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Hot-air balloon in Brazil catches fire and falls from the sky, killing 8 and injuring 13

A hot-air balloon has caught fire and tumbled from the sky in Brazil’s southern state of Santa Catarina, killing eight people and injuring 13.

Pope Leo XIV arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, June 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope Leo says there should be no tolerance for abuse in Catholic Church, urges transparency

Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks during a news conference about Kilmar Abrego Garcia at the Justice Department, Friday June 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Close ally of drug kingpin ‘El Mencho’ gets 30 years in prison as U.S. ramps up pressure on cartels

Juan Bay, president of the Waorani people of Ecuador, from left, Jhajayra Machoa Mendúa and Nadino Calapucha, a spokesperson for the Kichwa Pakkiru people, pose for a photograph as a Chevron refinery is visible in the background Thursday, June 19, 2025, in Richmond, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

California to examine its Amazon oil ties following pleas from Indigenous leaders from Ecuador

FILE - Abortion rights activists march in a ‘A Child Is Not a Mother’ rally against an anti-abortion congressional bill, along Paulista Avenue in Sao Paulo, June 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Ettore Chiereguini, File)

‘I was terrified I was going to die.’ Rape victims in Brazil struggle to access legal abortions

Half-mile drug-smuggling tunnel connecting Tijuana to San Diego shut down by Border Patrol

Erick weakens after landfall in southern Mexico as a Category 3 hurricane

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Arellano: Archbishop Gomez starts to stand up for L.A. right when the city needs him

ICE arrests 84 people at Louisiana racetrack

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