Month: April 2018

Leftist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador kicked off his campaign Sunday morning in Juarez. The anti-establishment candidate and current front runner spoke strongly against NAFTA and free trade at his rally, comparing his supporters to the Mexican Revolution that overthrew a dictator 100 years ago. Lopez Obrador spoke spoke against NAFTA in front of thousands,

First responders were called to Ascarate Lake after a boat flipped, throwing six people in the water, officials said. Fire dispatch says all six people were able to reach land safely and none of them were taken to the hospital. It’s unclear if any of them were wearing life preservers. No injuries were reported.

Florida homeowners beware: one big gator has been found splashing in a backyard swimming pool and it took a trapper to drag it away. The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office posted images of the floating gator late Friday on Twitter, saying it measured 11 feet (3 meters) long. With temperatures warming, the Florida Fish and Wildlife

Authorities in San Antonio say they shot and killed a man they say was suspected of killing a woman. According to the San Antonio Express-News , sheriff’s deputies in Bexar County responded to a shooting report at about 5:15 a.m. Sunday. Deputies found the woman lying on the ground with gunshot wounds and moved her

Authorities say an Albuquerque man has been arrested after his infant son was hospitalized with multiple injuries, some life-threatening. Police say 30-year-old Evan Ritchey is jailed on suspicion of felony physical child abuse causing great bodily harm and felony physical child abuse not resulting in great bodily harm. Officers were called to UNM Hospital around

After a 16-hour workday investigating the Austin bombings, police Lt. Courtney Renfro arrived home to find Amazon packages on his doorstep. Renfro paused, even though he had ordered the packages himself. Members of the Austin police bomb squad investigated a series of explosions that killed two people and injured several others over a three-week period.

Authorities in eastern Mexico say seven police officers have died while trying to quell a prison riot. The Veracruz state government says the officers entered the La Toma prison in the mountain town of Amatlan de los Reyes to restore order and move some dangerous inmates on Sunday. It says inmates apparently set fire to