October 11, 2017 Illegal immigrant accused of beheading mother to have charges dropped, report says An illegal immigrant accused of beheading his mother in March may have the charges against him dropped.
October 9, 2017 Lives lost in Mexico quake could have been saved, engineers say Mexico City officials were widely lauded for tightening their building codes after thousands died in the 1985 earthquake, but they left out one crucial reform: a prohibition on the building technique that caused 61 percent of the building collapses in last month's magnitude 7.1 quake, which killed 369 people and blanketed tree-lined avenues in rubble.
October 7, 2017 Hurricane Nate makes landfall as Category 1 storm Hurricane Nate made landfall near the mouth of the Mississippi River Saturday evening as a Category 1 storm with maximum winds of 85 miles per hour.
October 6, 2017 Group speaks up for Christopher Columbus in statue battle An organization that promotes and celebrates Christopher Columbus is pushing back against growing calls for the removal of statues of the famed explorer.
October 5, 2017 Tropical Storm Nate forms in Caribbean, may threaten Gulf Coast as hurricane After a brief pause in tropical activity, Tropical Storm Nate formed Thursday in the Caribbean near the coast of Nicaragua and may impact the Gulf Coast by this weekend.
October 5, 2017 Tropical Storm Nate kills at least 22 as storm moves toward US Tropical Storm Nate, which formed Thursday and is projected to possibly hit the U.S. Gulf Coast this weekend as a hurricane, has left at least 22 people dead as it makes its way across Central America.
October 5, 2017 Refugees continue to cross from US to Canada in unprecedented numbers People seeking asylum are leaving America for Canada in unprecedented numbers.
October 4, 2017 Canadian pastor, wife face series of sexual assault charges A Canadian pastor and his wife are facing more than two dozen charges Wednesday after being accused of sexual assault.
October 4, 2017 Mexico earthquake: Last known body recovered from rubble The last body known to be trapped in rubble following Mexico's magnitude 7.1 earthquake has been recovered, officials said Wednesday.
October 2, 2017 Havana attacks hit US spy network in Cuba Frightening attacks on U.S. personnel in Havana struck the heart of America's spy network in Cuba, with intelligence operatives among the first and most severely affected victims, The Associated Press has learned.