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By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — As Mexico prepares for the largest elections in its history, organized crime is once again preying on local candidates across swaths of the country where cartels dominate, raising concerns among experts that these could be Mexico’s bloodiest elections ever. Julián López, coordinator for the Citizen Movement

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Norwegian royal palace says King Harald V’s health is improving but that he’ll need a permanent pacemaker after falling ill during a trip to Malaysia. The 87-year-old monarch was transferred to an Oslo university hospital on Monday for medical tests.  Harald returned to Norway aboard

By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — An unusual legal challenge may upend the future of a Chicago ballot measure that would hike a real estate tax on high-end properties sales to pay for services for homeless people. Early voting has already started for the March 19 Illinois primary as the case makes its

By MORIAH BALINGIT AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — In some ways, Doris Milton is a Head Start success story. She was a student in one of Chicago’s inaugural Head Start classes, when the antipoverty program, which aimed to help children succeed by providing them a first-rate preschool education, was in its infancy. Milton loved

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press SELMA, Ala. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris told thousands gathered for the 59th anniversary of the Bloody Sunday attacks on civil rights marchers in Selma, Alabama, that fundamental freedoms, including the right to vote, are under attack in America even today. Harris joined those gathered at the foot of

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Kuwait says it will hold elections for its national assembly on April 4, its latest round of voting after years of political turmoil. The state-run KUNA news agency made the announcement Saturday, citing a decree published by the oil-rich country’s official gazette. In February, Kuwait’s emir dissolved parliament after

By EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Police in Haiti urgently appealed for help Saturday night as they struggled to hold back gangs trying to storm the country’s main prison in a major escalation of violence sweeping the troubled Caribbean nation. “They need help,” a union representing Haitian police said in a message

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Lt. Gov Mark Robinson has received Donald Trump’s formal endorsement in his bid for governor, several months after the former president pledged to do so. Trump had a rally in Greensboro on Saturday that Robinson also attended and spoke at. The former president

By BILL BARROW and JILL COLVIN Associated Press GREENSBORO, North Carolina (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Saturday further escalated his immigration rhetoric and baselessly accused President Joe Biden of waging a “conspiracy to overthrow the United States of America” as he campaigned ahead of Super Tuesday’s primaries. Trump has a long history of

By DORANY PINEDA Associated Press MECCA, Calif. (AP) — When Limba Contreras moved to the desert community of Oasis, California, about 50 years ago, her family relied on a water cooler to keep temperatures inside their home comfortable. Other times, they sprayed each other with a hose outside. But when the heat topped 100 degrees

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press Oregon is poised to step back from its first-in-the-nation drug decriminalization law with a new measure approved by the state Senate that would reinstate criminal penalties for possessing small amounts of some drugs. The law, which took effect in 2021, decriminalized possession and personal use of all drugs, including small

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — The University of Maryland has ordered fraternities and sororities on campus to suspend social and recruitment activities after the school received multiple reports of unsafe activities. A letter sent Friday from university officials to fraternity and sorority presidents informing them of the suspension did not describe the alleged misconduct as

By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A vibrant fishing industry, some of the world’s largest coral reefs, desalination plants supplying millions with drinking water. They’re all at risk from large amounts of fertilizer and oil spilled into the Red Sea by the sinking of a cargo ship attacked by Yemen’s Houthi rebels. Officials

DOVER, Del. (AP) — The lawyers who successfully argued that a massive pay package for Tesla CEO Elon Musk was illegal and should be voided are asking the presiding judge to award company stock worth $5.6 billion as legal fees. The attorneys represented Tesla shareholders in the case decided in January and made the request

By DENG MACHOL Associated Press JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — A U.N. commission has warned that mass violence and gross human rights violations in South Sudan continue unabated ahead of landmark elections due to take place in December, saying the already dire humanitarian situation in the country will deteriorate further. The UN Commission on Human

CANTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A driver who crashed her sport-utility vehicle into a Walmart store in suburban Detroit was likely having a health incident at the time. That’s the update from authorities in Canton Township, a day after the driver and four other people were injured. The injuries were not life-threatening. Shoppers were stunned

By KEN MILLER Associated Press An 11-year-old Texas who was found dead in a river near Houston is remembered as a loving kind animal lover. Rosary had been held Saturday for Audrii Cunningham. Authorities say a family friend who was supposed to take her to a school bus stop killed her. Rev. Paul Kahan told

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A tractor-trailer that was knocked dangling off a bridge over the Ohio River — prompting a dramatic rescue of the driver — was struck by a vehicle that had crossed into opposing traffic, Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg said Saturday. Breathtaking photos and video captured the rescue Friday of the driver in

NEWCASTLE, England (AP) — Newcastle manager Eddie Howe has managed to get a tune out of his team in front of rock star Mark Knopfler in a 3-0 English Premier League win over Wolverhampton. Knopfler is the frontman of Dire Straits. He was at St. James’ Park to unveil a charity recording of the theme

By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A Zimbabwean opposition activist slain nearly two years ago was finally buried Saturday. Moreblessing Ali, a member of the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change, or CCC, was abducted outside a bar on the outskirts of the capital, Harare, in May, 2022. Her body was found cut