Category: Americas

Search Suspended for 4 Missing in Gulf Helicopter Crash

BATON ROUGE, La.—The U.S. Coast Guard suspended their search for four people on board a helicopter that crashed into the Gulf of Mexico while departing an oil platform Thursday morning. Although the crash is not a closed case, crews will not resume a search unless they receive new information, said Petty Officer Jose Hernandez, a…


Bahamas Regulators Hold $3.5 Billion Worth of FTX Customer Assets

Regulators in the Bahamas are holding on to $3.5 billion worth of FTX assets that it claims are intended to be transferred to those who were monetarily affected by the crypto-fallout as customers of the company have filed a lawsuit to get their dues prioritized. After crypto exchange FTX filed for bankruptcy in November, around…


LIVE NOW: Fans Mourn Pele’s Death Outside Urbano Caldeira Stadium

Fans gathered on Thursday to pay tribute to Brazilian soccer great Pelé at the Urbano Caldeira Stadium in his hometown Santos, following his death. The Urbano Caldeira Stadium, also known as Vila Belmiro Stadium, where Pelé played some of the best matches of his career, will also hold his funeral on Monday and Tuesday. Santos,…


Fans Mourn Pele’s Death Outside Urbano Caldeira Stadium

Fans gathered on Thursday to pay tribute to Brazilian soccer great Pelé at the Urbano Caldeira Stadium in his hometown Santos, following his death. The Urbano Caldeira Stadium, also known as Vila Belmiro Stadium, where Pelé played some of the best matches of his career, will also hold his funeral on Monday and Tuesday. Santos,…


Brazil Bans Firearms From Capital Ahead of Lula’s Inauguration

Brazilian Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes issued a temporary firearms ban in Brasilia, the capital of Brazil, on Wednesday ahead of the Jan. 1 inauguration of President-elect Luiz Inacio “Lula” da Silva. The decision was made as a precautionary measure, according to the judge, and will last until Jan. 2, the day after the inauguration. Those…


US Virgin Islands Sues JPMorgan Chase for Allegedly Aiding Jeffrey Epstein’s Sex Trafficking Scheme

The U.S. Virgin Islands is suing JPMorgan Chase & Co. over allegations that the banking giant aided convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein in illegally sex trafficking women and girls, according to a lawsuit filed on Dec. 27 in a Manhattan District Court. The lawsuit was filed on Dec. 27 in federal court in Manhattan. It lawsuit accuses JPMorgan of…


Ten Convicted in Attempted Killing of Slugger David Ortiz

A Dominican court convicted 10 people involved in the 2019 attempted killing of baseball Hall of Famer David Ortiz, authorities confirmed on Tuesday. Ortiz, a Dominican native, was ambushed by a man who got off a motorcycle and shot him in the back at close range while the former Red Sox slugger was at a…


10 Convicted in Attempted Killing of Slugger David Ortiz

A Dominican court convicted 10 people involved in the 2019 attempted killing of baseball Hall of Famer David Ortiz, authorities confirmed on Tuesday. Ortiz, a Dominican native, was ambushed by a man who got off a motorcycle and shot him in the back at close range while the former Red Sox slugger was at a…


Pelé’s Family Gathers at Hospital Bedside in Sao Paulo

SAO PAULO—Family members of Brazilian soccer great Pelé are gathering at the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo where the 82-year-old global icon has been since the end of November. Doctors said earlier this week that Pelé’s cancer had advanced, adding the three-time World Cup winner is under “elevated care” related to “kidney and cardiac…


Oil Tank in Colombia’s Barranquilla Explodes Into Flames, One Dead

BOGOTA—A fuel tank exploded into flames in Colombia’s Caribbean city of Barranquilla early on Wednesday, killing a firefighter who fell during the explosion, local authorities said. The firefighter was identified as Javier Solano, 53, by Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro in a message on Twitter, in which he pledged to support the city’s mayor, Jaime Pumarejo….