Whitney Houston’s daughter: ‘She’s always with me’
NEW YORK (AP) — In her first interview since Whitney Houston’s death, daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown said she’s “doing as good as I possibly can” and recalled the tender last moments she shared with her superstar mother before her sudden…
Canadian wanted for 22 murders nabbed in Panama
PANAMA CITY (AP) — Police in Panama say they have captured a fugitive with suspected ties to the Hells Angels motorcycle gang who is wanted in Canada for 22 murders. A police statement says Michel Smith was detained Friday in…
Maples and Calder take giant steps forward in Ireland
Cayman based law firm Maples and Calder came to Ireland in 2006 with an aggressive strategy that the country’s top-tier legal practices didn’t see coming. They were able to convince numerous market-leading partners and lawyers from A&L Goodbody, Matheson Ormsby…
US Army sergeant kills 16 in Afghan villages
BALANDI, Afghanistan (AP) — Moving from house to house, a U.S. Army sergeant opened fire Sunday on Afghan villagers as they slept, killing 16 people — mostly women and children — in an attack that reignited fury at the U.S….
Mexico police nearly nabbed El Chapo
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Much like the late Osama bin Laden, the man the U.S. calls the world’s most powerful drug lord apparently has been hiding in plain sight. Mexican federal police nearly nabbed Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán in a…
Jamaican drug lord faces sentencing in US case
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. authorities say Jamaican drug kingpin Christopher “Dudus” Coke was so ruthless that he once ordered a rival killed with a chainsaw. However, another episode left a more lasting impression with the general public: He was…
Police shootings prompt outrage in Jamaica
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Security personnel armed with M16s and machine guns manned roadblocks and detained dozens of young men Thursday as part of a crackdown in a Jamaican ghetto where a 13-year-old girl, two elderly men and three others…
Two children found living in abandoned school bus
SPLENDORA, Texas (AP) — The abandoned school bus had no engine and no front wheels. But there were crude curtains in the windows, an air conditioner and even bunk beds inside. So when a postal worker repeatedly ran across two…
Romney heads South into evangelical states
Mitt Romney’s struggle with white evangelical voters doesn’t bode well for him as he moves through the GOP presidential primary, with Mississippi and Alabama just ahead. In the five states so far where born-again Christians were a majority of GOP…
Anti-Kony video campaign draws criticism in Uganda
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The wildly successful viral video campaign to raise global awareness of a brutal Central Africa rebel leader is attracting criticism from Ugandans, some who said Friday that the 30-minute video misrepresents the complicated history of Africa’s…
