World & Nation
The U.S.
Aug. 22, 2017
The recent murder of a regional newspaper editor and repeated death threats against a leading human rights worker have renewed concerns about rights abuses in Mexico, where dozens of journalists and activists have been assassinated.
Nov. 23, 1992
A news cameraman was shot dead the night before his wedding day in the Mexican resort city of Cancun this week.
Aug. 30, 2018
Scientists in the southeastern state of Quintana Roo say it will take at least 60 years for jungles to recover from extensive fires the past five months.
Aug. 7, 1989
California
The latest wave of drug tests for police officers in a southern state turned up 119 agents who tested positive for drugs--4.1% of those tested.
Aug. 28, 1997
Drugs: Villanueva denies protecting traffickers in Quintana Roo state, alleges political persecution.
April 7, 1999
Weather: Two fishermen are missing off country’s southeastern coast. Heaviest rains and strongest winds are expected to arrive later.
Aug. 21, 2001
Books
Quintana Roo Dunne Michael, 39, the daughter of writers Joan Didion and the late John Gregory Dunne, died Aug. 26 at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell hospital.
Sept. 3, 2005
The victims include two top commanders in Michoacan, a senior investigator in Chihuahua and a deputy chief in Quintana Roo.
Aug. 13, 2008
Eleven people have been arrested on charges they set fires that scorched 370,000 acres of jungle in southeastern Mexico, according to the attorney general’s office.
Aug. 17, 1989