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California man convicted of killing his mother is captured in Mexico after ditching halfway house

Mar. 28, 2024 20:28 PM EDT

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California man convicted of killing his mother as a teenager was captured in Mexico a week after he walked away from a halfway house, violating the conditions of his probation, authorities said. Ike Nicholas Souzer, 20, was arrested Wednesday in...

Mob in Mexico brutally beats suspected kidnapper hours before Holy Week procession

Mar. 28, 2024 19:32 PM EDT

TAXCO, Mexico (AP) — A mob in the Mexican tourist city of Taxco on Thursday brutally beat a woman they suspected of kidnapping and killing a young girl, just hours before the city’s famous Holy Week procession. On the eve of Good Friday, men walk through the colonial streets of...

Argentina's Milei trades barbs with Mexican and Colombian leaders, ratcheting up tensions

Mar. 28, 2024 18:51 PM EDT

BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Mudslinging between Latin American populist leaders dragged on Thursday, after days of Argentina’s President Javier Milei needling his leftist counterparts in Mexico and Colombia — coming to a head with a diplomatic blow the night before. Since right-wing...

What we know about the Baltimore bridge collapse

Mar. 28, 2024 17:32 PM EDT

A cargo ship rammed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, causing the span to collapse and presumably killing six construction workers. On Wednesday, a day after the early-morning crash, officials with the National Transportation Safety Board boarded the ship and planned to recover...

Venezuelans are increasingly stuck in Mexico, explaining drop in illegal crossings to US

Mar. 28, 2024 07:52 AM EDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Venezuelan migrants often have a quick answer when asked to name the most difficult stretch of their eight-country journey to the U.S. border, and it's not the dayslong jungle trek through Colombia and Panama with its venomous vipers, giant spiders and scorpions. It's Mexico. ...

The Latest | Ship that collapsed Baltimore bridge was carrying hazardous materials, officials say

Mar. 27, 2024 20:56 PM EDT

The Latest on the ship crash that collapsed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore (all times local): The cargo ship that caused the Baltimore bridge collapse was carrying hazardous materials, the National Transportation Safety Board said. NTSB Chair Jennifer...

Texas’ migrant arrest law will remain on hold under new court ruling

Mar. 27, 2024 18:07 PM EDT

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Texas’ plans to arrest migrants suspected of illegally entering the U.S. will remain on hold under a federal appeals court order that likely prevents enforcement of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s new immigration law until a broader decision on whether it is legal. ...

Looking at a solar eclipse can be dangerous without eclipse glasses. Here’s what to know

Mar. 27, 2024 12:13 PM EDT

DALLAS (AP) — Millions of people along a narrow band in North America will look up when the sky darkens during a total solar eclipse on April 8. When they do, safety is key. Staring directly at the sun during a solar eclipse or at any other time can lead to permanent eye damage....

Tiny, endangered fish hinders California's Colorado River conservation plan

Mar. 27, 2024 11:29 AM EDT

Southern California's Imperial Irrigation District, which supplies water to farmers who grow most of the nation's winter vegetables, planned to start a conservation program in April to scale back what it draws from the critical Colorado River. But a tiny, tough fish got in the way. ...

A decade of documenting more than 63,000 migrant deaths shows that fleeing is more lethal than ever

Mar. 26, 2024 05:37 AM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — More than a decade ago, the death of 600 migrants and refugees in two Mediterranean shipwrecks near Italian shores shocked the world and prompted the U.N. migration agency to start recording the number of people who died or went missing as they fled conflict, persecution or poverty...