CASTEL VOLTURNO, Italy (AP) — Mamadou Kouassi’s searing, epic journey over African deserts, through illegal prisons and across the Mediterranean Sea in a smugglers’ boat informed Italian director Matteo Garrone’s Oscar-nominated film “Io Capitano.” Some episodes that the Ivorian migrant witnessed on his three-year odyssey were too strong to make the final cut. Garrone’s film, which is nominated in the …

The police chief of a small Iowa town was convicted by a federal jury Wednesday of lying to federal authorities to acquire machine guns prosecutors say he sold for his own profit. The jury convicted Adair Police Chief Brad Wendt, 47, of conspiring to make false statements to the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, making false statements …

NUEVA YORK (AP) — Los estadounidenses redujeron sus gastos más de lo esperado en enero tras el derroche tradicional de la época decembrina. Las ventas minoristas cayeron 0,8% en enero, en comparación con el sólido ritmo de diciembre, cuando aumentaron la cifra ajustada de 0,4%, de acuerdo con el informe del Departamento de Comercio de Estados Unidos publicado el jueves. …