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Mexican city of Culiacan is near a standstill over fears of cartel clashes
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Schools and businesses in Culiacan, the state capital of Sinaloa remained closed and festivities around Mexican Independence were canceled Thursday as fears over clashes between factions of the Sinaloa cartel disrupt life in the northern city of 1 million. ...
Trump falsely accuses immigrants in Ohio of abducting and eating pets
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday amplified false rumors that Haitian immigrants in Ohio were abducting and eating pets, repeating during a televised debate the type of inflammatory and anti-immigrant rhetoric he has promoted throughout his campaigns. ...
Five charged with kidnapping migrants in US to demand families pay ransom
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Four men were arrested and charged with kidnapping migrants who had been smuggled into the United States and demanding their relatives pay ransom for their release, officials said Monday. The men have pleaded not guilty after they were arraigned on an indictment,...
Former Mississippi teacher accused of threatening students and teachers
MERIDIAN, Miss. (AP) — A former Mississippi teacher faces federal and state charges after allegedly posting threatening messages toward school officials on social media sites. Daniel Christian Johnson, 36, of Meridian, faces federal charges of interstate communications with threat...
Who were the 6 hostages whose bodies the Israeli military recovered from Gaza?
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel said early Sunday that it had recovered the bodies of six hostages captured during Hamas' Oct. 7 attack that ignited the Gaza war, including Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin, whose parents had led a high-profile campaign for the captives' release. The...
Pakistan's military says insurgents have freed an army officer and 3 others abducted on Wednesday
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — Insurgents on Saturday freed four people, including an army officer who was abducted three days ago from a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban, the military said. Lt. Col. Khalid Ameer was seized on Wednesday while he was sitting in a mosque...
Takeaways from the AP's report on Mexican mothers searching for their disappeared children
MEXICO CITY (AP) — According to official figures, at least 115,000 people have disappeared in Mexico since 1952, though the real number is believed to be higher. During the country’s “dirty war,” a conflict that lasted throughout the 1970s, disappearances were attributed to...
Colorado man convicted of kidnapping a housekeeper on Michael Bloomberg's ranch
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Federal jurors found a Colorado man guilty of kidnapping a woman on a ranch owned by Michael Bloomberg during what prosecutors described as his attempt to kill the media mogul. Joseph Beecher, 51, faces seven years to life in prison after he was convicted...
Mexico suggests US made a deal with Mexican drug lord to get his brother transferred from prison
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Prosecutors in Mexico suggested Thursday that U.S. authorities made a deal with a Mexican drug lord who turned in himself and another capo, to get his brother transferred from a U.S. prison. Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office also accused U.S. authorities of...
4 people including an army officer were kidnapped in northwest Pakistan
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — Suspected militants kidnapped four people, including an army officer who was sitting in a mosque in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban to receive mourners after attending his father's funeral, officials said Thursday. No one claimed...
