Gang leader dubbed

Authorities in Honduras said Tuesday they arrested the man they believe masterminded the killings of 19 workers at a palm plantation last month. The killings took place in Rigores, in the restive Bajo Aguan region of Honduras, where rival gangs have fought over control of palm farms and drug trafficking routes. Carlos Molina — also … Read more

Aurora Ethiopian leader set on writing his community’s story

Editor’s note: The 2025 Global Fest festival will take place on Saturday,  June 14. The City of Aurora says it is “Open to the World. With immigrants speaking 160 languages, it is the most diverse city in Colorado. One of the largest immigrant groups, numbering in the thousands, is from Ethiopia. Samuel GebreMichael immigrated from … Read more

Watch: Rubio says there’s indication that Iran Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is alive

State Secretary Marco Rubio testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday and said that there are indications that Iran’s Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, is alive, expanding on the communication methods being used to negotiate with Tehran. Source link

LA business leader says crime, wildfire fallout fueling Pratt surge as voters seek change: ‘People are angry’

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! SANTA MONICA, CA — A business leader and former city council candidate is reacting to Spencer Pratt’s surge in the Los Angeles mayoral race by pointing to crime, the recent wildfires, and the inhospitable business climate as the reason why voters are discontent with the status quo.  … Read more

Indigenous leader Brooklyn Rivera dies in Nicaragua after nearly 3 years of detention

Brooklyn Rivera, a renowned Indigenous leader from Nicaragua who spent years fighting for the rights of his community and was imprisoned by the government in September 2023, has died. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The Nicaraguan government issued a statement Sunday claiming that Rivera died … Read more

Filipino lawyers move to raise legacy of Pablo Manlapit, forgotten leader of Hawaii labor movement

HONOLULU — Decades before Filipino American agricultural workers organized a historic strike in California, Pablo Manlapit was organizing Filipino laborers in Hawaii. Manlapit, who migrated to Honolulu in 1910 to work on sugar plantations, saw the exploitation of other Philippine-born workers — known as “sakadas.” A decade later and at great risk to his livelihood … Read more

Iran’s supreme leader is holed up in undisclosed location, U.S. intelligence says

U.S. intelligence shows that Iran’s supreme leader is effectively holed up in an undisclosed location with little access to the outside world and is only reached by a labyrinth of couriers, according to U.S. officials with knowledge of the matter.  The Iranian officials authorized to work with the Trump administration have been having a difficult … Read more

CIA director brought paramilitary leader involved in Maduro capture to Cuba meeting, sources say

When CIA Director John Ratcliffe visited Havana last week for a rare meeting with senior Cuban officials, he brought along one of the operators involved in the U.S. mission to capture then-Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro earlier this year, multiple people familiar with the matter told CBS News. Venezuela and Cuba were key allies before Maduro’s … Read more

Texas board faults Camp Mystic leader for inaction during deadly flood

AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas board has suspended the nursing license of Camp Mystic’s co-director in a scathing order that accused her of not helping children evacuate during last year’s catastrophic floods that killed 25 girls and two teenage counselors. It’s one of the state’s first actions against a member of the family that owns … Read more