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GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Bernardo Arévalo has been sworn in as Guatemala’s new president. Many doubted they would ever see the day. Powerful interests aligned against his anti-corruption campaign and authorities threw various legal challenges at him and his party. Arévalo is now president but those disputes will continue. And with little support in Congress

By GERALD IMRAY and LEWIS JOLY Associated Press SAINT-PAUL, Reunion (AP) — A tropical cyclone caused heavy flooding and at least one death in Mauritius on Monday as cars were washed away by surges of water in the Indian Ocean island’s capital city and elsewhere. A motorcyclist died in an accident caused by the flooding,

By DIARLEI RODRIGUES and ELÉONORE HUGHES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Neighborhoods in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro state are flooded more than a day after torrential rains that killed at least 12 people. The heavy weekend downpour wreaked havoc, flooding homes, a hospital basement, the metro line in the city of Rio de

By CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America CHICAGO (AP) — A plane taxiing for departure clipped another aircraft at Chicago O’Hare International Airport on Sunday evening, the Federal Aviation Administration said Monday. No injuries were reported, both planes were of Boeing design, and the FAA says it will investigate the incident. The left wing tip

By MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s government has extended a cease-fire with the FARC-EMC rebel group that was set to expire this week, as both sides hold peace talks in Bogota that seek to reduce violence in rural parts of the country. The cease-fire will now last until July 15 and

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (AP) — Search crews have found the wreckage of a small plane that crashed into the ocean off the California coast after witnesses reported it flying erratically, authorities said Monday. The crash was reported shortly after 7 p.m. Sunday by a 911 caller who said the plane was in obvious distress

By JEFF MARTIN and JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Communities across the nation celebrated the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday on Monday with acts of service, prayer services and parades. But with the November presidential election as a backdrop, some events took on an overtly political turn. In King’s hometown of Atlanta, several

By RISDEL KASASIRA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The Palestinian ambassador to the U.N. called on the members of the Non-Aligned Movement in Kampala, Uganda, to put pressure on Israel to implement a cease-fire in Gaza after 100 days of war with militant Palestinian group Hamas. Rayid Mansour addressed in his opening speech the

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Hosting a visit by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the Swiss president said her country has offered to organize a peace summit that aims to help bring an end to Ukraine’s war with Russia. It’s still seen as a far-off prospect with the two sides holding hard

By STEVE PEOPLES, THOMAS BEAUMONT and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Voting is set to begin Monday night in icy Iowa as former President Donald Trump eyes a victory that would send a resounding message that neither life-threatening cold nor life-changing legal trouble can slow his march toward the Republican Party’s

By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The hum of plows clearing snow from concourses and the scrape of shovels digging out seats echoed throughout Highmark Stadium on Monday hours before the Buffalo Bills hosted the Pittsburgh Steelers in a storm-delayed AFC wild-card playoff game. The sun that shone at noon