MEXICO CITY – A judge in Mexico has ordered the release of the alleged second-in-command of Mexico’s most violent drug cartel, the second time the cartel leader’s son has been released. The Federal Judiciary Council said Wednesday the judge found insufficient evidence to hold Ruben Oseguera Gonzalez over for trial. …

BUCHAREST, Romania – Border police say they have found a 12-year-old Syrian boy and two Syrian men hidden under a truck who tried to illegally enter Romania. Police said in a statement the three Syrians were clinging underneath the truck near the fuel tank early Friday at the Calafat border …

DENVER – Authorities say a Southwest Airlines plane finishing a flight from Baltimore to Denver was parked in a remote area at Denver International Airport Saturday evening because of an unspecified security threat. Airport spokesman Heath Montgomery tells the Denver Post (http://dpo.st/1KFB4Wc) that the passengers were being shuttled to the …

BANGUI, Central African Republic – The director of Central African Republic state radio says armed gunmen surrounded the station and attempted an attack but were repelled by security forces overnight. Eloi Bellonghot said Tuesday that a dozen attackers scaled fences and threatened to take gendarmes hostage, but a gendarme with …

JOHANNESBURG – A conservationist says the lion population has increased in a major wildlife park in Mozambique partly because heavy poaching of elephants has provided the carnivores with a bounty of carcasses to eat. Conservationist Colleen Begg said in an email to The Associated Press that lions in Niassa National …

PADANG BESAR, Thailand – Police say six people were killed and 11 others wounded in a series of attacks in Thailand’s insurgency-plagued south. Three women were killed by a motorcycle bomb that exploded late Friday night near a karaoke bar in the border town of Padang Besar, while arson was …

TORONTO – Canadian officials say warm, dry weather over the weekend has sparked more wildfires in Saskatchewan, while lightning ignited more fires in British Columbia. Thousands of people have been evacuated because of the hundreds of fires burning across Canada’s western provinces and the thick smoke they produce. Air advisories …

BOSTON – Massachusetts authorities have created an anonymous text-a-tip-line and telephone hotline to help identify a young girl whose remains were found in a trash bag on a Boston Harbor beach. Suffolk District Attorney Daniel Conley, State Police Superintendent Col. Richard McKeon and Winthrop Police Chief Terence Delehanty announced the …

UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. rights official who admitted not following up for months on allegations of child sexual abuse by French soldiers in Central African Republic has resigned. The U.N. confirmed Wednesday that Flavia Pansieri has left the post of deputy high commissioner for human rights “for health reasons.” …

Our most recent elections demonstrated Americans are still very worried about the state of the economy and their own job security. However, there is an employer looking to hire young, motivated, and intelligent men and women—the United States Navy’s submarine force. It’s not easy to be eligible for such employment. …