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September 24, 2017

Life, death in balance for Mexico quake survivors

In a hospital room blocks away from where he survived 26 hours buried under the rubble of his nine-story apartment building, ...

September 24, 2017

New earthquake, magnitude 6.1, shakes jittery Mexico

A strong new earthquake shook Mexico on Saturday, killing at least two people, toppling already damaged homes and a highway ...

September 24, 2017

Mexico honors its greatest wrestler, El Santo, at centennial

You may have never heard the name Rodolfo Guzman. But his silver-masked alter ego, El Santo, was a larger-than-life presence ...

September 24, 2017

Right-wing firebrand plans to hold rally at UC Berkeley

Right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos vowed Saturday to hold a rally at the University of California, Berkeley after a ...

September 24, 2017

Corn maze marks 100 anniversary of women voting in New York

An upstate New York farm is marking the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage in the state in distinctly fall fashion, with ...

September 24, 2017

The Latest: After quakes, Mexico volcano spews vapor and ash

The Latest on earthquakes in Mexico (all times local): 6:20 p.m. The Popocatepetl volcano near Mexico City has spewed a cloud ...

September 24, 2017

Expansion work closes busiest US-Mexico border crossing

Detoured traffic into Mexico from the busiest border crossing with the United States was unusually light Saturday as ...

September 23, 2017

The Latest: Protesters arrested at St. Louis shopping mall

The Latest on protests in St. Louis over acquittal of officer in black man's shooting death (all times local): 3:10 p.m.

September 23, 2017

US priest martyred in Guatemala beatified before thousands

Few religious pilgrimages lead down a dusty, unpaved Oklahoma road past grazing horses, metal barns and towering wind ...

September 23, 2017

State of Missouri lands at center of racial conflict _ again

Missouri is again at the center of a racially charged conflict after a judge acquitted a white former St. Louis police ...

September 23, 2017

US-backed SDF says it took Syria's largest gas field from IS

U.S.-backed Syrian fighters captured Saturday the country's largest gas field from the Islamic State group in an eastern ...

September 23, 2017

Earthquake dims stylish nightlife in Mexico City district

In the stylish Condesa neighborhood, young revelers typically spill out from dimly lit bars and restaurants on a Friday night

September 23, 2017

Man gets life in prison plus 50 years in student's slaying

A Tennessee man avoided a possible death penalty by agreeing Saturday to a sentence of life in prison plus 50 years for the ...

September 23, 2017

Police: Stolen RV recovered with about 10 dogs still inside

Police in western Washington state say they've recovered a stolen motor home and reunited its owner with about 10 dogs that ...

September 23, 2017

The Latest: Oklahoma-born Catholic priest beatified

The Latest on a beatification mass starts for 1st US martyr (all times local): 11:40 a.m. The Roman Catholic Church's first U

September 23, 2017

The Latest: Chopper carrying aid crashes in Mexico, 1 dead

The Latest on Mexico's major earthquake (all times local): 11 p.m. Mexico's federal prosecutors' office says one of its ...

September 23, 2017

Families of missing in Mexico quake still hold out hope

Hope mixed with fear Friday on a 60-foot stretch of a bike lane in downtown Mexico City, where families huddled under tarps ...

September 23, 2017

ACLU sues St. Louis over treatment of protesters

The American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri filed a lawsuit against the city of St. Louis on Friday over what it called ...

September 23, 2017

In Mexico quake, villages on edge of capital feel forgotten

Inhabitants of the villages that dot the largely rural southern edge of Mexico City said Friday they feel abandoned, as aid ...