Brazilian police arrest teenager in thwarted school … SAO PAULO (AP) — Police in Brazil arrested a teenager accused of trying to attack a school with explosives while wearing a Nazi armband Monday in a small city outside Sao Paulo. No-one was injured in the incident in Monte Mor, a municipality of 56,000 residents about 120 kilometers (75 miles) northwest of Sao Paulo, […]
Cattle raiding by jihadis soars in Mali, fuels conflict BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Ayouba Ag Nadroun was at the market in central Mali in March when Islamic extremists attacked his village, killing dozens of people and stealing about $10,000 worth of his cows and camels. “We lost everything,” the 62-year-old told The Associated Press by phone from the Menaka region in the West African […]
Kansas family lived with man’s dead body for 6 years, … An investigation is underway after authorities say an Overland Park family lived in a home with a father’s dead body for six years.
Across Latin America, migrant blaze families left … SAN MARTIN JILOTEPEQUE, Guatemala (AP) — The last Ana Marina López heard of her husband, the 51-year-old Guatemalan migrant told his family that he was being detained by Mexican immigration agents at the U.S.-Mexico border. That was two days before a fire in an immigration detention center in Ciudad Juárez claimed the lives of at […]
Man who lost wife, son in Texas mass shooting tells … “My wife told me to go inside because ‘he won’t fire at me, I’m a woman.’”
Taylor Swift made honorary mayor of Tampa for upcoming … Tampa Mayor Jane Castor is welcoming Taylor Swift’s “Eras” tour to Raymond James Stadium in a uniquely Tampa way.
Wrexham earns promotion on wild journey under Ryan … Ryan Reynolds held his head in his hands. Rob McElhenney leaned forward, took a deep breath and was soon wiping tears from his eyes. Below the Hollywood actors, thousands of Wrexham fans flooded onto the field at the Racecourse Ground, setting off red flares and waving Wales flags. A previously down-on-its-luck Welsh soccer club thrust […]
Dalai Lama apologizes after video shows him kissing … The Dalai Lama then asked the boy to kiss him on the lips and stuck out his tongue. “And suck my tongue,” the Dalai Lama can be heard saying as the boy sticks out his own tongue and leans in, prompting laughter from the audience.
Missing Tacoma woman found dead in Northern California … A 71-year-old Tacoma woman was found dead in the woods of Northern California on Feb. 18, more than two weeks after she was reported missing during a mushroom hunt on Feb. 3.
Rare attack in Alaska renews interest in polar bear … ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — For isolated communities at the top of the world, keeping the planet’s largest land predators — polar bears — out of town is key to coexistence. That can mean patrolling for the animals by snowmobile or four-wheeler, shooing them away with spotlights or a revved engine, or hazing them with beanbag […]