Published:Wednesday | September 20, 2023 | 10:31 AM
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Forecasters in Bermuda warned Wednesday of dangerous swells and rip currents as Hurricane Nigel spun through open waters in the northern Atlantic. The Category 1 hurricane was located about 650 miles (1,045...
Published:Wednesday | September 20, 2023 | 9:14 AM
ALBANY, NY (AP) — As more than 100,000 migrants arrived in New York City over the past year after crossing the border from Mexico, Mayor Eric Adams and Governor Kathy Hochul have begged President Joe Biden for one thing, above all others, to...
Published:Wednesday | September 20, 2023 | 12:09 AM
WASHINGTON (AP): AMERICANS DETAINED for years in Iran arrived home Tuesday, tearfully hugged their loved ones and declared “Freedom!” after being let go as part of a politically risky deal that saw President Joe Biden agree to the release of nearly...
Published:Wednesday | September 20, 2023 | 12:09 AM
DALLAS (AP): A man accused of killing nearly two dozen older women and who was convicted last year in the slayings of two was killed Tuesday morning by his cellmate at a Texas prison, an official said. Billy Chemirmir, 50, was found dead in his...
Published:Wednesday | September 20, 2023 | 12:06 AM
GUATEMALA CITY (AP): Thousands of farmers and Indigenous supporters on Tuesday blocked roads and streets in Guatemala to defend the president-elect as government prosecutors seek to ban his political party. Protests organised by the Farmworkers’...
Published:Wednesday | September 20, 2023 | 12:06 AM
CAIRO (AP): More than 1,200 children under age five have died in nine camps in war-scarred Sudan in the past five months, because of a deadly combination of measles and malnutrition, the UN’s refugee agency said Tuesday. The United Nations High...
Published:Wednesday | September 20, 2023 | 12:06 AM
TAPACHULA (AP): Migrants, mostly from Haiti, burst into an asylum office in southern Mexico on Monday, demanding papers. Throngs of migrants knocked over metal barricades and rushed into the office in the city of Tapachula, pushing past National...
Published:Wednesday | September 20, 2023 | 12:06 AM
GEORGETOWN (CMC): Education Minister Priya Manickchand on Tuesday warned schools about sending students home because of their hairstyle, saying those doing so will face disciplinary proceedings. “I was clear enough in writing. children are not to...
Published:Wednesday | September 20, 2023 | 12:06 AM
ST GEORGE’S (CMC): The Grenada government on Tuesday announced plans to observe the 40th anniversary of the murder of Maurice Bishop, the country’s first left-wing prime minister, who was killed during a palace coup orchestrated by his deputy,...
CAIRO (AP) — More than 1,200 children under age five have died in nine camps in war-scarred Sudan in the past five months, because of a deadly combination of measles and malnutrition, the United Nation's refugee agency said Tuesday. The...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — El Salvador President Nayib Bukele trumpeted the success of his gang crackdown during his speech at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, crediting his administration's will against international criticism...
LONDON (AP) — A British inquiry reported Tuesday that migrants awaiting deportation suffered physical and verbal abuse at a government-run detention centre, and recommended that no one be kept in such “prison-like” conditions for...
TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — Migrants, mostly from Haiti, burst into an asylum office in southern Mexico on Monday, demanding papers. Throngs of migrants knocked over metal barricades and rushed into the office in the city of Tapachula, pushing...
Opposition Spokesperson on Transport and Works, Mikael Phillips, says the non-completion of the perimeter fencing along the recently opened May Pen to Williamsfield leg of Highway 2000 has placed motorists at risk of collision with stray...
DALLAS (AP) — A man accused of killing nearly two dozen older women and who was convicted last year in the slayings of two was killed Tuesday morning by his cellmate at a Texas prison, an official said. Billy Chemirmir, 50, was found dead in...
CHICAGO (AP): Ovidio Guzmán López, a son of former Sinaloa cartel leader Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán, pleaded not guilty Monday to drug trafficking, money laundering and other charges during his first court appearance since being extradited to the US...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP): The same Ohio river valley where the Wright brothers pioneered human flight will soon be manufacturing cutting-edge electric planes that take off and land vertically, under an agreement announced on Monday between the state and...
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Five Americans detained for years in Iran walked off a plane and into freedom Monday, most arm-in-arm, as part of a politically risky deal that saw President Joe Biden agree to the release of nearly $6 billion in frozen...
DERNA, Libya (AP) — Officials warned Monday that a disease outbreak in Libya's northeast, where floods have killed thousands, could create “a second devastating crisis” as hundreds fell ill after drinking contaminated...
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — President-elect Bernardo Arévalo plans to call Guatemalans into the streets next week to protest efforts to derail his presidency before he can take office, he said Friday in an interview with The Associated Press...
The same week his state outlawed racial discrimination based on hairstyles, a black high school student in Texas was suspended because school officials said his locs violated the district's dress code. Darryl George, a junior at...
TRIPOLI (AP): Zahra el-Gerbi wasn’t expecting much of a response to her online fundraiser, but she felt she had to do something after four of her relatives died in the flooding that decimated the eastern Libyan city of Derna. She put out a call...
JERICHO, West Bank (AP): A UN conference voted on Sunday to list prehistoric ruins near the ancient West Bank city of Jericho as a World Heritage Site in Palestine, a decision likely to anger Israel, which controls the territory and does not...
NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump repeatedly declined in an interview aired Sunday to answer questions about whether he watched the Capitol riot unfold on television, saying he would "tell people later at an appropriate time...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Thousands of South Korean school teachers and staff rallied in Seoul on Saturday for more legal protection from bullying by parents, a rising problem in a country known for its brutally competitive school...
