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Gilma becomes a powerful Category 3 hurricane and is forecast to strengthen as it stays at sea

MEXICO CITY (AP) - Gilma strengthened into a powerful Category 3 hurricane Thursday in the eastern Pacific Ocean and was forecast to remain a powerful hurricane for the next couple of days while stayi...

Aug 22, 2024

Harris' running mate Tim Walz introduces himself to the nation after Bill Clinton tears into Trump

CHICAGO (AP) - Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz accepted his party's nomination for vice president Wednesday night, using his Democratic National Convention address to thank the packed arena for "bringing the ...

Aug 21, 2024

Guatemalan police arrest 7 accused of trafficking the 53 migrants who asphyxiated in Texas in 2022

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) - Guatemalan police on Wednesday arrested seven Guatemalans accused of having smuggled 53 migrants from Mexico and Central America who died of asphyxiation in 2022 in Texas after b...

Aug 21, 2024

Brazil will restrict entry of some foreign nationals, aiming to curb migration to US and Canada

SAO PAULO (AP) - Brazil will begin imposing restrictions on the entry of some foreign citizens from Asia seeking refuge in the South American nation as a means to migrate to the United States and Cana...

Aug 21, 2024

Brazil will restrict entry of some foreign nationals, aiming to curb migration to US and Canada

SAO PAULO (AP) - Brazil will begin imposing restrictions on the entry of some foreign citizens from Asia seeking refuge in the South American nation as a means to migrate to the United States and Cana...

Aug 21, 2024

Missouri death row inmate agrees to new plea, drops innocence bid

CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) - A Missouri death row inmate on Wednesday dropped his innocence claim and entered a new no-contest plea in an agreement that calls for a new sentence of life in prison without parol...

Aug 21, 2024

Rescue crews unload body bag in Sicily port as search continues after yacht sinking

PORTICELLO, Sicily (AP) - Divers searching the wreck of a superyacht that sank off Sicily recovered at least one body Wednesday, as the search continued for more missing passengers and questions inten...

Aug 21, 2024

Iran's hard-line parliament approves all members of president's Cabinet, first time since 2001

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's hard-line parliament on Wednesday approved all members of reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian's Cabinet, the first time in over two decades a leader has been able to get a...

Aug 21, 2024

Gilma becomes the 2nd hurricane of the eastern Pacific season and is forecast to stay away from land

MEXICO CITY (AP) - Gilma became the second hurricane of this year's eastern Pacific Ocean season early Wednesday and is forecast to remain away from land. The Category 1 storm was located about 935 mi...

Aug 21, 2024

Commercial ship 'not under command' after repeated attacks target it in Red Sea, British say

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - A commercial ship traveling through the Red Sea came under repeated attack Wednesday, leaving the vessel "not under command" in an assault suspected to have been car...

Aug 21, 2024