As U.S. cities prepare to host the FIFA World Cup, familiar warnings about human trafficking “spikes” at major sporting events have reemerged.

Media outlets point to elevated risks, advocacy groups roll out awareness campaigns, and city authorities and law enforcement ramp up anti-trafficking efforts.

This is all well ...Read more

Celebrity lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella unexpectedly topped the first round of Colombia’s presidential vote, as Latin America heads into another highly polarized election.

The conservative outsider is in a strong position to become the nation’s next president when he faces leftist Senator Iván Cepeda, an ally of current President Gustavo...Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump said talks with Iran over an interim peace deal will “work out well,” even as the countries’ forces clashed again near the Strait of Hormuz.

Trump, in a Truth Social post late on Sunday U.S. time, said constant speculation over whether he’ll agree to a deal — which will likely see the two sides extend their...Read more

Kenya will proceed with a plan to establish an Ebola isolation and treatment complex at a military facility with U.S. government funding, even after a court temporarily blocked the move.

President William Ruto’s administration will build the facility at a U.S. airforce base 200 kilometers (125 miles) north of the capital, Nairobi, the Health...Read more

MIAMI — Artificial intelligence may have its flaws, but specific programs have proven themselves to be groundbreaking — if not lifesaving — tools in hurricane forecasts, and the National Hurricane Center will keep incorporating them into its forecast arsenal.

Last year, an AI model was actually more accurate than traditional methods at ...Read more

Southern states are bracing for a potential invasion of the New World screwworm that could disrupt livestock markets and raise already high meat prices.

So far, the parasite has yet to land in the United States, but it has been spreading across Mexico and Central America. Previously eradicated from the United States in the 1960s, the fly can ...Read more

Incomes have increased nearly everywhere across Philadelphia over the last decade. But in some pockets of the city, they’ve skyrocketed.

In the South Philadelphia cluster of Graduate Hospital, Grays Ferry, and Point Breeze neighborhoods, the median household income more than doubled. In that area, it rose from $47,800 across 2010-2014 to $96,...Read more

Its illicit journey begins in the blood-soaked orchards of central Sudan before being spirited to ports across Africa and then to the U.S. and Europe.

By the time it ends up in everything from M&Ms to medicines to makeup, few consumers or businesses know they're contributing to the world's worst humanitarian disaster.

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The U.S. men’s national team put on a show in Charlotte — inspiring the kind of confidence that the American club needs as it charges into the World Cup next month.

For who else did the victory deliver confidence?

The USMNT fan.

USMNT head coach Mauricio Pochettino told reporters as much after the team’s 3-2 win over Senegal on Sunday ...Read more

Newark officials instituted a mandatory curfew Sunday around Delaney Hall after ongoing protests led to clashes between protesters and police officers late Saturday, even as Gov. Mikie Sherrill announced that family members will again be able to visit loved ones at the immigration detention center.

Three people were arrested after the skirmish,...Read more

Ken Paxton, the Texas Republican Senate nominee, will visit Senate GOP leaders in Washington to ease their concerns about his viability in the most populous red state in the U.S.

Top Senate Republicans backed fellow Senator John Cornyn over Paxton, the state attorney general who settled a criminal securities-fraud charge and was impeached by ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE — A wooden boardwalk that winds through a scenic hardwood hammock at Snyder Park is all boarded up, closed to visitors since 2024.

The nature trail, declared a safety hazard, is rickety and missing some of its wooden planks. Repairs are at least two years away, much to the angst of those who miss walking through the shady ...Read more

Hungarian President Tamas Sulyok rejected Prime Minister Peter Magyar’s demand that he resign, setting up a political showdown between the country’s old and new leadership figures.

Magyar, whose crushing election victory ousted former premier Viktor Orban, had set a midnight Sunday deadline for Sulyok to leave. In a five-minute video ...Read more

The people of the Twin Cities will receive one of the nation’s most prestigious civic honors Sunday, May 3, when the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation presents them with a 2026 Profile in Courage Award.

The award recognizes what the foundation described as the courage shown by residents during Operation Metro Surge, the federal immigration ...Read more

California companies that produce single-use packaging and plastic single-use food service ware have until Monday to comply with some of the terms of the Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act (SB 54).

They can participate in an approved producer responsibility organization plan by registering with Circular ...Read more

The swirl of anger and disappointment was palpable among Minneapolis City Council members and other leaders at Police Chief Brian O’Hara’s resignation following “concerning substantiated findings” regarding concealment of evidence during a probe into sexual misconduct allegations.

But in interviews with more than a dozen residents ...Read more

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum launched her strongest criticism to date against what she says are blunt U.S. attempts to interfere in Mexican domestic politics.

What had been a recurring theme in her recent speeches became on Sunday a rallying cry to stir up her supporters at a rally in Mexico City, where she claimed that since the deaths ...Read more

Most of the nation’s leading grocery sellers, including Publix, Walmart, Costco and Target, have been hit by another salmonella-related recall, this one of frozen pizza bread.

Champion Foods announced a recall of Motor City Pizza Co.’s 5 Cheese Bread sold in single boxes and two-packs, the latest recall rippling from California Dairies dry ...Read more

A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge has denied Bill Cosby's request for a new trial after a civil jury recently found he was liable for $19 million in damages in a sexual assault case.

Judge Bradley S. Phillips ruled Friday that Cosby did not prove there was "any irregularity" in the court proceedings that would have prevented him from ...Read more

The U.S. and Iran traded messages over the weekend seeking changes to a draft agreement that would extend a ceasefire and open the Strait of Hormuz, but it was unclear if the sides were making much progress.

As the diplomatic exchanges continued, Israel expanded its ground assault in Lebanon, shattering a brittle truce with its northern ...Read more