Obama in Peru on final overseas trip

Obama in Peru on final overseas trip

LIMA, Peru

Trying to tie up loose ends of his foreign-policy agenda, President Barack Obama on Saturday instead found world leaders more focused on someone else: President-elect Donald Trump.

Global hand-wringing over America’s next president has taken much of the wind out of Obama’s final overseas trip. Adopting an altruistic tone,

Obama has offered frequent reassurances that the U.S. won’t renege on its commitments. Yet he’s been at a loss to quell concerns fully, given new signals from Trump that he intends to govern much the way he campaigned.

Missing Kansas newborn found in Dallas; 2 in custody

WICHITA, Kan.

Authorities have found a week-old baby who was reported missing Thursday after her mother was shot to death in Kansas, police said Saturday.

Wichita Police Chief Gordon Ramsay said baby Sophia was found alive after authorities executed a search warrant before dawn at a Dallas home, The Wichita Eagle reported. He said the baby is in protective custody and is doing well.

Two adults were in custody and being interviewed Saturday, Ramsay said.

Activists: Intense bombing of Syria’s Aleppo kills 20

BEIRUT

Government bombardment of besieged rebel-held neighborhoods in Aleppo killed at least 20 people Saturday, the worst since airstrikes resumed earlier this week, said Syrian opposition activists, as the U.S. called for an end to the bombings.

Saturday was the fifth day of renewed assaults by Syrian warplanes on eastern Aleppo districts, a rebel-held enclave of 275,000 people.

The onslaught began Tuesday, when Syria’s ally Russia announced its own offensive on the northern rebel-controlled Idlib province and Homs province in central Syria.

Iraqi troops face stiff resistance from IS in eastern Mosul

MOSUL, Iraq

Iraqi troops faced stiff resistance Saturday from Islamic State militants as they pushed deeper into eastern Mosul, backed by aerial support from the U.S.-led international coalition, a senior military commander said.

Troops moved into the Muharabeen and Ulama neighborhoods after fully liberating the adjacent Tahrir neighborhood Friday, said Maj. Gen. Sami al-Aridi of the Iraqi special forces.

Al-Aridi said IS militants were fighting back with snipers, rocket-propelled grenades and mortar rounds.

Congressman’s grandson fatally shot over shoes

CHICAGO

A dispute over shoes led to the fatal shooting of the grandson of Illinois U.S. Rep. Danny Davis, Chicago police said Saturday.

At least two attackers went to the home of 15-year-old Javon Wilson in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago on Friday night and shot him in the head after an argument, police said.

“This stems from a dispute over shoes, basketball shoes,” police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said.

Guglielmi said Wilson knew his attackers and they may have been friends at some point. The shooting was not, as previously reported, a home invasion.

Davis, a Democratic member of the House for 20 years, told The Associated Press on Saturday that his grandson was a victim of a world where gun violence has become commonplace.

Associated Press