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MEXICO CITY – Thirteen people have been reported missing following the withdrawal of vigilantes from a violence-wracked city in southern Mexico, a human rights official said Tuesday. The disappearances add to confusion surrounding the takeover of the city of Chilapa by so-called “community police” earlier this month. The vigilantes, claiming …

TROY, Ohio – A third of four children exposed to high levels of carbon monoxide from a furnace in a home has died. Thirteen-year-old Jakia Jones died on Sunday, a hospital spokeswoman said. Her cousins 14-year-old Dionanna Bishop and 13-year-old Dejah Bishop died on Friday after a relative found them …

SEATTLE – The Justice Department’s report on Ferguson is resonating with other communities where residents feel its findings sound familiar: a mostly white police department overseeing a mostly minority town, patterns of racial profiling and profit-driven law enforcement. Felix Vargas, chairman of a Hispanic organization in the Washington city of …