BALTIMORE-POLICE DEATH

BALTIMORE - Thousands of people look on as speakers praise the city's young top prosecutor for quickly moving forward with charges against the police officers they see as responsible for the death of a 25-year-old black man who suffered a fatal spinal injury in their custody. 

UNITED STATES-SRI LANKA

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry champions the new Sri Lankan government's push for democratic reform and promised closer ties with the strategically located Indian Ocean nation. 

MEXICO-VIOLENCE

MEXICO CITY - An increasingly strong drug cartel known as Jalisco New Generation was showing off its power with a spasm of violence that killed seven people and forced down a military helicopter in western Mexico, analysts say. 

OBIT-GOLDBERG-TECH EXECUTIVE

SAN FRANCISCO - David Goldberg, a popular Silicon Valley executive and husband of Facebook second-in-command and "Lean In" author Sheryl Sandberg, dies suddenly at age 47, his company and family members say.

AMERICANA MUSIC TRIANGLE

CLARKSDALE, Mississippi - Blues. Jazz. Country. Rock n' roll. Gospel. Southern Gospel. Cajun-zydeco. Soul/ R&B. Bluegrass. Nine of America's most well-known music genres now have their own road map. Led by Nashville preservationist Aubrey Preston, a group of historians and music lovers have come up with the "Americana Music Triangle."