Noted journalist Javier Valdez killed in Mexico's Sinaloa

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Noted journalist Javier Valdez killed in Mexico's Sinaloa

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Javier Valdez, an award-winning reporter who specialized in covering drug trafficking and organized crime, was slain Monday in the northern state of Sinaloa, the latest in a wave of journalist killings in Mexico.

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2 dead as Venezuela protests turn violent outside capital

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A day that began with largely peaceful protests against Venezuela's socialist government took a violent turn Monday as fierce clashes between state security and demonstrators killed at least two people.

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Bus carrying 26 kids on DC field trip overturns on I-95

HAVRE DE GRACE, Md. (AP) — A bus carrying dozens of Pennsylvania eighth-graders to Washington, D.C., for a field trip overturned on Interstate 95 in northeastern Maryland on Monday, state police said. Officials said one child and one teacher were seriously injured.

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