POPE-CUBAN AMERICANS

HAVANA — As formerly icy relations between the U.S. and Cuba thaw, thousands of Cuban-American families are trying to finally put five decades of bitterness behind them. For many, the visit to Cuba of Pope Francis, is the moment to return.

 

PRESIDENTIAL RACE-TRUMP

ROCHESTER, New Hampshire — Presidential candidate Donald Trump draws fire from Democrats and some Republicans after declining to rebuke a questioner at a town hall event who insulted Muslims and wrongly said President Barack Obama is a member of the faith.

 

BLACK LIVES MATTER-POLITICS

WASHINGTON — The Black Lives Matter network will not make a presidential endorsement but will keep up its political activism by confronting candidates about the treatment of African-Americans in the United States, one of the group's founders says.

 

ARGENTINA-FALKLANS WAR ABUSES

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Former Argentine soldier Silvio Katz says he doesn't recall how long his hands and feet were tied while he was stuck in the mud, partially naked as members of his battalion were forced to urinate on him. But he does remember the feeling of humiliation 33 years after he and thousands of other ill-prepared Argentine soldiers were sent to the far-flung Falkland Islands on an ill-conceived mission to take the archipelago from Great Britain.

 

FREEWAY SHOOTINGS-PHOENIX

PHOENIX — A suspect has been arrested in a string of shootings along Phoenix-area freeways that have kept drivers on edge for weeks, state officials said. A spokesman for Gov. Doug Ducey said a man was taken into custody around 7 p.m. at a Wal-Mart in Glendale, a suburb west of Phoenix.

 

WACO SHOOTING-INVESTIGATION

FORT WORTH, Texas — When two rival motorcycle gangs clashed outside a Texas restaurant, the violence took many forms — handguns, knives, clubs, brass knuckles. After the melee was over, nine bikers were dead, their bodies sprawled on the pavement, surrounded by blood and shell casings. Four months after the shootout, authorities have released almost nothing about the gunfight beyond a vague initial description of a brawl that spiraled out of control.