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MEXICO CITY – When farmers in a tiny Mexican village last month hacked to death suspected drug cartel members who were squeezing them for protection money, it shone a harsh light on one of the country’s biggest security problems: extortion. While the government has reduced murders, extortion is far higher now than when President Andres […]

E Jean Carroll’s defamation trial against Donald Trump continued on Thursday in Manhattan federal court days after a Covid scare delayed proceedings. Trump entered the courtroom at approximately 10am while Carroll’s last witness – her former Elle editor Roberta Myers – was on the stand. Trump’s lawyers indicated earlier this week that they expect to […]

Investigators with the House Ethics Committee appear to be taking a deeper look at the now closed federal probe into the conduct of Rep. Matt Gaetz, Republican of Florida, and have in recent weeks reached out to witnesses and the Justice Department for information, according to multiple sources familiar with the recent developments. At least one […]

A “goofy” dog had a rough start to life — but now, she’s “thriving” and up for adoption in North Carolina. The Humane Society of Eastern Carolina said it worried that Luna the dog wouldn’t survive after she arrived in bad shape. “She was so malnourished she had to be under constant vet watch for […]

By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) -An effort by Republican U.S. lawmakers to reallocate $18 billion in climate-friendly agriculture funding under President Joe Biden‘s signature climate law would shift money away from programs that primarily benefit farmers in Republican-leaning states, a Reuters analysis found. The Inflation Reduction Act money, earmarked for U.S. Department of Agriculture-designated “climate-smart” […]

HARARE – Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader Nelson Chamisa quit his Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party on Thursday, two years to the day after its formation, saying it had been hijacked by the ruling ZANU-PF in a power grab. “Fellow citizens, this is to officially and under my hand inform you that, with immediate effect […]

GAZA/GENEVA – In battered, hard-to-reach north Gaza, rare aid deliveries get mobbed by desperate, hungry Palestinians and aid workers report seeing people thin and visibly starving with sunken eyes. Hunger stalks the entire Gaza Strip, the tiny enclave where 2.3 million people have been living under Israel’s bombardment since Oct. 7 as it battles Hamas […]

An Oklahoma Highway Patrol officer was sent hurtling to the ground when an SUV slammed into a vehicle during a traffic stop, dash camera video shows. In the video, captured Jan. 18, Trooper Jesse Gregory can be seen talking with a driver pulled over along Interstate 40, according to a highway patrol news release. Neither […]

WASHINGTON — Each of them has sat behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office, signed bills into law, appointed judges, bartered with foreign leaders and ordered the armed forces into combat. They both know what it is like to be the most powerful person on the planet. Yet the general election matchup that seems […]