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State-sponsored assassination plots on U.S. soil may sound like the stuff of movies, but the Department of Justice says it has foiled four such cases since 2022.

Pedro Castillo is a former teacher and son of farmers, who narrowly beat his right-wing rival. His election, some say, may herald change across the region.

Residents-only policies at many of the nation's town-owned beaches mean low-income people and people of color have less access to the shore.

Over the last four decades, birds in the Amazon have been shrinking — and scientists believe their smaller bodies may be a response to hotter, drier weather brought by climate change.

Brazil is experiencing the worst moment so far of the pandemic. Deaths are out of control and hospitals are at risk of collapse. The transmission rates of the virus and its variants are accelerating.

The Justice Department has foiled four assassination plots on American soil in the past year and a half. Such attempts are not new and often involve U.S. allies.

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Another huge winter storm has slammed California's coastal and inland areas with strong winds and heavy rain and snow. It has downed power lines and closed roads and is linked to at least two deaths.

Philadelphia last year broke its own records for homicides, so it's trying a new approach. It's focusing more on solving non-fatal shootings to try to bring down the murder rate.

The number of Haitian migrants trying to cross the U.S. border has dipped, yet the issue hasn't gone away. Thousands of Haitian migrants have taken up residence in Brazil hoping to move on to the U.S.