LAFAYETTE, Louisiana — A man who lost his family, home and businesses as he spent years angrily espousing right-wing extremism on television, the Internet and to anyone else who would listen did not say a word as he opened fire on strangers in a darkened movie theater, authorities say.
PRESIDENTIAL RACE-CLINTON-RACE
GREENVILLE, South Carolina — In her second bid for the presidency, Hillary Rodham Clinton is discussing "systemic racism" and making the issue a hallmark of her campaign, as she looks to connect with the black voters who supported rival Barack Obama in 2008.
CHILE-DICTATORSHIP BURNING ATTACK
SANTIAGO, Chile — A Chilean judge charged seven former members of the military on Friday in the burning death of a 19-year-old U.S. resident who was killed in a 1986 protest against the military dictatorship then in power.
PUERTO RICO-ECONOMY
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico's government announces that overall general fund revenue collected this past fiscal year was more than $600 million below what was estimated amid a worsening economic crisis that has spooked U.S. investors.
TRINIDAD-PRISON BREAKOUT
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad — A police officer and an inmate are killed following a violent prison breakout in the eastern Caribbean island of Trinidad.
JAMAICA-DEEP SEABED MINING
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Based in Jamaica's gritty capital, a little-known U.N. body quietly presides over mineral rights on the deep seafloor outside national zones of jurisdiction. But with deep sea mining becoming a new frontier, there's a virtual gold rush going on at the UN International Seabed Authority as dozens of countries stake claims for cobalt, manganese and other minerals.