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Colombia’s earthquake is déjà vu for Venezuelans. The government response is anything but 08/13/2026 10:15pm • BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — For the second time in two months, the ground was shaking in South America. Once again, families flooded social media with pleas for help finding missing loved ones under flattened buildings. Once again, governments across political divides and continents pledged aid Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown expected to return to power following election 08/13/2026 10:11pm • WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown is expected to lead the South Pacific nation’s government for a second term after his party won more seats than any other group in this week’s election. Voting continued for one of 24 Parliamentary seats in the country of 17 Galdiano leads Portland Classic, with amateur Marin a shot back 08/13/2026 10:09pm • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Mariel Galdiano posted a 7-under 65 in one of the first groups Thursday in The Standard Portland Classic, and watched it hold up for a one-stroke lead at Columbia-Edgewater Country Club. Augusta National Women’s Amateur champion Maria Jose Marin of Colombia was tied for sec The Standard Portland Classic Scores 08/13/2026 10:06pm • Thursday At Columbia Edgewater Country Club Portland, Ore. Purse: $2 million Yardage: 6,541; Par: 72 First Round Mariel Galdiano 33-32—65 Hye Jin Cho The Standard Portland Classic Par Scores 08/13/2026 10:06pm • Thursday At Columbia Edgewater Country Club Portland, Ore. Purse: $2 million Yardage: 6,541; Par: 72 First Round Mariel Galdiano 33-32—65 -7 Alabama man put to death for the murder of a 5-year-old girl in last of three US executions in a day 08/13/2026 10:01pm • Tennessee and Oklahoma put inmates to death within 30 minutes of each other Thursday and Alabama followed suit hours later as U.S. states executed three men by lethal injection in one day for the first time since 2010. The Tennessee man was executed for killing a motel maid in 1985 and the Oklahoma Iran-backed Houthis clash with Yemeni forces and other Mideast developments 08/13/2026 09:47pm • Clashes between Iran-backed Houthi rebels and government forces in Yemen raged overnight and into Thursday, raising fears that the country's civil war could reignite and open another front in the Middle East. Here’s a look at the latest developments in the Iran war and the wider Middle East. Full Rescuers call for silence around earthquake rubble as window for survival narrows in Colombia 08/13/2026 09:44pm • CALI, Colombia (AP) — With arms raised and fists clenched, rescuers in Colombia called for silence Thursday as they listened for signs of life in the rubble of a deadly earthquake and raced to pull more survivors from the debris before time runs out. The call for quiet was part of last-ditch effor Ex-officer accused of plotting New Orleans attack is released after grand jury declines to indict 08/13/2026 09:32pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A former law enforcement officer accused of planning to kill Black people in a mass shooting at a New Orleans festival was quietly released from custody over the summer after a grand jury found there was not enough evidence to charge him with a crime. A Louisiana grand jury in J Howard, Gray each score 29 points as the Dream ease by the Sun 104-69 08/13/2026 09:27pm • UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Rhyne Howard scored 29 points and made five 3-pointers, Allisha Gray also had 29 points, and the Atlanta Dream eased by the Connecticut Sun 104-69 on Thursday night. Howard scored 10 of Atlanta’s opening 12 points and she finished the first half with 23 points. Howard ma Josh Kushner moves into spotlight after stunning purchase of Lakers with partner Bob Iger 08/13/2026 09:15pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — For a billionaire and a tech investor who also has one of the U.S.' best-known surnames, Josh Kushner has managed to stay off the front pages and out of the world's broader discourse to a remarkable degree. That's all changed this summer, at least in the parts of the world with What to know about a surrogacy dispute between a California couple, their surrogate and Texas courts 08/13/2026 09:06pm • A newborn with a severe heart defect is at the center of a legal battle between a California couple and a surrogate who flew from Alaska to Texas to give birth in a case that has drawn the attention of anti-abortion groups and GOP leaders. McKenna West, the surrogate, gave birth Wednesday to a boy w Authorities in Vietnam discover more than a ton of concealed ivory illegally shipped from Africa 08/13/2026 08:58pm • HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Authorities in Vietnam have announced a major seizure of ivory they say was illegally shipped from Africa, Vietnamese media reported Thursday. The haul of 221 pieces of elephant ivory weighing 1,193 kilograms (2,630 pounds) was announced and displayed to the media on Wednesda Passenger train derails and 11 people injured after carriages overturn in southern England 08/13/2026 08:57pm • LONDON (AP) — A passenger train derailed Thursday in southern England, seriously injuring two people and causing minor injuries for nine others after three carriages overturned, the British Transport Police said. The Southern Rail train from Victoria station in London to Eastbourne was carrying ab Colombia's new president and other top photos from Latin America and the Caribbean 08/13/2026 08:57pm • Aug. 7 - 13, 2026 A conservative former criminal defense lawyer with no previous political experience was sworn in as president in Colombia’s third-largest city, Cali, less than 72 hours before a 7.4 earthquake toppled buildings there and across the country’s far-flung provinces. The former pres