• Hurricane Dorian death toll rises to 44 in the Bahamas

    Hurricane Dorian death toll rises to 44 in the Bahamas

    Sep 09, 2019 03:49 PM EDT

    ... a WhatsApp message to The Associated Press. Officials have warned that the number of deaths is likely to rise as security forces and other teams search devastated areas of the northern Bahamas. The government also announced a telephone hotline where Bahamians can call to report family members who have been ...

  • ‘Hour of darkness’ for Bahamas; 43 dead, with toll to rise

    ‘Hour of darkness’ for Bahamas; 43 dead, with toll to rise

    Sep 07, 2019 01:57 PM EDT

    https://youtu.be/WQlEnvSriqQ He expressed understanding for the complaints of people who are calling for help after having their lives shattered by Dorian, but he urged patience for efforts by authorities to get in humanitarian aid. The search for victims and survivors went on nearly a week after Dorian ...

  • Colombia FARC negotiators say they are taking up arms again

    Colombia FARC negotiators say they are taking up arms again

    Aug 29, 2019 01:45 PM EDT

    ... leaders, including ideologue Seuxis Hernandez, alias Jesús Santrich, who abandoned the peace process after his arrest was sought by the U.S. on drug charges. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f15h3-YPd4c WATCH: Families of Colombia’s disappeared endure ‘never-ending grief’ and a wrenching search Rodrigo Londono, who ...

  • Puerto Rico Gov. Rosselló to resign Aug. 2 amid online chat scandal

    Puerto Rico Gov. Rosselló to resign Aug. 2 amid online chat scandal

    Jul 25, 2019 10:11 AM EDT

    On Tuesday, officials announced that a Puerto Rico judge had issued search warrants for the cellphones of government officials involved in the chat as part of an investigation. One of the search warrants said officials used the chat to transmit official and confidential information to private citizens in potential violation ...

  • Trump lashes out at N.Y. governor and attorney general over business probes

    Trump lashes out at N.Y. governor and attorney general over business probes

    Jul 01, 2019 06:20 PM EDT

    ... political Witch Hunt." In four tweets, Trump accused Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Attorney General Letitia James of "harassing all of my New York businesses in search of anything at all they can find to make me look as bad as possible." "It is very hard and expensive to live in ...

  • 2020 hopeful Inslee says U.S. foreign policy should be built around climate

    2020 hopeful Inslee says U.S. foreign policy should be built around climate

    Jun 05, 2019 02:22 PM EDT

    ... part of a changing climate and an international economy anchored to fossil fuels, as extreme weather and other climate effects force people to migrate "in search of food, water, shelter, or to avoid conflict." He calls for focusing international development funds to building local economies in nations most affected by ...

  • Trump hits Mexico with 5 percent tariff in response to migrants

    Trump hits Mexico with 5 percent tariff in response to migrants

    May 31, 2019 12:25 AM EDT

    ... our Country, STOP. The Tariff will gradually increase until the Illegal Immigration problem is remedied," he wrote, "at which time the Tariffs will be removed." https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1134240653926232064 Trump has accused the Mexican government of failing to do enough to crack down on the surge of Central ...

  • With churches shut after bombs, Sri Lankans hear Mass on TV

    With churches shut after bombs, Sri Lankans hear Mass on TV

    Apr 28, 2019 02:54 PM EDT

    ... country’s leaders in a small chapel at his Colombo residence — an extraordinary measure underlining the fear still gripping this nation of 21 million people. https://twitter.com/HutchisonPeter/status/1122358745936408576 “This is a time our hearts are tested by the great destruction that took place last Sunday,” Ranjith said ...

  • Easter Sunday bomb blasts kill more than 200 in Sri Lanka

    Easter Sunday bomb blasts kill more than 200 in Sri Lanka

    Apr 21, 2019 10:36 AM EDT

    https://twitter.com/SallyAxworthy/status/1119908412270182401 Six nearly simultaneous blasts took place in the morning in Colombo at St. Anthony's Shrine — a Catholic church — and the Cinnamon Grand, Shangri-La and Kingsbury hotels. After a lull of a few hours, two more explosions occurred at St. Sebastian Catholic church ...

  • Mueller report finds no Trump-Russia collusion, but does not exonerate president, attorney general says

    Mueller report finds no Trump-Russia collusion, but does not exonerate president, attorney general says

    Mar 24, 2019 07:42 PM EDT

    ... indicted.Barr’s chief of staff called White House counsel Emmet Flood at 3 p.m. Sunday to brief him on the report to Congress. https://twitter.com/presssec/status/1109911057013919746 Mueller’s investigation ensnared nearly three dozen people, senior Trump campaign operatives among them. The probe illuminated Russia’s ...