The Associated Press

Mexicans will likely choose the first female president in the country’s history between a former academic who promises to further the current leader’s populist policies and an ex-senator and tech entrepreneur who pledges to up the fight against deadly drug cartels

Polls have closed in an election that will likely give Mexico its first female president, but the heat, violence and polarization continued right through election day

An official quick count shows climate scientist Claudia Sheinbaum holds an irreversible lead in the race that would make her Mexico’s first female president

Mexico’s projected election winner Claudia Sheinbaum will become the first woman president in the country’s 200-year history

Mexico’s projected election winner Claudia Sheinbaum will become the first female president in the country’s 200-year history

California firefighters aided by aircraft are battling a wind-driven wildfire in an area straddling the San Francisco Bay Area and central California

A wind-driven fire continued to scorch thousands of acres 60 miles east of San Francisco, prompting residents to flee their homes and the closure of two major freeways near the central California city of Tracy

California firefighters gained significant ground Sunday on a wind-driven wildfire that has scorched thousands of acres 60 miles (97 kilometers) east of San Francisco

China’s defense minister has acknowledged the importance of newly renewed military-to-military communications with the United States as tensions escalate in the Asia-Pacific, while at the same time accusing Washington of causing the friction with its support for Taiwan and the Philippines

Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 23 shots, Sam Bennett and Vladimir Tarasenko scored, and the Florida Panthers are headed to the Stanley Cup Final for the second consecutive year after beating the New York Rangers 2-1 on Saturday night