MADRID — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez vowed to stay in office and govern “with even more strength” Monday, ending days of speculation he might resign to stop what he called a smear campaign against his wife after she was accused of corruption. Sánchez’s resignation would have ended the leadership of a prominent Socialist prime minister at a time when …
Delfina Gómez, left, Morena political party gubernatorial candidate, greets supporters as she campaigns in Valle de Chalco, Mexico, on May 28, 2023. The party’s success rests squarely on its founder, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the populist widely known as AMLO whose vows to combat corruption and put the poor first have inspired a fervent following. “This is obviously about …
Kristina Provencio kneels Monday next to a street memorial near the home where Bishop David G. O’Connell was killed in Hacienda Heights. “Charging Mr. Medina will never repair the tremendous harm that was caused by this callous act.” O’Connell was found dead Saturday in his bedroom with multiple gunshot wounds, Gascón said. “By all counts, Bishop O’Connell was a saint …
“He was a good priest, a good bishop and a man of peace,” Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gómez said of David O’Connell. “He was the help of the helpless and the hope of the hopeless,” said Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn, who described O’Connell as a longtime friend. “He knew that serving God meant serving man.” O’Connell, 69, …