AUSTIN — A comic book featuring Superman’s first-ever appearance has sold for $6 million, making it the most valuable comic edition in existence. Texas-based Heritage Auctions said Thursday that the “Action Comics No. 1” print from 1938…
QUITO — Latin American governments, including regional heavyweight Brazil, rallied around Mexico on Saturday after its embassy in Ecuador was raided to arrest a controversial politician who had been granted asylum by Mexican authorities. The…
BRIDGETOWN — Support is building among Africa and Caribbean nations for the creation of an international tribunal on atrocities dating to the transatlantic trade of enslaved people, with the United States backing a U.N. panel…
CHRISTIANSTED — A snowbird drowned at Sugar Beach Condominiums in Golden Rock after attempting to swim ashore, authorities said. At about 10:00 a.m. Thursday, a man and his two friends were snorkeling in the beach…
LOS ANGELES — Thieves stole as much $30 million in an Easter Sunday burglary at a Los Angeles money storage facility in one of the largest cash heists in city history, police said Wednesday. The burglary occurred Sunday…
CHRISTIANSTED — Two gunmen who opened fire at the all-night “Down Town Shut Down” music festival last year have been arrested. Daniel Manuel Ramos Jr., 23, and Ishmael Jean Christian Jr., 24, were each arrested and charged with…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The victim of a Thursday night shooting in Anna’s Retreat is in stable condition, and police said the incident is under investigation. Detectives with the Criminal Investigation Bureau were dispatched to the…
CRUZ BAY — A St. John man was arrested for allegedly stealing a defibrillator from a shopping mall in Cruz Bay. Tyran Jarvis, 46, was arrested and charged with grand larceny, the Virgin Islands Police…
MIAMI (AP) — Powerball will match a record for lottery drawings Saturday night with a stretch of more than three months without a jackpot winner. It’s that string of futility that has enabled Powerball’s top…
SYDNEY (AP) — A passenger has been fined for urinating in a cup during a delay in deplaning after landing at Sydney Airport. The incident, after a 3-hour Air New Zealand flight from Auckland, occurred…