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District of Columbia
Brazil opposition candidate to get visa
WASHINGTON -- A senior State Department official says Brazilian opposition candidate Flávio Bolsonaro and his family will be granted U.S. visas after his weekend loss to incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Bolsonaro, who had President Donald Trump's tacit support, had been under investigation for corruption, money laundering and tax evasion in Brazil and had been ordered to surrender his passport.
New York
Real estate trio gets 30 years in prison
NEW YORK -- Three brothers convicted of exploiting their wealth and access to luxury real estate to drug and rape dozens of women have been sentenced to 30 years in prison.
U.S. District Judge Valerie E. Caproni announced the punishment for Tal, Oren and Alon Alexander -- known collectively as the Alexander Brothers -- on Tuesday after 11 accusers spoke in court.
Utah
Bundy linked to another teen's killing
Authorities have connected serial killer Ted Bundy to the death of a Utah teenager through DNA evidence. Tuesday's announcement comes exactly 52 years after her body was discovered.
Bundy killed at least 30 women and girls in the 1970s. He was executed in 1989. Investigators are now satisfied that Bundy was responsible for killing 17-year-old Melissa Ann Smith in 1974. Her death had been a cold case.
World
Israel
Voters rebuke Netanyahu in election
JERUSALEM -- Israeli voters delivered a rebuke to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with exit polls indicating voters gave his opponents a solid majority in the next parliament.
The election ended late Tuesday. Whether those disparate parties can form a government is uncertain and will likely take weeks of haggling. They would only be able to form a government if his main rival, former military chief Gadi Eisenkot, partners with Arab-led parties, something he had largely ruled out.
United Kingdom
Two charged over incident at US base
LONDON -- Two men have appeared in a London court on national security charges related to an alleged Iran-backed plot against a U.S.-run military base in England.
Mohmed Ahmad Abdulkarim and Nouman Essghir, both 24, face charges under the National Security Act. Prosecutors say Abdulkarim assisted Iran's intelligence service, while Essghir entered a prohibited area. The U.S. pulled bombers from RAF Fairford after a security scare last month.
Congo
Ebola outbreak tops 10,000 cases
BUNIA -- Congo's fast-moving Ebola outbreak has topped 10,000 confirmed cases as authorities race to slow the spread across Africa.
Data from Congo's Ministry of Health on Tuesday showed there have been a total of 10,060 confirmed cases, nearly half of whom have died. It is the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history.