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MEXICO CITY — The Mexican government said Monday it sent 1,200 more troops to the cartel-dominated western state of Michoacan after a weekend of violence. State prosecutors said three convenience stores and five trucks and cars had been set afire,…
GUATEMALA CITY — Guatemala’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal on Monday declared progressive Bernardo Arévalo the winner of the country’s presidential election, but the prospect of him taking office on Jan. 14 was clouded by a decision by another government body to…
The suspected gunman who officials say killed three people over the weekend at a Dollar General in Jacksonville, Florida, before turning the gun on himself had “racist writings and rants” that described a “hatred toward African Americans” and other groups,…
MONTREAL — A fire in March that killed seven people in a heritage building in Old Montreal has turned into a criminal investigation, Canadian police said Monday. Montreal police Insp. David Shane said traces of fire accelerants were found at…
CAIRO — The United Nations’ top official in Yemen warned Monday that the Arab world’s poorest country will remain a powder keg for renewed war unless its rival factions work out a new cease-fire deal. Hans Grundberg, the U.N. special…
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The director of Haiti’s National Police vowed Monday to hold accountable those who encouraged hundreds of parishioners to take up machetes and sticks over the weekend to try and rid a community of gang members, only to…
WARSAW, Poland — Polish security authorities are investigating multiple cases of disruption to railway traffic, after unauthorized radio signals stopped several trains over the weekend. On some of the signals, the Russian national anthem could reportedly be heard in the…
BEIRUT — Two Russian citizens who were recently detained in Beirut on suspicion of spying for Israel have been referred to an investigative military judge who issued arrest warrants for them, two judicial officials said Monday. The two Russians were…
WHEELING, W.Va. — G. Ogden Nutting, who once held a majority ownership stake in major league baseball’s Pittsburgh Pirates before his son took over and helped grow his family’s newspaper business to more than 50 daily publications in 18 states,…
NEW ALBANY, Ohio — Google will invest an additional $1.7 billion to support three data center campuses in central Ohio, the company announced Monday. The tech giant now operates a center in New Albany and announced in May that it…