BOGOTA, Colombia – Negotiators say the Colombian government and leftist rebels will seek to work out a cease-fire by both sides that would end the country’s more than five-decade long conflict. Colombia has agreed to scale down military action if the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia suspend all attacks. In …

BUDAPEST, Hungary – Prosecutors in Hungary say they have indicted a fake mechanic who defrauded 29 female drivers by taking money to fix their cars’ nonexistent problems. Budapest Chief Prosecutor Tibor Ibolya said Wednesday in a statement that the man, who was not identified, warned women alone in their cars …

LOS ANGELES – An Alaska Airlines plane carrying 159 passengers made a safe emergency landing in Los Angeles after it was struck by lightning. Airline spokeswoman Bobbie Egan says the flight left Los Angeles International Airport around 12:40 p.m. Saturday and returned within the hour. The flight had been heading …

NEW DELHI – Aditi Mendiratta’s biggest worry as she’s swiping left and right is hiding the smartphone notifications that read “Congratulations! You have a new match” from her parents. “They wouldn’t be cool with it,” the 20-year-old journalism student said, flipping her long black hair out of her face. “I’d …

A year ago when you asked political pundits if Hillary Clinton was a sure thing to be the Democratic nominee for president the answer was a resounding yes. But as we’ve said time and time again — politics can change on a dime. There’s her email controversy and the continuing …

SYDNEY – An Australian nurse who says he was forced by Islamic State militants to work as a medic in Syria was arrested after returning home and faces terrorism-related charges of supporting the movement. Adam Brookman, 39, was arrested at Sydney International Airport on Friday night on a Victoria state …

HOUSTON – U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch says one of her top priorities remains alleviating an “epidemic of distrust” between communities and law enforcement. Lynch discussed tensions between minority communities and police agencies during a speech Monday in Houston at the national convention of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., the …

TORONTO – A judge has sentenced two men to 12 years in prison for one of the largest Ponzi schemes in Canadian history. Gary Sorenson and Milowe Brost were found guilty of fraud and theft in February in an elaborate scheme in which investors were promised unrealistic returns. More than …

CANBERRA, Australia – A piece of aircraft wing found on an island in the western Indian Ocean is unlikely to alter the seabed search for a missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner in the southern Indian Ocean, the search leader said Thursday. Air safety investigators are examining aircraft debris found on Reunion …

RIVERSIDE, Calif. – A construction worker is dead after he was stung by bees that swarmed a Southern California construction site, Riverside Battalion Chief Tony Perna said. Three construction workers were stung Monday morning when a contractor grading a parking lot struck an underground sprinkler control vault that housed a …