MEXICO MAYOR ASSASSINATED IN TOWN HALL MASSACRE
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Police say gunmen stormed the San Miguel Totolapan town hall at 14:00 (19:00 GMT) on Wednesday. Photos online show it riddled with bullet holes.
Mayor Conrado Mendoza Almeda's left-wing PRD party condemned his "cowardly" assassination and demanded justice.
INMATES SEIZE PRISON IN VENEZUELA
Inmates have revolted and taken control of a notorious prison in Venezuela, as the volatile country braces for presidential elections decried as illegitimate by regional leaders.
96 YEAR OLD WOMAN GOES TO HIGH SCHOOL
Guadalupe Palacios stands out in her high school class in Mexico, and it is not just because of her gray hair, her deeply creased skin or her 96 years.
Palacios, who is seeking to live out her dream of finishing high school by her 100th birthday, is also the most enthusiastic student in the classroom.
RAUL CASTRO TO STEP DOWN
One family's dominance of Cuban politics since the 1959 communist revolution is coming to an end this week.
TELEMUNDO OPENS MASSIVE NEW FACILITY IN MIAM
Two years after announcing plans for its massive new $250 million global headquarters, NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises inaugurated the Telemundo Center in Miami's Beacon Lakes district on Monday morning.