Today’s Lead News Stories

Mario Pineida, a 33-year-old defender for Barcelona Sporting Club, was shot and killed Wednesday in an apparent targeted attack in the northern sector of Guayaquil, Ecuadorian police confirmed. The incident also left at least one other person dead and a third injured, according to authorities and local media.

Proposal would ban use of Medicaid funds to cover puberty blockers, hormone treatments or surgical procedures

Lead singer Carlos "Mono" Suarez of Peruvian rock band Mi Major Amigo Scott was hospitalized after an electric shock from a faulty microphone during a live show in Lima. Treated for first-degree burns, Suarez remains conscious and urges improved safety to prevent future incidents in the independent music scene.

Mica Miller filed for divorce from Myrtle Beach pastor John Paul ‘JP’ Miller twice, with the second filing coming mere days before her death

Comments follow reports that US president discussed idea with constitutional scholar Alan Dershowitz

Ronald Hicks, who endorsed message condemning ICE raids, to lead one of biggest US archdioceses

Move-on period extended from 28 days to 56 days if person recently granted refugee status is at risk of sleeping rough

The European Union's highest court has sided with a Syrian refugee in a landmark case against Frontex, the EU border agency

It is clear that the FCC is not an independent agency, but an instrument of the president’s political agenda

Second ‘exemplary’ success for 85-year-old who had already rumbled bogus police officer demanding €60,000

A country known for welcoming newcomers has reversed policy as immigration becomes increasingly a partisan issue