News and analysis from North and South America, including policy, economy, and regional developments.
AmericasA record 66% of Americans favor Medicare for All in KFF’s September 2026 poll — the highest since polling began in 2016 — as medical costs top voter economic concerns.
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AmericasChrista Pike, 50, is conscious and speaking six days after Tennessee's failed lethal injection, her lawyers say — calling her recovery 'medically unprecedented'.
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AmericasJames Cody Bryant, 30, was arrested in Bellingham, Washington, and charged with conspiracy to commit murder in a foreign country over February's deadly Tumbler Ridge school shooting.
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AmericasPaul St-Pierre Plamondon's Parti Québécois won Quebec's provincial election Monday, ending eight years of CAQ rule and promising another independence referendum.
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AmericasPresident Donald Trump's approval rating has fallen to a record low of 32% in a new Reuters/Ipsos poll, with only 24% of Hispanic voters approving. Asked about the numbers before heading to Nebraska, Trump told reporters he is "doing great."
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AmericasTwo people were killed and 35 injured in a mass shooting at a homecoming block party in Vienna, Georgia, early Sunday. No arrests have been made.
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AmericasBrazil's presidential election has delivered a shock: right-wing Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, the 45-year-old son of imprisoned former president Jair Bolsonaro and an ally of US President Donald Trump, won the first round of the 2026 presidential election on Sunday, finishing ahead of leftist incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and forcing a runoff on October
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AmericasRepublican Mark Lamb faces sexual misconduct and racist-remark allegations in Arizona's 5th Congressional District as Latter-day Saint women voters turn away from his candidacy ahead of the November 2026 election.
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AmericasThe Machu Picchu fire, which broke out on Friday near the main access road to the ancient citadel in Peru’s Sacred Valley, has killed one person and injured two, emergency officials say. The blaze began in the Yanahuara sector of Urubamba province in the Cusco region on October 2 and burned for more than 36
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AmericasCornell University president Michael Kotlikoff has vowed full transparency amid growing outrage over the fraternity rape case, as Governor Kathy Hochul appointed a special prosecutor.
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AmericasMexico is using AI-assisted mammogram analysis to detect breast cancer earlier — cutting long waits and stretching scarce specialist capacity in a country where an estimated 85% of cases are diagnosed late.
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AmericasAttorney Thomas Giuffra says the woman accusing seven men of raping her at a Cornell fraternity in 2024 is "under siege" online. Governor Kathy Hochul has appointed Attorney General Letitia James as special prosecutor and vowed to close a loophole in New York's rape laws.
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