LIMA (AP) — Peru’s former President Alejandro Toledo on Monday was sentenced to 20 years and six months in prison in a case involving Brazilian construction giant
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PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — An anti-corruption agency in Haiti on Wednesday accused three members of the country’s transitional presidential council of bribery in a scathing report that threatens
Read moreOklahoma executes a man for a 1992 killing despite board recommending his life be spared
McALESTER, Oklahoma (AP) — Oklahoma executed a man Thursday for his role in the 1992 fatal shooting of a convenience store owner after the governor
Read moreFamilies from Tennessee to California seek humanitarian parole for adopted children in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — At only 6 years old, Esai Reed has endured three emergency evacuations from orphanages across Haiti as gangs pillage and plunder their way through
Read moreTiny Kentucky town is rocked as their sheriff is jailed in the killing of a prominent judge
WHITESBURG, Kentucky (AP) — Residents of a tiny Appalachian town struggled Friday to cope with a shooting involving two of its most prominent citizens: a judge
Read moreA top court in the Dominican Republic deliberates anti-sodomy laws targeting police and military
SANTO DOMINGO (AP) — A top court in the Dominican Republic has agreed to review a challenge to laws dating from the last century that criminalize gay
Read moreDefense secretary revokes plea deal with accused 9/11 plotters
WASHINGTON — In a startling reversal of a decision made just 48 hours earlier, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has revoked plea deals reached with three accused
Read moreChicken wings advertised as ‘boneless’ can have bones, Ohio Supreme Court decides
COLUMBUS (AP) — Consumers cannot expect boneless chicken wings to actually be free of bones, a divided Ohio Supreme Court ruled Thursday, rejecting claims by a restaurant
Read moreBiden proposed enforceable ethics code and term limits for Supreme Court. How might they work?
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday proposed major changes for the U.S. Supreme Court: an enforceable code of ethics, term limits for justices
Read morePuerto Rico bans discrimination against those who wear Afros and other hairstyles on diverse island
SAN JUAN (AP) — Puerto Rico’s governor today signed a law that prohibits discrimination against people wearing Afros, curls, locs, twists, braids and other hairstyles
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