
With WCup a year away, Brazil vows to be ready
Brazil is a year from the World Cup, admitting to mistakes in its preparations but vowing to be ready in time. After facing difficulties getting its ...

Cuba girds for climate change by reclaiming coasts
After Cuban scientists studied the effects of climate change on this island's 3,500 miles (5,630 kilometers) of coastline, their discoveries were so ...

Prosecutor brings $5M tax-fraud case against Messi
A Spanish prosecutor filed a fraud complaint Wednesday against Lionel Messi, alleging the Barcelona and Argentina star owes $5.3 million in back taxes

Pope confirms 'gay lobby' at work at Vatican
In private remarks to the leadership of a key Latin American church group, Pope Francis lamented that a "gay lobby" was at work at the Vatican. It was ...

Qatar eliminated from 2014 World Cup qualifying
Qatar, the 2022 World Cup host, was eliminated in qualifying for next year's tournament on Tuesday night and Denmark put itself in nearly as dismal ...
Danish supermarket got drugs instead of bananas
Drug traffickers back in Colombia must be going bananas over how their shipment ended up at Danish supermarkets and not on the streets. Police say ...

US beats Panama 2-0 in World Cup qualifying
Jozy Altidore continued his scoring run. Eddie Johnson earned a moment to remember getting a goal before his raucous home crowd that matched the hype ...

All about immigration: Green cards? Citizenship?
After years of gridlock, this may be the moment when Congress at last does something about the millions of immigrants living illegally in the U.S.

Aspiring actress helps track suspect in dad's 1986 killing
A NY woman has helped police track down a suspect in her father's 1986 slaying. Periodically, over the last few years, Joselyn Martinez would try to ...

Effort to clean up Honduras police force stalls
In the midst of a scandal over the police shooting of a university president's son, the government of Honduras launched an unprecedented effort last ...

Nicaragua rushes on for canal deal with Chinese
Nicaragua is plowing ahead with a plan to dig a Chinese-funded rival to the Panama Canal across the midriff of the country, fast-tracking a proposal ...

Brazil govt to perform crash tests after AP report
After a decade of spiking fatalities from passenger car wrecks, the Brazilian government said Monday it plans to build its first auto crash test ...

Australian McCardel eyes swim from Cuba to Florida
Australian Chloe McCardel will battle exposure, swift sea currents, stinging jellyfish, sharp-toothed sharks and her own physical limits when she ...
Correction: Nicaragua-Canal story
In a story June 8 about Nicaragua's plans to build a canal, The Associated Press misidentified the university where Jason Bittner is director of the ...

Brazil set for Confed Cup despite difficulties
Even if the Confederations Cup goes off without a hitch, the troubled preparations for the tournament have turned up the pressure on Brazil for the ...

2 out of 3 people face hunger as Haiti woes mount
The hardship of hunger abounds amid the stone homes and teepee-like huts in the mountains along Haiti's southern coast. The hair on broomstick-thin ...

New app helping Venezuelans find scarce items
Harried Venezuelans who devote hours scouring supermarkets for increasingly scarce food basics and toilet paper have just received some digital help ...

Weakened Andrea breaks Northeast rainfall records
The first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season smashed rainfall totals across the Northeast and pushed some streams and creeks over their ...

Globally, people resigned to little privacy online
U.S. government snooping does not surprise global Internet users, who say they already have few expectations of online privacy as governments ...

Evans' late goal lifts US over Jamaica 2-1
Brad Evans saved the United States from another deflating World Cup qualifier on the road. After Jamaica's Jermaine Beckford tied the score in the ...

Local gang suspect in Mexico City mass kidnapping
The mysterious disappearance of 12 people from a Mexico City after-hours bar nearly two weeks ago was the work of a local gang, authorities said, with ...

Keane scores hat trick, sets Irish games record
Robbie Keane scored a hat trick and set an Irish record with his 126th international appearance Friday night during a 3-0 win over the Faeroe Islands ...

4 die in shooting in Mexico City neighborhood
Two masked gunmen stormed into a gym yelling "everyone hit the floor" and opened fire, killing four people in a tough Mexico City neighborhood that ...

Andrea bringing rains, flood watches to East Coast
The first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season drenched the Southeastern U.S. but caused no major damage on Friday, marching up the East Coast ...
Officials renew call for closing Gitmo after visit
White House chief of staff Denis McDonough and two leading senators on national security reaffirmed their support for closing the U.S.