OBAMA-CUBA

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is planning an historic visit to Cuba in the coming weeks, senior Obama administration officials said, becoming the first president to step foot on the island in nearly nine decades. 

POPE

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Pope Francis wraps up a five-day visit with a message of love and compassion for the people of Mexico and the migrants who pass through on their way to the U.S. For their political and religious leaders, it was more a lesson in tough love. 

PRESIDENTIAL RACE

CHAPIN, South Carolina — A three-way feud among the Republicans' leading White House contenders has escalated, with Republican Ted Cruz daring Donald Trump to sue him and dismissing Marco Rubio's charges of dishonesty just days before South Carolina's high-stakes primary.

VENEZUELA-POLITICS

CARACAS, Venezuela — President Nicolas Maduro announces a currency devaluation and gasoline price hike in an attempt to shield Venezuela's oil-dependent economy from collapse and fend off mounting calls for his ouster. 

COLOMBIA-POLICE CHIEF

BOGOTA, Colombia — The head of Colombia's police resigns amid accusations of illegal enrichment and sexual misconduct with young cadets that threaten to tarnish the reputation of one of the South American nation's most-prestigious institutions. 

BOLIVIA-PROTEST

LA PAZ, Bolivia — Six city workers die of asphyxiation and 28 people are injured when protesters set fire to part of a municipal building in the opposition-governed highlands city of El Alto near Bolivia's capital. By Paola Sanchez.

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EXECUTION GEORGIA

JACKSON, Georgia — A former Navy crewman is executed in Georgia for killing a fellow sailor whose remains were found buried in two states. Travis Hittson, 45, was pronounced dead after receiving an injection of the barbiturate pentobarbital at the state prison in Jackson.

TEXAS-GUNS ON CAMPUS

AUSTIN, Texas — Concealed handguns will be allowed in University of Texas classrooms but generally banned from dorms under rules begrudgingly approved by the school's president, whose hand was forced by a new state law.