Five Mexican police officers were shot dead and five others wounded Wednesday in violence-hit Michoacan state on the eve of the World Cup opener in Mexico City, local authorities said. The officers were attacked by unknown assailants in an Indigenous region of the western state, which is plagued by cartel violence, the state government reported. … Read more
WASHINGTON — A federal judge denied a request to temporarily halt the Trump administration’s proposed “anti-weaponization” fund but warned the Justice Department not to misrepresent the status of the $1.8 billion fund, which acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told Congress is not moving forward. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free … Read more
A federal judge on Wednesday denied a request to block the Trump administration’s “anti-weaponization fund,” accepting the government’s argument that Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche had already vowed not to move forward with the controversial $1.776 billion fund. But in a court hearing, U.S. District Judge Richard Leon issued a warning to the Justice Department: … Read more
An Indiana woman who had allegedly been missing in Mexico for months with her seven children was found dead, her family said. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Hailey Lambert, a relative of Makala Pendley, said the family was notified of her death Tuesday morning by … Read more
An American diplomat was found dead in Myanmar’s largest city, the U.S. State Department said, and members of the diplomatic community in Yangon say a Thai woman has been detained by police in connection with the investigation. American officials in Thailand and the U.S. Embassy in Myanmar referred questions on the case to the State … Read more
Johannesburg — Multiple attackers killed 12 people and wounded at least nine others in a late-night mass shooting near the South African city of Johannesburg, police said Wednesday. Police believe more than 10 suspects were dropped off in a minibus in an informal settlement in the Cleveland suburb of Johannesburg late Tuesday night and started … Read more
Missing Auburn University student James “Weston” Higginbotham was found dead outside of Kyoto, his mother said on Facebook Saturday. Higginbotham was found in a mountainous area by a volunteer search-and-rescue group, Nancy Higginbotham wrote. A cause of death or more details were not immediately available. Higginbotham, 20, was last seen on May 29. He, his … Read more
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department told a federal judge that even though the Trump administration’s $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund is “not going forward,” it still opposes the court taking any action to block the initiative on a more permanent basis. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. … Read more
President Donald Trump injected fresh uncertainty over the status and future of the “anti-weaponization” fund Wednesday, a day after acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said the Justice Department would no longer pursue the $1.8 billion fund, which has sparked bipartisan blowback. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive … Read more
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — After six months of radio silence, NASA’s Maven spacecraft at Mars has been declared dead. The space agency confirmed Wednesday that the mission had ended after more than a decade of observations. Launched in 2013 to study the red planet’s atmosphere from orbit, Maven mysteriously fell silent in early December after … Read more