MEGAN JANETSKY

Police officers patrol near the Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
US prohibits airlines from flying to Haiti and UN suspends flights after planes were shot by gangs
The Federal Aviation Administration is prohibiting U.S. airlines from flying to Haiti for 30 days after gangs shot two planes.
 
Journalists take cover from the exchange of gunfire between gangs and police in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Nov. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
Haiti’s main airport shuts down as gang violence surges and a new prime minister is sworn in
Haiti’s international airport was shut down after gangs opened fire at a commercial flight landing in Port-Au-Prince. The shooting Monday prompted some airlines to temporarily suspend operations as the country swore in a new interim prime minister.
 
Families gather by the tomb of their dearly departed, as they celebrate the Day of the Dead, at the San Gregorio Atlapulco cemetery on the outskirts of Mexico City, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
As Mexicans celebrate Day of the Dead, they grapple with what it means to hold on to tradition
Every year this time Mexico erupts in celebrations during the Day of the Dead. Families gather at cemeteries across the country on Nov. 1 to reconnect with their dead just as their ancestors have done for centuries.
 
A woman prepares to catch a tossed frisbee during a massive blackout after a major power plant failed in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Oct. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Mexican fuel flows to Cuba as the island faces blackouts and the loss of Russian and Venezuelan oil
Mexico has sent nearly half a million barrels of crude oil and diesel in just a span of days, oil shipment data shows. It comes as Cuba is roiled by blackouts and a deepening energy crisis.
 
A battered U.S. flag flutters in the wind on the Navajo Nation in Dilkon, Ariz., Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024.(AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
AP PHOTOS: Emptiness sculpts everything from daily life to politics on Arizona’s Navajo Nation
Emptiness paints the vast ranges and rugged mountains of Arizona’s 22 Native reservations, sculpting daily life, culture and even politics in nearly a quarter of the state. Reservations brim with culture as many carry on their ancestral traditions.
 
A Navajo horsewoman carries a U.S. flag as she waits for the start of the Western Navajo Fair opening ceremony in Tuba City, Ariz., Friday, Oct. 18, 2024. Native people were first recognized as U.S. citizens 100 years ago, but Arizona prevented them from exercising their right to vote until 1948. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Native voters could swing US elections, but they’re asking politicians: What have you done for us?
In the leadup to U.S. elections, Democrats and Republicans have flocked the furthest reaches of 22 Native American reservations in Arizona in a bid to pick up votes.
 
Mariel Colon wears a creation as part of the April Black Diamond Spring Summer 2025 collection, in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
She defended ‘El Chapo.’ Now this lawyer is using her narco-fame to launch a music career
Mariel Colón spent years working as a defense lawyer for Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán while he faced trial in U.S. court.
 
FILE - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador speaks during his daily morning press conference before officially inaugurating the Felipe Angeles International Airport (AIFA) north of Mexico City, March 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)
Mexico’s populist president held court each morning for 6 years. Now he’s retiring from public life
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s daily morning media briefings have provided him with direct line to his political base throughout his nearly six years in office.
 
A blue sheet covers a body found lying on the side of a road in Culiacan, Sinaloa state, Mexico, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
US not responsible for surge of violence in Sinaloa, American ambassador tells Mexico
U.S. Ambassador Ken Salazar has rejected accusations by Mexico’s president that the U.S. shares some responsibility for cartel violence in Sinaloa state. On Saturday, Salazar said the U.S. was not to blame for the massacres in Sinaloa.
 
The US and UN condemn the killing of an environmentalist in Honduras
The U.S. State Department and other global leaders have denounced the slaying of another environmental leader in rural Honduras. The killing added to mounting concern of ongoing violence against environmentalists in Latin America.
 
Protesters attempt to break into a room in the Senate as lawmakers weigh the government's proposed judicial reform, which would make judges stand for election, in Mexico City, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)
Mexico’s Senate approves a contentious judicial overhaul after protesters storm the chamber
Mexico’s Senate has voted to overhaul the country’s judiciary, clearing the biggest hurdle for a controversial constitutional revision that will make all judges stand for election.
 
Protesters attempt to break into a room in the Senate as lawmakers weigh the government's proposed judicial reform, which would make judges stand for election, in Mexico City, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)
Protesters storm Mexico’s Senate after ruling party wins votes for court overhaul
Hundreds of protesters pushed into Mexico’s Senate as lawmakers weighed a contentious plan to overhaul the country’s judiciary, forcing the body to temporarily suspend its session.
 
Relatives of prisoners rally in favor of the government's proposed judicial reform in Mexico City, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)
Mexico’s Congress advances a contentious bill to make all judges run for election
The lower house of Mexico’s Congress has approved contentious legislation that would launch the most sweeping judicial overhaul of the century by requiring all judges to stand for election.
 
Law students block a street to protest against constitutional reform proposals that would make judges stand for election, outside a sports center where lawmakers are meeting as an alternative due to other demonstrators blocking the Congress building in Mexico City, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024. The signs read in Spanish: "Call us to ignore us," and "The future of the next decades in Mexico is being voted on now!" (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)
As Mexican protesters block Congress over judicial overhaul, lawmakers head to vote in nearby gym
Protesters in Mexico City are blocking the entrance to Congress over proposals that would make judges stand for election.
 
FILE - Honduras' President Xiomara Castro waves during the swearing-in ceremony for Colombia's President Gustavo Petro in Bogota, Colombia, Aug. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File)
Hondurans disillusioned with leader amid scandal and end to US extradition treaty
An incriminating admission by the brother-in-law of Honduras’ president just days after the Central American nation announced it would end its longstanding extradition treaty with the United States is feeding fears among Hondurans that the country’s legacy of corruption is continuing.
 
A unionized federal court worker protests against reforms that would make all judges stand for election in Mexico City, Monday, Aug. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
Mexico puts relations with US and Canadian embassies ‘on pause’ for slamming judicial overhaul plan
Mexico’s president says he has put relations with the United States and Canadian embassies “on pause” after the two countries voiced concerns over a proposed controversial judicial overhaul.
 
Federal court workers gather as they strike over reforms that would make all judges stand for election in Mexico City, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme)
Protesters against judiciary overhaul plan urge Mexican president to ‘respect democracy’
Protesters have marched across Mexico in the latest opposition to Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s proposed judicial overhaul and other moves by the governing party that critics say will weaken democratic checks and balances.
 
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro flashes victory hand signs at supporters during a pro-government rally, in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Cristian Hernandez )
EU: Maduro has not shown ‘necessary public evidence’ to declare victory in Venezuela elections
The European Union’s top diplomat says that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has “not provided the necessary public evidence” to prove he was the winner of July’s elections.
 
Unionized federal court workers hold signs and shout slogans as they strike over reforms that would make all judges stand for election, outside a federal court in Mexico City, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
US ambassador to Mexico calls proposed judicial overhaul a democracy ‘risk’ and economic threat
The U.S. ambassador to Mexico is calling a judicial overhaul proposed by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador a “risk” to the country’s democracy.
 
Unionized federal court workers strike over reforms that would make all judges stand for election, outside a federal court in Mexico City, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
Pressure mounts against judicial overhaul in Mexico amid market concerns and striking judges
Judges and magistrates in Mexico have joined forces with other federal court employees in a strike meant to paralyze a judicial overhaul proposed by the government of Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
 
Unionized federal court workers gather outside a federal court as they strike over reforms that would make all judges stand for election in Mexico City, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Mexico federal court employees strike over judicial changes requiring that judges stand for election
Employees at Mexico’s federal courts have gone on strike over judicial changes that would make all judges stand for election. The employees’ union put locks on the gates at several courthouses early on Monday.
 
FILE- Britain's Jack Laugher competes in the men's 3m springboard diving preliminary at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin, File)
Olympians are turning to OnlyFans to fund dreams as they face a ‘broken’ finance system
Dire financial straits are leading droves of Olympic athletes to sell images of their bodies to subscribers on OnlyFans — known for sexually explicit content — to sustain their dreams of gold at the Games.
 
FILE - Christopher Borzor, of Haiti, reacts after qualifying in a men's 100 meters preliminary round heat at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)
For Haiti, the Paris Olympics is about more than just winning gold
For the seven athletes competing for Haiti, participating in the Paris Games has always been about more than just winning gold.
 
Afghan Taekwondo Paralympian Zakia Khudadadi, part of the Refugee Olympic Team, poses for a photo during an interview with The Associated Press at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 5, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
First Afghan woman to compete internationally after Taliban takeover seeks Olympic gold in Paris
Taekwondo Paralympian Zakia Khudadadi says she is competing in the name of women in Afghanistan who have gradually been stripped of their rights over the past three years.
 
Refugee Olympic Team's Cindy Ngamba hits France's Davina Michel in their women's 75 kg quarterfinal boxing match at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Boxer Cindy Ngamba becomes first athlete competing as a refugee to clinch an Olympic medal
Boxer Cindy Ngamba has made history by becoming the first athlete competing as a refugee to clinch an Olympic medal.
 
Algeria's Imane Khelif, celebrates after defeating Hungary's Anna Hamori in their women's 66kg quarterfinal boxing match at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Olympic fans cheer on Imane Khelif during win after she faced days of online abuse
A passionate crowd showered Algerian boxer Imane Khelif with cheers during her fight Saturday at the Paris Olympics following a cascade of backlash over false claims about her gender.
 
Algeria's Imane Khelif prepares to fight Italy's Angela Carini in their women's 66kg preliminary boxing match at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Vitriol about female boxer Imane Khelif fuels concern of backlash against LGBTQ+ and women athletes
LGBTQ+ athletes, officials and observers have warned that a deluge of hateful comments misidentifying a female boxer in the Paris Olympics as transgender or a man could pose dangers for the LGBTQ+ community and female athletes.
 
Refugee Olympic Team's Cindy Ngamba celebrates after defeating Canada's Tammara Thibeault in their women's 75 kg preliminary boxing match at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, July 31, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Will boxer Cindy Ngamba win Refugee Team its first Olympic medal in Paris?
Boxer Cindy Ngamba of the Refugee Olympic Team has won her opening bout at the Paris Games. She stunned former world champion Tammara Thibeault of Canada for a 3:2 split-decision victory.
 
Jeremy Goupille shows his nails painted with the rainbow colors and the Olympic rings at the opening of Pride House, the safe space for the LGBT+ community of athletes, during the 2024 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 29, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Paris Olympics set record for number of openly LGBTQ+ athletes, but some say progress isn’t finished
A record number of athletes openly identifying as LGBTQ+ are competing in the 2024 Paris Olympics. Activist groups see it as a massive leap for inclusion during a competition that organizers have pushed to center around inclusion and diversity.
 
Refugee Team athlete Perina Lokure Nakang poses for a portrait, Sunday, July 28, 2024, during the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Megan Janetsky)
Refugee athletes want more of them to compete at the Olympics as migration takes global focus
South Sudanese runner Perina Lokure Nakang first ran for sport along the road near her refugee camp in Kenya.
 
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