Texas congressman says migrants drowned near area where US Border Patrol had access restricted
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — The U.S. Homeland Security Department said Saturday that Texas denied federal agents access to a stretch of border when they were trying to rescue three migrants who drowned.
The federal government’s account came hours after U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar said the Texas Military Department and Texas National Guard “did not grant access to Border Patrol agents to save the migrants” Friday night. Mexican authorities recovered the bodies of a woman and two children Saturday across the border from Eagle Pass
Bernard Descôteaux, former director of Quebec newspaper Le Devoir, dies at 77
MONTREAL — Former Le Devoir director Bernard Descôteaux died Saturday at the age of 77 after battling cancer, the Quebec newspaper has announced.
“In turbulent times, Le Devoir was able to count on this quiet force,” the French-language publication said on social media platform X, previously known as Twitter.
Born in the town of Nicolet about halfway between Montreal and Quebec City, Descôteaux studied political science at the Université de Montréal, then politics and economics at the University of Toronto
Palestinian soccer team set for its first test at Asian Cup against three-time champion Iran
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — The Palestinian soccer team gets its first test at the Asian Cup on Sunday, with its preparations having been made harder by no domestic soccer and limited opportunities to play competitive matches.
It faces three-time champion Iran in its opening game of the tournament, on the same day as the Israel-Hamas war reaches the .
“There has been very little football activity in Palestine for three months since the start of the war and this impacted us negatively, but we played friendlies abroad and
Fendi’s gender-busting men’s collection is inspired by Princess Anne, ‘chicest woman in the world’
MILAN (AP) — Silvia Venturini Fendi plucked heirlooms from an aristocratic family hope chest and embellished them with details long released from the feminine realm for a highlands-stomping menswear collection previewed Saturday during
Venturini Fendi said she was inspired by Princess Anne, whom she called “the chicest woman in the world,” capable of “maintaining her femininity while wearing a uniform,” the epitome of masculinity.
Generous overcoats, leather wellies and rumpled cloche defined the outdoorsy Fall-Winter 2024-25 silhouette fit for
As shutdown looms, congressional leaders ready stopgap bill to extend government funding to March
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders are preparing a stopgap bill to keep the federal government running into March and next week.
The temporary measure will run to March 1 for some federal agencies whose approved funds are set to run out Friday and extend the remainder of government operations to March 8. That’s according to a person familiar with the situation and granted anonymity to discuss it.
The stopgap bill, expected to be released Sunday, would come as House Speaker Mike , R-La., has been from his
Mexico is investigating the reported disappearance of 9 Colombian women
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican officials said Saturday they found at least eight Colombian women who had been reported missing in the Gulf coast state of Tabasco.
Tabasco Gov. Carlos Manuel Merino wrote on his social media accounts that the women had been found, were in good health and had been taken to the state prosecutors’ offices. It was unclear whether they would be considered crime victims, and as such would be allowed to stay in Mexico.
The women were apparently working as escorts for a gang that retained their passports
DeSantis and Haley barnstorm across frigid Iowa in the final days before the Republican caucuses
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley pushed across ice-cold Iowa Saturday to find voters open to an alternative to former President Donald Trump with just two days before the state’s open the Republican primary calendar.
Trump, the heavy front-runner in Monday’s caucuses, opted for “tele-rallies” after canceling larger in-person events due to , but he remained confident as he looks for a big victory to blunt the potential rise of any rival.
Shortly after arriving
John Kerry, the US climate envoy, to leave the Biden administration
WASHINGTON (AP) — , the U.S. special envoy on climate, is stepping down from the Biden administration in the coming weeks, according to two people familiar with his plans.
Kerry, a longtime senator and secretary of state, to take on the new role created specifically to fight climate change on behalf of the administration on the global stage.
Kerry’s departure plans were first reported Saturday by Axios.
Kerry was one of the leading drafters of the 2015 Paris climate accords and came into
15-year-old boy dies after falling from ski lift at Quebec resort
MORIN-HEIGHTS, Que. — Quebec police are investigating the death of a 15-year-old following a Friday night fall from a ski lift in the town of Morin-Heights, about 70 kilometres northwest of Montreal.
Sgt. Catherine Bernard says police were called to the local ski resort at around 10 p.m. for an incident involving a teen.
Bernard says ski resort employees and first responders tried to resuscitate the boy until he was brought to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead
Ceiling in 15th century convent collapses in Italy during wedding reception, injuring 30 people
ROME (AP) — Thirty people were injured when a ceiling collapsed during a wedding reception Saturday evening in a former, centuries-old convent in the countryside near Pistoia, a city in Italy’s Tuscany region, authorities said.
Gov. Eugenio Giani said in a post on the Telegram messaging channel that five of the injured were in critical condition. The reception was being held in a restaurant at an events venue on a hilltop that once was a convent dating back to the 15th century.
The injured were