State prosecutors in El Salvador said Wednesday they have launched a probe to see if Salvadorans identified in the Panama Papers leak broke any laws. "The investigation has begun and we will take the necessary steps," the chief state prosecutor, Douglas Melendez, told a news conference. &
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El Salvador launches probe after 'Panama Papers' leak
State prosecutors in El Salvador said Wednesday they have launched a probe to see if Salvadorans identified in the Panama Papers leak broke any laws. "The investigation has begun and we will take the necessary steps," the chief state prosecutor, Douglas Melendez, told a news conference. &
Rousseff impeachment should go ahead: commission rep
The impeachment of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff should go ahead, the representative for a congressional commission said Wednesday, bringing the country's political crisis a step closer to a showdown. Jovair Arantes, rapporteur for a special impeachment commission in the lower house of Congress
Low turnout endangers Dutch vote on EU-Ukraine pact
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A clear majority of people who voted Wednesday in a Dutch referendum rejected a far-reaching European Union free trade deal with Ukraine, but an exit poll showed turnout may have been too low for the vote to be valid.
South America's prehistoric people spread like 'invasive species'
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When the first prehistoric people trekked into South America towards the end of the Ice Age, they found a wondrous, lush continent inhabited by all manner of strange creatures like giant ground sloths and car-sized armadillos. Only much later did people muster
Brazil congressional report favours impeaching President Rousseff
By Maria Carolina Marcello BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff moved closer to impeachment when the rapporteur of a Congressional committee said on Wednesday there were grounds for the Senate putting her on trial for manipulating budget accounts in 2014 to boost her reelection prospects
Nebraska's longest-serving lawmaker commandeers session
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A 78-year-old state senator is attempting to run out the clock on Nebraska's legislative session with a filibuster in which he has described getting a colonoscopy and quizzed a colleague about the best way to pour a beer.
French MPs approve contested ban on paying for sex
Around 60 sex workers staged a noisy protest outside parliament during the final debate on the bill that will affect the livelihoods of at least 30,000 prostitutes in France, four in five of whom are foreign. Backed by the Socialist government, the legislation has been nearly two and a half years in
Police: Newtown teacher arrested for having gun at school
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — A teacher was arrested Wednesday for bringing a gun to the town's middle school, police said.
Iceland's government turns deaf ear to calls to quit
Iceland's coalition government turned a deaf ear Wednesday to angry protesters calling for its resignation, a day after the prime minister stepped down over the Panama Papers scandal. Time is on their side and it's crucial for them to stay in power," lamented Gyda Margret Petursdottir,
South Texas man set to die said he drank victim's blood
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A South Texas man was set to be executed Wednesday after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to block his punishment for the 1998 slaying of a 12-year-old boy whose blood the convicted killer said he drank.
White House: $589M to go to fight Zika virus
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal money left over from the largely successful fight against Ebola will now go to combating the growing threat of the Zika virus, the Obama administration announced Wednesday.
US stocks rise as health care and energy companies climb
The stock market turned in a solid gain, led by a jump in health care and energy companies. Drugmakers posted especially big gains Wednesday, including a 6 percent rise in biotechnology company Celgene. ...
Bruised in Wisconsin, Trump, Clinton eye friendlier New York
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton looked to bounce back Wednesday from unsettling presidential primary losses in Wisconsin, training their sights in the next White House contests on friendlier ground -- their home state of New York. The Republican and Democratic frontrunners were trounced Tuesday night
Dutch snub EU-Kiev pact, but exit polls cast doubt on turnout
Dutch voters Wednesday rejected a key EU pact with Ukraine in a referendum seen as a barometer of anti-EU feeling, but low turnout cast doubts on whether the ballot was valid, exit polls showed. After a day of sluggish voting, the first exit polls released by public broadcaster NOS left broad political
Officials sign unusual pact to tear down hydroelectric dams
Endangered salmon blocked for nearly a century from hundreds of miles of the Klamath River in Oregon and California are expected to return en masse under unusual agreements signed Wednesday to tear down ...
Trump eyes shift to policy 'meat' as convention fight looms
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Donald Trump signaled a shift toward "more meat on the bone" in his policy speeches Wednesday amid new signs of campaign discord, a day after his stinging Wisconsin defeat emboldened his critics and pushed the GOP closer to its first contested national convention
Nominee Garland smiles, stays quiet while in public view
WASHINGTON (AP) — "Cubs or White Sox?"
Obama calls new Myanmar president and Suu Kyi
The White House on Wednesday said that President Barack Obama called Myanmar's President Htin Kyaw and de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi, praising the move toward civilian-led government. Obama called the pair to offer his congratulations, as military hardliners try to limit Suu Kyi's formal
Plaque at Harvard honors slaves who once lived, worked there
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Harvard University's president has dedicated a plaque that honors slaves who worked on campus centuries ago.
Christie nukes Atlantic City mayor as fiscal impasse lingers
Gov. Chris Christie came to Atlantic City Wednesday, not to meet with its embattled mayor, but to denounce him as "a liar" who has "zero idea" what he's doing. The governor used his ...
