring that a victims’ compensation fund related to the September 11, 2001 attacks never runs out of money, ending years of legislative gridlock as the number of...
PORT-AU-PRINCE (CMC): President Jovenel Moïse has called on Parliament to approve the nomination and government of newly appointed Prime Minister Fritz William-Michel, describing him as “a brilliant civil servant who has devoted his entire career...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP): Canadian police urged people in a remote northern town to stay inside and lock their doors yesterday as officers hunted for two teenagers who are suspects in the murder of three people in British Columbia. Police...
WASHINGTON (AP): Facing growing accusations of racism for his incendiary tweets, President Donald Trump lashed out at his critics yesterday and sought to deflect the criticism by labelling a leading black congressman as himself racist. In the...
PARIS (AP) — A French group has filed a lawsuit over potential public health threats from lead that was released into the environment during Notre Dame Cathedral’s devastating fire. Hundreds of tons of toxic lead in Notre Dame’s...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing growing accusations of racism for his incendiary tweets, President Donald Trump lashed out at his critics Monday and sought to deflect the criticism by labelling a leading black congressman as himself racist. In the...
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — An official in Congo says that four people including two expatriates working for the Canadian gold mining company Banro were abducted last week in the southern Maniema province of eastern Congo. Army spokesman for South...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP): The woman who is supposed to replace Puerto Rico’s embattled governor announced yesterday that she doesn’t want the job as the U.S. territory reels from political crisis. Justice Secretary Wanda Vázquez said in a...
ROME (AP): An Italian police commander says an American teenager who is under investigation for a police officer’s slaying in Rome was “illegally blindfolded” briefly before his interrogation. Carabinieri Provincial Cmdr. Francesco Gargaro told...
HONG KONG (AP): Police fired tear gas at protesters in Hong Kong yesterday for the second night in a row in another escalation of weeks-long pro-democracy protests in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory. Protesters occupied two areas at opposite...
WASHINGTON (AP): A top White House aide yesterday defended United States President Donald Trump’s disparaging tweets about an influential black Democratic congressman and his Baltimore district as a justified response to the lawmaker’s criticism of...
KABUL(AP): The political offices of the Afghan president’s running mate were hit by a large explosion and stormed by an unknown number of attackers, Afghan officials said yesterday. The attack came on the first day of campaigning for presidential...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats is leaving his job next month, ending a two-year tenure marked by President Donald Trump's clashes with intelligence officials. Trump announced Coats' departure on Aug. 15...
NEW YORK (AP) — A popular community festival was coming to a close when gunfire erupted in a Brooklyn neighbourhood, leaving one man dead, another person in critical condition and 10 others wounded, authorities said Sunday as they searched...
NEW YORK (AP) — Late night gunfire at an outdoor event in Brooklyn killed one man, wounded 11 other people and sent hundreds running for cover despite a large police presence in the area. The shooting erupted just as the crowd at the annual...
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Saudi Arabia has stopped issuing visas to people from Congo while citing the Ebola outbreak there, even as the World Health Organization recommends against travel restrictions. Some Muslims in Congo had...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is imposing visa restrictions on Cuban officials involved in a programme that sends doctors around the world. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the program forces Cuban medical professionals to work long hours and...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea’s test of a new missile is meant as a “solemn warning” over rival South Korea’s weapons development and plans to hold military drills with the United States, Pyongyang said Friday...
LONDON (AP): British Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged the European Union (EU) yesterday to rethink its refusal to renegotiate the Brexit deal, setting himself on a collision course with both the bloc and his own lawmakers over his vow to leave...
PARIS (AP): Record temperatures are being set across Europe, including in Paris, as the continent sweltered Thursday in what was its second heatwave this summer. Climate scientists warn that this could become the new normal in many parts of the...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP): Anger turned to jubilation in the streets in a flash as Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló announced his resignation Wednesday night, ceding power after nearly two weeks of furious protests and political upheaval...
FORT WAYNE, Indiana (AP) — An Indiana man who admitted killing four people, including his unborn child, has been sentenced to 300 years in prison. Twenty-three-year-old Marcus Dansby of Fort Wayne pleaded guilty to four counts of murder...
