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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico has accepted its first group of refugees from Afghanistan. The five women and one man arrived Tuesday in Mexico City, where they were welcomed by Foreign Relations Secretary Marcelo Ebrard. Ebrard told the group, “Welcome to your home.” The women belong to a group involved in the field of robotics.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s immigration service says a group of migrants threw rocks at its officers, injuring one severely. The National Immigration Institute said Tuesday the attack happened the previous day along railroad tracks in the central state of Tlaxcala. The institute says the officers approached a group of migrants walking along the tracks.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kanye just wants to be Ye. Kanye West filed court documents Tuesday to legally change his name. The Los Angeles Superior Court filing says the 44-year-old wants to get rid of his full name — Kanye Omari West — in favor of just his longtime two-letter nickname, Ye, with no middle

By ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press HANOI (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris has urged Vietnam to join the U.S. in challenging what she called China’s “bullying” in the South China Sea. She continued her sharp rhetoric against Beijing as she met with Vietnamese leaders Wednesday. The vice president’s rebuke of China comes in the middle

DENALI NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE, Alaska (AP) — Officials say road access in Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska is being restricted due to a long-running landslide issue that has been exacerbated by climate change. A statement from the park says the road that runs through the park was closing to nonessential vehicles, pedestrians

By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fox News Channel was last week’s most-watched TV outlet on broadcast or cable. It was bolstered by the rapt attention of viewers to the U.S.-led evacuation from Afghanistan. Nielsen figures show the channel averaged just under 3 million viewers last week. Fox News Channel outpaced

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says the Biden administration likely violated federal law in trying to end a Trump-era program that forces people to wait in Mexico while seeking asylum in the U.S. With three liberal justices in dissent, the high court refused Tuesday to block a lower court

By The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO TikTok users will soon be able to buy stuff directly through the short videos on the app. Canadian e-commerce company Shopify said Tuesday that businesses will be able to add a shopping tab to their TikTok profiles to create a “mini-storefront” that links directly to their online store for

By MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Police in Colombia say a student leader who lost an eye in clashes with police in 2018 and also participated in anti-government protests that swept the country last April and May has been slain in the southwestern city of Popayan. Esteban Mosquera was an advocate of

By JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A scientific team has traced the genetic makeup of lake trout, which should help rebuild populations of the prized fish in the Great Lakes and other North American waters. U.S. and Canadian researchers said Tuesday they’ve completed a digital genetic map for lake trout.

HONOLULU (AP) — Geologists say they’ve detected a swarm of earthquakes at Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano, though it isn’t erupting. The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory says the quakes began overnight and continued into the morning. More than 140 earthquakes were recorded as of 4:30 a.m. The largest was magnitude 3.3. Most were less than magnitude 1. At