PRESIDENTIAL RACE-REPUBLICANS

COLUMBUS, Ohio — 2016 Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz was the hands-down favorite of the Americans for Prosperity annual summit this weekend, if the number and volume of ovations during the speeches of five presidential candidates who addressed the conservative anti-tax tea party activists was the measure. B

NATIONAL ZOO-PANDA

WASHINGTON — The National Zoo in Washington says there's one more panda in the world after its female giant panda gave birth to a cub. Zoo spokeswoman Pamela Baker-Masson confirmed in an email that Mei Xiang gave birth to the cub.

TROPICAL WEATHER

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Hurricane Danny weakens into a tropical storm as it approaches the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, where it is expected to bring little relief to residents of the drought-stricken region. 

COLOMBIA-CUBAN DOCTORS

BOGOTA, Colombia — About 100 Cuban doctors who deserted a medical mission in Venezuela and have been stranded for months in Colombia seeking entry into the U.S. staged a protest to draw attention to their plight.

VENEZUELA-COLOMBIA BORDER

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has extended indefinitely the closure of a popular border crossing with Colombia and declared a 60-day state of emergency in several western cities as authorities attempt to reassert control in a notoriously lawless area where three army officers were shot. 

GUATEMALA-CORRUPTION

GUATEMALA CITY — Two Guatemalan Cabinet ministers and a presidential appointee resign to protest a corruption scandal that threatens the Central American country's presidency.