Miriam Colon, an icon in U.S. Latino theater who starred in films alongside Marlon Brando and Al Pacino, has died. Her husband, Fred Valle, told The Associated Press that Colon died early Friday because of complications from a pulmonary infection.
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Picture of Russian ambassador’s assassin wins World Press Photo award
The 60th World Press Photo award has been won by a Turkish photographer for an image of the direct aftermath of the assassination of the country’s Russian ambassador. Burhan Ozbilici, who works for Associated Press in Istanbul, beat 5,034 other photographers from 125 countries to the top prize in one of the world’s most prestigious professional photography contests.
The real dictators of Potomac, Maryland
LEFT: Former Gambian president Yahya Jammeh. RIGHT: Teodoro Obiang Nguema, president of Equatorial Guinea.
The Latest: Iraq: We understand motives behind travel ban
The Latest on U.S. President Donald Trump and his ban on refugees from Muslim-majority countries : The Iraqi government says it understands the security motives behind President Donald Trump’s decision to ban seven predominantly Muslim nations, including Iraq, from entering the United States, but underlined that their “special relationship” should be taken into consideration. Government spokesman Saad al-Hadithi says Iraqis are hoping that the new orders “will not affect the efforts of strengthening and developing the bilateral relations between Iraq and the United States.”
Supreme Court takes up suit over 2001 detention of Muslims
Ahmer Abbasi speaks softly as he describes the strip searches, the extra shoves, the curses that he endured in a federal jail in Brooklyn following the Sept. 11 attacks.