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Chicago plans to move migrants to other shelters and reopen park buildings for the summer

Mar. 29, 2024 00:17 AM EDT

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago plans to close five shelters for migrants in the coming weeks and move nearly 800 people, including families, in order to reopen park district buildings hosting popular summer camps, athletic contests and other community events in time for summer. The shift...

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

Mar. 29, 2024 00:11 AM EDT

TAXCO, Mexico (AP) — A mob in the Mexican tourist city of Taxco brutally beat a woman to death Thursday because she was suspected of kidnapping and killing a young girl, rampaging just hours before the city’s famous Holy Week procession. The mob formed after an 8-year-old girl...

California's commercial Dungeness crab season will end April 8 to protect whales

Mar. 28, 2024 23:08 PM EDT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The commercial Dungeness crab season in California will be curtailed to protect humpback whales from becoming entangled in trap and buoy lines, officials announced Thursday. The state Department of Fish and Wildlife said commercial crabbing will end April 8 for...

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

Mar. 28, 2024 20:52 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...

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...

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....