Woman killed over negative comments on Facebook
A woman killed another in a dispute over negative comments posted by one of them on Facebook, the Dominican police said on Monday.
The incident occurred on Sunday night at a party in Santo Domingo's
Kidnap victim freed after scrawling note on toilet paper
A woman kidnapped from her Sao Paulo home 10 days ago was rescued after scrawling a note on toilet paper and tossing it out a window, Brazilian police said Monday.
"I am kidnapped," the 30-year-old c
Trapped Chilean miners discussed cannibalism
The 33 Chilean miners who spent more than two months trapped 700 meters underground discussed the possibility of cannibalism in the first days of their ordeal, one of them said.
"It was kind of who d
Brazilian teenager used as sex slave at prison
A 14-year-old Brazilian girl says she was raped by multiple men at a prison in the Amazonian state of Para.
Para's governor suspended the warden and 20 guards at the Santa Izabel Penal Colony pending
Mexican man found living with sister's corpse
An octogenarian in Hidalgo, a state in central Mexico, has been found living with his dead sister's corpse, officials said.
The discovery was made on Thursday night at a house in Tulancingo, a city l
Baby stolen from Colombian woman's womb
A 19-year-old pregnant Colombian woman's unborn child was stolen after she was drugged and cut open, authorities in the northern province of Magdalena said.
The case occurred near Santa Marta, the pr
Hypnosis at Colombian school ends in mass hysteria
A total of 42 Colombian students taking part in a hypnotism show at a school in the southwestern city of Mocoa were unable to come out of a trance and suffered an attack of mass hysteria, school offic
Ex-Miss Universe to judge this year's contest
Former Miss Universe Amelia Vega, who in 2003 became the first Dominican to win that title, will be part of the judging panel for the September 12 contest for this year's beauty queen in Sao Paulo, B
Kidnapped Mexican journalist found dead
Kidnapped journalist Humberto Millan was found dead Thursday on the outskirts of the western Mexican city of Culiacan, authorities said.
Millan, the editor of online newspaper A Discusion and anchor
Half-Latino teen is new Spider-Man
Marvel Comics revealed on Tuesday that the heir to the Spider-Man costume following the death of Peter Parker will be Miles Morales, a teenager of half-Hispanic and half-black origin who will protect New York from the bad guys starting Wednesday, when Ultimate Comics Fallout #4 hits the magazine racks. “When the opportunity