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The night when 43 students disappeared in Mexico: A timeline of key events

Sep. 20, 2024 00:42 AM EDT

IGUALA, Mexico (AP) — Ulises Martínez is still uncomfortable in this city, even though it's been 10 years since 43 of his fellow students from a rural teachers college were abducted here. Martínez was in his third year at the Rural Normal School at Ayotzinapa, an institute known...

It's been a decade since 43 students disappeared in Mexico. Their parents still fight for answers

Sep. 20, 2024 00:34 AM EDT

TIXTLA, México (AP) — Clemente Rodríguez has been documenting the long search for his missing son with tattoos. First, it was an ink drawing of a turtle — a symbol of 19-year-old Christian Rodríguez's school — with a smaller turtle on its shell. Then, an image of Mexico's...

Harris condemns Trump's rhetoric, says voters should make sure he 'can't have that microphone again'

Sep. 17, 2024 16:57 PM EDT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday decried Republican Donald Trump for inflammatory rhetoric about migrants in Springfield, Ohio, and on other topics, saying voters should make sure he “can’t have that microphone again.” Sitting down for a rare...

Italy's deputy premier Matteo Salvini faces a potential 6-year prison sentence in migration trial

Sep. 15, 2024 05:55 AM EDT

ROME (AP) — Italian prosecutors on Saturday requested a six-year prison sentence for right-wing League leader Matteo Salvin i for his decision to prevent more than 100 migrants from landing in Italy when he was interior minister in 2019. If convicted Salvini could be barred from holding...

Nigerian army rescues 13 hostages from extremist group

Sep. 14, 2024 15:25 PM EDT

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian troops have rescued 13 hostages who were kidnapped by an extremist group in the northwestern state of Kaduna, the country's army said on Saturday. The army said in a statement that “the troops successfully overwhelmed the terrorists, forcing them...

Mexican city of Culiacan is near a standstill over fears of cartel clashes

Sep. 12, 2024 17:34 PM EDT

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

Sep. 11, 2024 18:16 PM EDT

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

Sep. 09, 2024 17:43 PM EDT

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

Sep. 05, 2024 17:13 PM EDT

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?

Sep. 01, 2024 02:39 AM EDT

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...