Crime & courts

The festival had been scheduled for late May in Playa Del Carmen. Initially, its website announced "it is postponed and will be rescheduled" before the language was updated.

Carrie Rivers, 48, was said to be unhappy with her daughter's assignment about flags, a teacher who keeps a Pride flag on it in class told police.

Marcia Norman hadn't been seen in about two weeks, and Jeffrey Zizz has been arrested in connection with an unrelated sex offense, authorities near Seattle said.

Cody Balmer, the suspect in the arson attack on the Governor's Residence, had called 911 and referred to "the Palestinian people," according to state police.

Years of record South American cocaine imports to Europe have transformed local drug markets, sparking a wave of violence.

President Humala and his wife were accused of receiving funds from Brazilian builder Odebrecht, now known as Novonor, in his successful 2011 election campaign.

The ruling means that a transgender person with a certificate that recognizes them as female should not be considered a woman for equality purposes.

Josh Sullivan was abducted last week by a group of armed men who raided his small Baptist congregation as he was leading a prayer service.

It's been a little more than four months since the company's CEO, Brian Thompson, was gunned down in New York City.

Bernard Cody spoke with NBC News ahead of jury selection for the disgraced movie producer's retrial, where he faces an additional charge of sexually assaulting a woman in a Manhattan hotel in 2006.

An attorney for the 35-year-old singer said he was in the process of being released Tuesday.