March 30, 2017 Ex-South Carolina governor to head UN food agency Former South Carolina Gov. David Beasley was appointed Wednesday to head the U.N.
March 29, 2017 Mexico to appeal ruling on sex assault suspect Prosecutors in southern Mexico say they are appealing a court ruling that dismissed pederasty charges because there was no proof the suspect acted "with lascivious intent." The ruling shocked many, because the 17-year-old victim testified she was dragged into a car between two boys, one of whom fondled her breasts and one introduced a finger into her vagina.
March 29, 2017 Study: Early Americas girl 'Naia' may have been young mother More details have emerged about one of the oldest sets of human remains found in the Americas, a young woman nicknamed "Naia" whose nearly complete skeleton was discovered in 2007 in a water-filled cave in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula.
March 29, 2017 El Salvador bans all metals mining, marking first El Salvador's congress has approved a total ban on the mining of metals in the country, one of the first to enact such a broad ban.
March 29, 2017 Cenovus buying most of ConocoPhillips's Canadian assets Cenovus Energy says it will pay $17.7 billion Canadian (US$ 13.2 billion) for most of ConocoPhillips' Canadian assets.
March 29, 2017 11 arrested in killing of Puerto Rico police sergeant Puerto Rico's justice secretary says 11 people have been arrested in the killing of a police sergeant at a public housing project last year.
March 29, 2017 2 dead, 13 injured in Mexico prison riot State officials say inmates rioted at a psychiatric block in a prison in northern Mexico, broke into a prison pharmacy and took drugs that caused the deaths of two of them.
March 29, 2017 Pakistan halts extradition of US man accused of terror plot A defense lawyer says a Pakistani court has temporarily barred the extradition of a U.S. citizen of Pakistani origin accused of planning a terrorist attack in New York with help from the Islamic State group.
March 29, 2017 Arab summit to endorse Palestinian positions with eye on US Arab leaders are gathering for an annual summit where the call for Palestinian statehood is to take center stage.
March 29, 2017 Shooting wounds Mexican journalist; 2nd attack in 2 days A reporter in Mexico's Gulf coast state of Veracruz was reported in serious condition after being shot outside his home early Wednesda in a region plagued by drug cartel violence.