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6 July 2014 Last updated at 00:11 BST Just four years ago, the young musicians of Ocean's Acoustic were busking in the streets - now they are recognised as one of Mexico's most promising bands. They have produced three albums in three years and are in demand to perform at the country's biggest music...
A Roman Catholic priest convicted of stabbing and strangling a nun 34 years ago in a hospital chapel will receive a funeral mass, the church says. The Reverend Gerald Robinson remained an ordained priest after his conviction and his services will...
Three days after the beginning of the international signing period, the Nationals announced four more deals. Right-handed pitcher Tomas Alastre, right-handed pitcher Pedro Avila, left-handed pitcher Gilberto Chu and right-handed pitcher Christian Flores all inked deals with the Nationals. Alastre is...
Dequan Wright, a cocky, charming former high school football player from Richmond, California, was only 14 when he was sentenced to a year in jail for firearms offences. Of the 12 other boys he called close friends when he was growing up, one is dead and 10 are behind bars. He would most likely be...
The California Highway Patrol was last night facing a potential federal investigation into the circumstances that led to the “excessive and brutal” repeated punching of a prostrate and apparently unarmed black woman by a Patrol officer. Police in California are investigating the incident which was...
MIAMI - Three people have been confirmed dead in a Florida boat collision, authorities said Saturday. The boaters are believed to have been out celebrating the Fourth of July holiday when the crash happened...
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduran officials say they are losing hope that any of eight still-trapped workers survived the collapse of small...
