May 14, 2019 Official says pro-company unions will melt away in Mexico A Mexican official says a majority of the country's labor contracts are probably fake, pro-company deals that provide only minimal wages and benefits.
May 14, 2019 Court ruling moves Temer closer to leaving jail A four-judge panel has voted to release former Brazilian President Michel Temer from jail while he faces an investigation into alleged corruption.
May 14, 2019 Brazil cancels another UN climate change event After backing out of hosting the 2019 U.N. climate summit, Brazil is now canceling a United Nations climate change event that was to be held in August in the city of Salvador.
May 14, 2019 Owner of Mexico school that collapsed during earthquake, killing 19 children, arrested for manslaughter Mexican authorities have arrested the owner of an elementary school that was destroyed in 2017 in a 7.1.earthquake, killing 19 children and seven adults. Authorities say the fatalities likely could have been avoided if illegal construction work had not been performed at the school in 2010.
May 14, 2019 Analysis: Persian Gulf tensions, unclear threats raise risks Murky claims of sabotage to oil tankers off the coast of the United Arab Emirates.
May 14, 2019 Official over Puerto Rico police reform resigns in protest A retired Army officer overseeing a court-ordered reform of Puerto Rico's police department has resigned, saying he's lost trust in the process.
May 14, 2019 Mexico: gangs are re-using clandestine burial pits Mexico's top human rights official says gangs are re-using clandestine graves, dumping new bodies into burial pits where human remains had already been excavated by authorities.
May 14, 2019 Jonathan Rhys Meyers' wife Mara Lane posts bikini video on Instagram after Coca-Cola heir flight scandal Jonathan Rhys Meyers' wife doesn't appear terribly concerned about the plight of Coca-Cola heir Alkiviades “Alki” David.
May 14, 2019 Tijuana police: US man hits 5 people in border car chase Police in the Mexican city of Tijuana say an American man has been arrested after a chaotic chase to the San Isidro border crossing with San Diego in which several people were run over.
May 14, 2019 AP Explains: How Yemen's rebels increasingly deploy drones In Yemen, the high-pitched whine of drones has been a part of life for over 15 years, ever since the first U.S. drone strike here targeting al-Qaida in 2002.