October 1, 2017 Suspect in Canada terror attack is Somali refugee, police say The suspect accused of stabbing a police officer before crashing a speeding U-Haul van into a crowd of people in Edmonton, Canada, had come to the country from Somalia trying to claim refugee status, police revealed.
October 1, 2017 Puerto Rican CEO: Local government 'corrupt' and 'totally inexperienced' in Maria cleanup The head of an international engineering firm in Puerto Rico said in an editorial Saturday that when the time came to send 50 of his engineers to help in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, he bypassed local officials and went straight to FEMA.
September 29, 2017 Cops using sneakers to spot MS-13 members, gang leader says The real way to spot an MS-13 gangster is by his sneakers.
September 29, 2017 Mexican judge unfreezes assets of ex-MLS soccer star linked to drug kingpin A Mexican judge has ordered that bank accounts belonging to a former Major League Soccer player be unfrozen, after the accounts were suspended last month as part of a U.S. crackdown on Mexican drug cartels.
September 28, 2017 Escape from Venezuela: Colombia border crossing mobbed as starving citizens flee Thousands of people are lining up at the border of Venezuela and Colombia each morning, desperate to escape Nicolas Maduro’s collapsing socialist state, with some vowing not to return until the “president who spends money while his people die of hunger” is ousted.
September 27, 2017 Jailed Venezuela opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez given house arrest Jailed opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez was transferred to house arrest after spending more than three years behind bars in a military prison, Venezuela's Supreme Court said Saturday.
September 27, 2017 NBA player J.J. Barea flies to Puerto Rico on Marc Cuban’s plane to deliver supplies Mavericks point guard J.J. Barea was heartbroken when Hurricane Maria devastated his native homeland of Puerto Rico.
September 27, 2017 US veteran blinded in Omar Khadr ambush says payment is treasonous A former U.S. Special Forces soldier said Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should be charged with treason after giving a former Al Qaeda militant, who severely injured him and killed a fellow soldier in an attack in Afghanistan in 2003, millions of dollars in a settlement announced earlier in the week.
September 27, 2017 As Venezuela starves, Maduro tells army to prepare for US 'threats' Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, fresh off calling on the inhabitants of his starving nation to eat rabbits that had been kept as pets, is now asking his army to make sure it has “rifles, missiles and well-oiled tanks at the ready” amid a war of words with the United States.
September 27, 2017 Ex-Brazil leader Silva found guilty of corruption, sentenced to 9.5 years Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been convicted of taking bribes and money laundering in a massive corruption scandal that has swept the country's political establishment.