KATRINA-ANNIVERSARY

NEW ORLEANS — Residents of Mississippi and Louisiana mark the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina by ringing church bells, laying wreaths and celebrating the resiliency of a region still recovering from a disaster that killed more than 1,800 people and caused $151 billion in damage. 

DEPUTY SHOT-HOUSTON

HOUSTON — Texas prosecutors charge a 30-year-old man with capital murder in the killing of a uniformed sheriff's deputy who was gunned down from behind while filling his patrol car with gas in what officials described as a "senseless and cowardly act." 

SALVADOR-VIOLENCE

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — A powerful bomb is found in a car parked near El Salvador's security ministry, but experts are able to deactivate it, the country's defense minister says.

TROPICAL WEATHER

ROSEAU, Dominica — Rescue crews jump off boats and trudge through mud, rocks and uprooted trees to reach communities cut off by a tropical storm that killed at least 20 people and left nearly 50 missing in the eastern Caribbean island of Dominica. 

VENEZUELA-COLOMBIA BORDER

BOCA DEL GRITA, Venezuela — Venezuelans take to dugout canoes to shop in Colombia as a government crackdown on smuggling and migrants cuts off access to at least six border crossings key to the life of communities on both sides. 

GUATEMALA-POLITICAL CRISIS

GUATEMALA CITY — A legislative commission urges Guatemala's congress to lift President Otto Perez Molina's immunity from prosecution in a corruption case that has already seen his former vice president jailed and much of his cabinet resign.