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The convoy rolled out of the military base before dawn into the mist-shrouded mountains straddling Guatemala's border with Mexico. Its mission: destroy opium poppies used to make heroin.

Zendaya's tennis drama "Challengers" scored the top spot in the domestic box office this weekend, bringing in $15 million, as movie theaters are still struggling to match last year's ticket sales.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will step up efforts to secure a truce in Gaza during meetings in the Middle East on Monday, in what could be a final chance to persuade Israel to call off an attack on Rafah.

A 16-year-old was booked into the Juvenile Detention Center after allegedly shooting 10 people at the Cabana Live restaurant in Sanford, Florida, shortly after midnight on Saturday, the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office said.

Former president Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis met privately Sunday morning in Miami, according to people familiar with the matter, breaking a years-long chill between the presumptive Republican nominee and his onetime chief primary rival.

Crews were assessing damage Sunday after a tornado outbreak killed three people and leveled neighborhoods in several Oklahoma towns Saturday night. At least two fatalities were confirmed in the town of Holdenville, about 70 miles southeast of Oklahoma City. An infant was among those reported to have died.

Every year, when spring bleeds into summer, the desert heat awakes a chorus of Las Vegas singers that rival any residency you’ll find on the Strip — cicadas. But these critters are not the ones you’ve probably been hearing about.

U.S. President Joe Biden poked fun at Donald Trump during the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday night, while seeking to portray his Republican rival as a threat to democracy six months before their rematch.

A California woman who was accused of using counterfeit postage on tens of millions of packages pleaded guilty Friday to defrauding the United States Postal Service out of more than $150 million.

One climber died and another was seriously injured after they fell about 1,000 feet from a peak at Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska late Thursday, officials said.

A video released by Hamas on Saturday shows Keith Siegel, an Israeli American and a native of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, who was taken hostage during the Oct. 7 attack on Israel.

Former President Donald Trump is sharpening his attacks on independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., as new polls show an overlap between their core supporters.

Last fall, the Catalina Island Conservancy labeled its plan to eliminate the island's invasive mule deer population by employing helicopter-bound hunters armed with high-powered rifles "bold and ambitious." But the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors chose other descriptors: "inhumane and drastic."

Arrests of pro-Palestinian protesters continued into the weekend, as student groups nationwide resisted orders to break down encampments, and some universities pointed to antisemitic acts on their campuses.

A growing number of elected officials and political groups all suddenly want you to know: they love their dogs. The outpouring of animal love from political social media is in response to South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem admitting in her forthcoming book she killed a family dog and goat on the same day.

Five years ago, Britain’s Conservative Party scored a landslide victory in a general election that contained outlines of a realignment in that nation’s politics. Today, Conservatives appear headed for one of their worst defeats in a generation, an unraveling of a party that has come with astonishing swiftness.

The Biden administration announced expansive new protections Friday for gay and transgender medical patients, prohibiting federally funded health providers and insurers from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.

Gov. Kristi Noem of South Dakota on Friday defended a story included in her forthcoming biography in which she describes killing a family dog on their farm, to her daughter's distress -- a grisly anecdote that instantly drew criticism from a number of political opponents.

Sitting with Howard Stern, the nation's best-known shock jock, President Joe Biden on Friday replayed the deepest lows of his life story and the highs of a decadeslong political career in an appearance designed to reintroduce him to an audience of millions.