Hundreds of anesthesiologists on Monday urged the state of Missouri not to use propofol in an upcoming execution, saying the fallout could jeopardize the availability of the anesthetic relied on by thousands of U.S. hospitals and clinics. The Missouri Society of Anesthesiologists’ statement followed ...

Chile’s president announced Thursday that he will close a luxury prison for dictatorship-era military officials who have been convicted of crimes against humanity, taking away their tennis courts, barbecues and a swimming pool. The Cordillera prison, located on an army base, has provided officers ...

The promoters of Michael Jackson’s doomed last tour should pay hundreds of millions of dollars in damages to the late pop icon’s family over his 2009 death, a lawyer said in closing arguments Tuesday. In a heartstrings-tugging final presentation wrapping up a five-month trial, ...

Peru has displaced Colombia as the world’s leading producer of coca leaf, although it succeeded for the first time in seven years in cutting output of the illicit plant used to make cocaine, the United Nations said Tuesday. Peru cut its area under coca ...

The smuggling of 1.4 tons of cocaine in 31 suitcases on an Air France flight from Caracas to Paris has led to nine arrests on two continents, and Venezuela’s top police official said Monday that he expects more arrests with airline workers suspected. Yet ...

Aaron Alexis’ erratic and violent behavior was ignored, overlooked or dismissed for nine years by police, the military, the Department of Veterans Affairs and his employer, creating a series of missed opportunities that might have stopped the Washington Navy Yard gunman, according to records ...

Pope Francis has removed a Roman Catholic bishop who is suspected of sexually abusing minors in Peru. Gabino Miranda, 53, was removed as part of the pope’s “zero tolerance” policy against abuse, said the Rev. Luis Bambaren, the retired former chief of the Peruvian ...