A U.S. judge effectively gave the go-ahead Thursday for the execution of repeat murderer Alfredo Prieto, a native of El Salvador who has challenged the use of pentobarbital.
At least 10 people initially were reported killed and more than 20 wounded on Thursday in a shooting at a community college in the U.S. state of Oregon. The 20-year-old suspected gunman also was killed, a local sheriff said.
MEXICO CITY – Parents of 43 students who disappeared last year began a 43-hour hunger strike on Wednesday, a day before meeting with President Enrique Peña Nieto ahead of the case's one-year anniversary.
Costa Rican authorities say that the man known as "Cuba Dave" has been illegally promoting the country as a haven for sex tourism, despite a 2012 law that forbids attracting people to Costa Rica for the exploitation of prostitution.
Protesters demanding justice for 43 missing students and their families clashed with police and torched a truck in Mexico's southern state of Guerrero on Tuesday, just days before the tragedy's first anniversary.
A garden hose nozzle is admittedly an outlier when it comes to weapons in aggravated robbery, but the capital’s criminals are increasingly turning to toy guns — or anything short of an actual firearm — when they want to rob someone. The guns might be fake but that doesn’t meant that the sentences are any less.
The former treasurer of Brazil's ruling party, João Vaccari, was sentenced Monday to more than 15 years in prison for his role in a massive corruption scandal at state oil giant Petrobras.
Costa Rican punk rock Overseas has decided to continue with their South American tour despite having been robbed of all their possessions in Brazil, and seeks help from sponsors and fans.
