Agatha forecast to hit Mexico as Category 2 hurricane and enter Gulf
Tropical storm is predicted to rapidly intensify and could cross Mexico and become storm threat in Gulf of Mexico later next week.
Biden prepares asylum overhaul at border, but court challenges loom
The Biden administration next week will begin its overhauled process for screening migrants seeking humanitarian protection along the U.S. border.
Canadian Supreme Court rules all killers must have chance at parole
The highly anticipated decision means 2017 Quebec mosque shooter Alexandre Bissonnette will get a hearing at 25 years.
Police in Brazil gas man to death in trunk of car, video appears to show
Relatives of Genivaldo de Jesus Santos, 38, say a video shared widely on social media captures his brutal death at the hands of the PRF, Brazil's Federal Highway Police.
Restaurant owners traded grilled cheeses for painting that later fetched $272,548
It took 50 years, but the owners realized it was a prized piece of art.
Sandals will add carbon monoxide detectors after 3 deaths in Bahamas
Authorities in the Bahamas have not confirmed what killed the three tourists and sickened another.
How countries around the world have responded to mass shootings
Australia, Britain, Canada and New Zealand all enacted more restrictive gun legislation following mass shootings.
Ex-leaders call for global anti-corruption court to tackle Putin, more
Forty-two former presidents and prime ministers added their signatures to a growing list that calls for the creation of an International Anti-Corruption Court.
A Jewish teen put her baby up for adoption in WWII. They just reunited.
For Gerda's Cole’s 98th birthday, her 79-year-old daughter flew to Toronto to meet her long-lost mother.
NOAA forecasts seventh straight busy Atlantic hurricane season
It’s calling for 14 to 21 named storms, 6 to 10 hurricanes and 3 to 6 major hurricanes.
Behind bulletproof shields, Colombian candidates fear for their lives
Front-runner Gustavo Petro could be Colombia's first leftist president. Death threats have led his campaign to take unusual security measures.
What is monkeypox, the rare virus now confirmed in the U.S. and Europe?
Scientists are trying to answer questions about the outbreak of a disease not known to spread easily among humans.
Deadly thunderstorm complex cuts power to nearly a million in Canada
At least 10 people died as a probable “derecho” swept through Ontario and Quebec.
In Cuba, a frantic search for milk
As Cuba careens through its worst economic crisis in 30 years, the staple is one of the most potent symbols of the country’s precarious state.
‘Stocky’ Edwards, Canadian flying ace in World War II, dies at 100
He was heralded his nation’s “top gun” over the North African desert in 1942 and 1943.
Amazonian ‘camera traps’ provided images for massive archive
The camera traps in the data set have snapped photos of 317 animal species in Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela.
The harrowing, forgotten journey of the first transatlantic flight
Saturday marks the 95th anniversary of Charles Lindbergh's heralded flight across the Atlantic. But John Alcock and Arthur Brown accomplished the feat eight years earlier—and under much tougher conditions.
The Black feminist activist who could be Colombia’s vice president
Francia Márquez, a political newcomer, is forcing Colombia to confront its racist, classist and sexist past and present.
European countries confirm more than 70 monkeypox cases
Cases have been reported in North America and Australia, too.
What extreme heat does to the human body
Deadly heat waves have swept the globe, and the trends are prompting doomsday questions: Will parts of the world soon become too hot to live in?