Category: U.S. & World

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The powerful Sinaloa cartel is expected to go right on selling billions of dollars of illegal drugs despite the takedown of its legendary leader, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, who leaves in place a sophisticated distribution network and business plan. Guzman’s capture Saturday was undoubtedly a major blow for a criminal ring… Continue reading Top Mexico cartel to keep on despite capo capture

DENVER (AP) — Two Western states with some of the nation’s lowest smoking rates are considering cracking down even more by raising the tobacco age to 21. Utah and Colorado lawmakers both voted favorably on proposals Thursday to treat tobacco like alcohol and take it away from 18- to 20-year-olds, a move inspired by new… Continue reading Colorado, Utah move to hike smoking age to 21

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities have set in motion a legal process that makes it unlikely drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman will soon face U.S. cases also pending against him. The Federal Judicial Council said the hemisphere’s most powerful drug lord had been formally charged under a 2009 Mexican indictment for cocaine trafficking,… Continue reading Drug lord ‘El Chapo’ Guzman charged in Mexico

ATLANTA (AP) — Less than two weeks after a federal judge declared Virginia’s ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional, a new effort has been launched in the South seeking to build wider acceptance of gay and lesbian couples in the hope of overturning similar bans across the region. The $1 million effort will be focused on… Continue reading Effort to build gay marriage support heads south

NEW YORK (AP) — Mark Zuckerberg, known for his outsized ambitions for Facebook, is applying a similar long-term vision to bringing the Internet to the billons of people around the world who don’t already have access. The 29-year-old CEO of Facebook Inc. discussed long-term plans for a world in which everyone is able to get… Continue reading Zuckerberg takes long view with WhatsApp, Internet

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A man accused of fatally shooting a 15-year-old girl told investigators he fired his pistol because he wanted to scare a carload of teenagers he believed vandalized his vehicle, Little Rock police said Tuesday. Police released an account of the shooting, which they said followed a series of pranks between… Continue reading Man charged in teen death says he shot to scare