April 21, 2016 Argentina floods cause soy crop losses, force evacuations Floods have swamped much of Argentina's soy crop, causing heavy losses to one of the world's top grains suppliers.
April 21, 2016 Puerto Rico accepts revenue cut in $115M transportation deal Puerto Rico's Highways and Transportation Authority has agreed to take a revenue cut amid a financial crisis to reach a $115 million deal with the company that manages the island's toll roads.
April 21, 2016 Mexico proposes raising limit on decriminalized pot to 1 oz Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto says he will ask Congress to raise the limit on decriminalized marijuana for personal use to 28 grams, or about one ounce.
April 21, 2016 Venezuela to cut electricity for 4 hours daily amid crisis Venezuela says it will cut power nationwide for four hours each day as it struggles to provide electricity amid a drought.
April 21, 2016 Suspended Canadian senator cleared of wrong doing A suspended Canadian senator who was accused of receiving $90,000 from the country's former chief of staff has been cleared of a;; wrong doing in relation to a long-running Senate expense scandal.
April 21, 2016 Blast at Mexico petrochemical plant kills 13, wounds more than 100 An explosion killed 13 people and injured scores at a petrochemical plant on Mexico's southern Gulf coast, forcing evacuations as a fire billowed a huge toxin-filled cloud into the air.
April 21, 2016 Lucky duck pulled from rubble 5 days after Ecuador quake Rescuers searching through quake-collapsed buildings in Ecuador have found an unusual survivor: A flapping duck that had been buried under a pile of rubble.
April 21, 2016 Bike lane falls in Brazil Olympic city; at least 2 die Part of an elevated bike lane built ahead of the Olympic Games collapsed on Thursday, killing at least two people who were on it when cement gave way and crashed onto the beach below.
April 21, 2016 Pregnant woman diagnosed with Zika virus in Houston Amid flooding waters that raise concern over an increase in Houston’s mosquito population, health officials in the Texas city confirmed a Zika virus diagnosis in a pregnant woman on Thursday.