Max Bearak

A woman holds a Mexican flag while Mexican soldiers march in the U.S. territory at the U.S.-Mexico border in Laredo, Texas, on Sept. 8, 2005. The troops were assisting with recovery efforts from Hurricane Katrina. It was the first time Mexican troops had set foot on U.S. soil in 159 years.

Mexican troops saved American lives after Katrina — would Trump let them do it after Harvey?

August 22, 2019 at 5:39 a.m.

The devastation wrought by Hurricane Harvey is already apparent, even though forecasters say the storm may be only half done dumping rainfall totals measured in feet over the Texas and...

Indian security forces went on a village-burning rampage, investigation finds

June 9, 2018 at 1:01 p.m.

It may be a forgotten atrocity in a forgotten war, but now, 51/2 years later, the burning of the village of Tarmetla, in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh, by Indian...

Indian rape survivor is allegedly raped again by the same 5 men

August 22, 2019 at 12:14 a.m.

A 20-year-old college student was found in the roadside bushes of a small northern Indian city last week, raped and left for dead. In the days afterward, a shocking possibility...

Ex-wife of suspected Orlando nightclub shooter: ‘He beat me’

August 21, 2019 at 11:44 p.m.

Sometime after 2 a.m. Sunday, Omar Mateen dialed Orlando's 911 service to alert the dispatcher to the carnage unfolding at one of the city's most popular gay bars. He spelled...

Richie Compton, left, and Erik Winger kneel at a makeshift memorial for the victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting outside of the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts on June 13, 2016.

Orlando shooting suspect’s father hosted a political TV show, tried to run for the Afghan presidency

August 21, 2019 at 11:44 p.m.

The father of Omar Mateen, identified by police as the man behind the carnage at an Orlando nightclub early Sunday morning, is an Afghan man who holds strong political views,...

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