January 25, 2018 Mexican drug bust uncovers 100 lbs of fentanyl, other drugs, authorities say A massive drug bust in Mexico uncovered 100 pounds of fentanyl, along with a slew of other illegal drugs, authorities said Thursday.
January 25, 2018 Police on the hunt for serial porta-potty arsonist Canadian authorities are hunting the person responsible for a rash of fires targeting portable bathrooms in downtown Vancouver.
January 23, 2018 Woman's dismembered body found boiled on kitchen stove, cops say The dismembered remains of a woman who vanished from a town in southern Mexico were discovered inside pots atop a stove in her ex-husband’s home.
January 21, 2018 Droves fill pope’s final Mass in restive Latin America trip Pope Francis is wrapping up the most contested, violent trip of his papacy Sunday with a series of meetings with Peruvian church leaders and a final Mass at an air base in Peru's capital.
January 18, 2018 Several injured after car drives onto Brazilian boardwalk, authorities say Brazilian authorities said several people were wounded Thursday after a car drove onto a boardwalk in Rio de Janeiro.
January 18, 2018 Pope Francis defends bishop accused of sexual abuse cover up: 'Bring me proof' Pope Francis appeared to strongly defend a Chilean bishop accused of covering up a priest’s sexual abuse of minor boys just days after meeting and weeping with survivors.
January 18, 2018 Woman convicted of murder after Facebook selfie shows belt she used to strangle friend A Canadian woman who murdered her best friend in March 2015 ended up giving prosecutors all the proof they needed when she posted a selfie with the victim in which she wore a belt that was found near the dead woman's body.
January 17, 2018 Dozens of bodies found buried in field in Mexico, drug violence suspected, officials say More than two dozen bodies, some of which were dismembered, were found buried in a Mexican sugarcane field and authorities said Wednesday that they believe the deaths were drug-related.
January 17, 2018 Largest known underwater cave on Earth discovered in Mexico; holds clues to Mayan civilization A team of experts in Mexico has discovered two linked underwater caverns that are more than 4,000 years old and form the largest known such cave on earth.
January 17, 2018 U.S. tour groups call warnings about travel to Cuba baseless; vow to continue taking Americans to island Dozens of U.S. groups that organize trips to Cuba say they are continuing to take Americans to the island despite an urging by the U.S. State Department that people reconsider their plans to visit there.