In less than two months, President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth say the U.S. military has killed at least 37 people in strikes against drug-smuggling vessels off the coast of South America.

China said it combats illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and investigates all reports of suspected offending vessels.

The Coast Guard has been given the green light to arrest and prosecute illegal fishermen in the Gulf under the Trump administration.

"Life is a right, both in health and in sickness, but it should never be an obligation," one Uruguayan senator argued before the final vote to legalize the process.

Passengers disembark from Pan Am’s clipper after its historic first transatlantic flight, from Port Washington near New York City to Lisbon on June 28-29, 1939. The luxurious Boeing 314 flying boat completed the trip in 24 hours, 15 minutes with a refueling stop in the Azores. It continued from Lisbon to Marseilles. Miami Herald File

Michael Mann reflected on his early career in the politically charged late 1960s, prospects for "Heat 2' and setting Scott Cooper to direct a Western.

Hannah Hidalgo of Notre Dame, Lauren Betts of UCLA, and Madison Booker of Texas headline The Associated Press All-America women's college basketball team.

Brazil’s Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is riding high as the most popular major president in South America thanks to a boost from Donald Trump and support for his efforts to fight inequality with higher taxes on the rich.