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Police fight gangs in Haiti and Guatemala, and other top photos from Latin America and the Caribbean 01/23/2026 12:11am • Jan. 16-22, 2026 Police patrolled a gang-controlled area of ������Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where violence has displaced 1.4 million. Guatemalan police and soldiers used new powers under a state of emergency. And police in Venezuela watched the relatives of prisoners kneel before them in Caracas, as so 2028 Olympics could bring big wins for Los Angeles labor unions 01/23/2026 12:08am • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� As Los Angeles ramps up for the 2028 Olympics, local unions are drawing inspiration from the Paris Games when hotel workers went on strike a day before opening ceremonies. The French workers waved signs at the five-star hotel where members of the International Olympic Committee Firefighters face attacks, drones and arsonists while battling deadly blazes in Chile 01/22/2026 10:06pm • FLORIDA, Chile (AP) ��� Firefighters and security forces battling blazes in Chile that have killed at least 21 people and ravaged swaths of forest this week faced other dangers, too, from attempted attacks to the threat of drone collisions. The flames, among the worst tragedies in the country���s r A TV show about the NYPD is now a legal drama starring the city and Dr. Phil���s son 01/22/2026 10:01pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A reality TV series meant to spotlight the New York Police Department has spawned a real-life legal drama involving the city and the show���s producer, Jordan McGraw ��� the son of TV���s ���Dr. Phil��� McGraw. The city sued the younger McGraw and his production company this week f Defense challenges Fairfax Co. police evidence backing up 'catfishing theory' in 'au pair affair' murders trial 01/22/2026 09:48pm • WATCH LIVE:��Defense challenges catfishing theory in au pair affair murders trial The defense for Brendan Banfield spent Thursday challenging how, when and why Fairfax County, Virginia, police and prosecutors reached the decision to charge the Herndon man with aggravated murder in the February 20 Anti-ICE protest at Minnesota church leads to arrests but no charges for journalist Don Lemon 01/22/2026 09:36pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� A prominent civil rights attorney and at least two other people involved in an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church have been arrested, Trump administration officials said Thursday, even as a judge rebuffed related charges against j Woman shot by Border Patrol during Oregon immigration stop sentenced for illegally entering US 01/22/2026 09:01pm • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) ��� A woman who was shot and wounded by a Border Patrol agent during a recent immigration stop in Portland, Oregon, pleaded guilty Thursday to illegally entering the U.S. and was sentenced to one year of probation. Yorlenys Zambrano-Contreras appeared by video from an immigration Maine governor questions ���secret arrests,' sheriff says ICE targeted one of his recruits 01/22/2026 07:49pm • PORTLAND, Maine (AP) ��� Maine's Democratic governor challenged federal immigration officials Thursday to provide warrants, real-time arrest numbers and basic information about who is being detained in a sweeping enforcement operation in her state, saying residents have been left largely in the dark Lawyer for ex-Michigan coach Sherrone Moore wants charges dismissed, says woman is seeking windfall 01/22/2026 07:28pm • ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) ��� A lawyer for fired University of Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore declared his innocence Thursday and said charges of home invasion and stalking were based on an effort by a staff member to get a financial windfall from the school's ���deep pockets." In a court filing Hundreds of pet rats need new homes after they were found in condemned house in New York 01/22/2026 07:00pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Animal rescue volunteers are racing to find new homes for hundreds of pet rats found running amok in a filthy, now condemned house in the New York City suburbs. A group of about ten volunteers have spent the last couple of weeks rounding up the domesticated white rodents at the hom 9 Jobs That Still Offer Traditional Pensions 01/22/2026 07:00pm • For decades, workers could count on their employers to continue sending them checks even after they retired. A traditional pension -- also known as a defined benefit plan -- was the norm in many workplaces, but rising costs have made them a relative rarity nowadays. "The risk just became too much, I Takeaways from Jack Smith on his case against Trump, 'so many witnesses' and the threats ahead 01/22/2026 06:49pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Former special counsel Jack Smith testified Thursday about his investigation of President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election, detailing how the defeated president ���sought to prey��� on his supporters and ���looked for ways to stay in power,��� culminating in t Vance's message in Minneapolis: Local officials must cooperate with the immigration crackdown 01/22/2026 06:27pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� Insisting that he was in Minnesota to calm tensions, Vice President JD Vance on Thursday blamed ���far-left people��� and state and local law enforcement officials for the chaos that has unfolded during the White House's aggressive deportation campaign. The Republican vice presi Kurt Busch says he 'wouldn't change a thing' as he prepares to enter NASCAR's Hall of Fame 01/22/2026 06:20pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) ��� Success and fame came quickly for Kurt Busch. In hindsight, maybe a little too fast for the driver known as ���The Outlaw.��� Busch won his first dwarf car race at age 15 in a small Nevada town, setting him on a meteoric rise. He went on to win the Cup Series championship ju Officer's acquittal brings Uvalde attack's other criminal case to the forefront 01/22/2026 05:55pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) ��� With the acquittal in the first Texas trial over the hesitant police response to the Robb Elementary School mass shooting, prosecutors must now decide how to try their case against the only other officer who was charged. Adrian Gonzales' trial was a rare prosecution of an off