BUDAPEST, Hungary – A fence on the Serbian border to stem the flow of migrants and refugees will be built within a few months, beginning with the areas most used by human smugglers, Hungary’s foreign minister said Thursday. Peter Szijjarto said that the 4-meter (13-foot) high fence would “defend Hungary …

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Puerto Rico’s governor has signed a bill that allows certain public agencies to buy up to $400 million in tax and revenue anticipation notes. Alejandro Garcia Padilla said Friday that the bill aims to help boost the liquidity of the U.S. territory’s Treasury Department amid …

MEXICO CITY – The Mexican Navy says it has rescued 12 Cuban men who were found aboard a makeshift raft off the coast of the Yucatan Peninsula. Photos supplied by the Navy on Monday showed a raft apparently made of polystyrene foam blocks tied to a framework of wooden boards. …

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – A Tampa Bay area woman started her day by finding an alligator outside her home. St. Petersburg police say a member of a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission crew captured the alligator Wednesday morning after officers responded to reports of the alligator at the home. …

German police say they caught a man who is accused of killing two people in a shooting in Bavaria Friday and then fled by car. Police spokeswoman Simone Wiesenberg told n-tv television that the shooter had been arrested but didn’t provide further details. Earlier, spokesman Bert Rauenbusch told N24 news …

SANAA, YEMEN – Yemeni security officials say airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition targeting Shiite rebels and their allies have struck several cities, including a military base in the capital, Sanaa, despite a declared truce. They say warplanes also bombed a cement factory in Amran province Sunday, wounding 10 people. Other …

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – U.S. officials in Puerto Rico have seized a load of fish bladders taken from an endangered species and stuffed inside packages that were shipped from Venezuela and destined for Hong Kong. Officers with U.S. Customs and Border Protection have seized 1,328 pounds (over 600 kilograms) …

NEW ORLEANS – You could call it instant opera: A New Orleans nonprofit will create and perform a pair of opera scenes with only two days to get from page to stage. New Fangled Opera calls it Opera Presto — in musical terms, “Opera really, really, fast.” Organization co-founder Chris …

If anyone tells you they know who will be the Republican nominee for President — they’re lying. No one knows and that’s what makes the process so fascinating. Right now Kasich and Fiorina look to be making a push in the polls. They of course really want to be among …

I actually know something about China. I lived there and helped U.S. companies negotiate trade deals and contracts, but it was not a glamorous job.I spent my last night in China in June 1989 in a baggage X-ray machine at the Beijing Airport as tanks rolled into Tiananmen Square. Only …