April 11, 2018 Argentina cops who claimed mice ate missing marijuana are fired, report says Eight police officers in Argentina, including a former town police commissioner, have been dismissed from their posts after four of them claimed that more than half a ton of missing marijuana was carried off by mice, The Guardian reported Wednesday.
April 11, 2018 Death toll in Humboldt Broncos bus crash reaches 16 A trainer for the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team has died of injuries suffered when a bus carrying the team to a playoff game collided with a semi-trailer last week, her family announced Wednesday.
April 11, 2018 Alleged 'potted-plant serial killer' hit with seventh murder charge as police try to identify remains The alleged Canadian serial killer accused of burying his victims in garden planters is now facing a seventh murder charge, prosecutors in Toronto announced Wednesday.
April 11, 2018 Anti-gay killer, who used victim's blood to scrawl Hitler message, captured after 18-year pursuit, cops say A man accused of killing a gay man in Spain and afterward using the victim's blood to scrawl a twisted pro-Hitler message on the wall was captured in Colombia after an 18-year pursuit, police said Tuesday.
April 7, 2018 Victims slowly identified in Canadian hockey team bus crash disaster; death toll rises to 15 The identities of some of those killed in the crash of a bus carrying a Canadian junior hockey team headed to a playoff game were revealed Saturday, as relatives learned the team’s coach and team captain were among the 15 dead.
April 7, 2018 Crash of hockey team's bus leaves at least 15 dead, town devastated A western Canadian town of about 6,000 people was left devastated after learning that a bus carrying the town's junior hockey team had collided with a semi-truck while traveling to a playoff game, resulting in at least 15 deaths.
April 6, 2018 Alleged 'potted-plant serial killer' may be linked to grisly, unsolved 1970s murders Toronto police investigating an alleged serial killer accused of burying his victims in garden planters are now looking for any links between him and a series of grisly, unsolved murders from the 1970s.
April 5, 2018 Arrest warrant issued for former Brazilian president 'Lula' The head of the Workers' Party in Brazil is saying that former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will run for re-election later this year even though he is likely to soon be jailed.
April 5, 2018 Iowa family of four found dead in Mexico were suffocated by gas from water heater: report Police said the family of four from Iowa that was found dead in their condominium in Mexico last month were suffocated by gas from a faulty water heater.
April 4, 2018 Miguel Diaz-Canel, Raul Castro's likely successor in Cuba, favors hard line against US and dissidents On April 19, for the first time in almost 60 years, Cuba will have a leader whose last name is not Castro.