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Congress began first-round debate on a 18-article bill to reorganize and strengthen Honduras's power system, which still requires two more votes before final passage.

André Enoc Mejía Romero, the first Honduran to attend NASA's Space Academy Camp at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, returned to San Pedro Sula and pledged to teach science and robotics to Honduran youth interested in STEM fields.

Joaquín Alvarado Bueso, 38, was extradited to the United States on charges of first-degree rape, indecent acts against minors, and child sexual abuse involving two stepchildren.

Members of the Libre party blocked an entrance to Congress and staged protests against proposed energy reforms set for first debate, with the party's congressional leader Ronald Panchame saying they oppose privatization of the state utility ENEE.

Police removed 18 illegally installed security cameras in San Pedro Sula neighborhoods that gangs used to monitor police operations and coordinate criminal activity.

The Liberal Party declared support for reforming the national electricity utility ENEE but demanded that strategic state assets, including the El Cajón hydroelectric dam, be protected from any privatization as part of the overhaul.

Suyapa Zamora died after being attacked with a club by her partner at their home in Arenas, Sonaguera, Colón; police launched an investigation into the killing.

A man already accused of violence against his wife and child is suspected of killing his brother's wife in the Las Conchas community of Marcovia, Choluteca; police arrived to gather evidence as the investigation continues.

Congress passed reforms to the domestic-violence law that will bar anyone convicted of domestic violence from obtaining a driver's license, purchasing or possessing firearms, or holding public office.

Firefighters rescued an 8-year-old boy with serious burns to his left foot from a fire that destroyed a home in La Ceiba's Jesenia Castillo neighborhood, where two adults and four children lived.

Honduras's disaster agency COPECO has placed the Caribbean coastline and Bay Islands under a Green Alert due to rough seas, while the same alert level remains in effect for the country's 11 departments.

Honduras's Supreme Court president Wagner Vallecillo Paredes delivered a proposed law on the Judicial Council and judicial careers to Congress's Constitutional Affairs Commission, unanimously approved by the court's full bench and representing input from judges and court employees.

An armed attack at a taxi stand in El Centro neighborhood, Choloma, left a taxi driver and a 25-year-old woman wounded by gunfire.

The Honduran business chamber (CIMEQH) called for a halt to a proposed electric-sector reform, citing risks that the legislation could drive up utility rates and lead to privatization of public power assets.

A man died after receiving an electrical shock while attempting to connect a pump at a car wash in San Pedro Sula; police and forensic officials responded to the scene.

Honduras's Medical College escalated its strike into an eighth day of nationwide assemblies at health facilities, demanding answers on layoffs, reinstatements, back pay, and formal contracts for physician managers.

Messages between the man accused of killing nurse Elvia Mercedes Gómez López on June 3 in San Manuel, Cortés, and his father have surfaced, with the father reportedly providing the WhatsApp screenshots to local media.

A broad area of low pressure off Central America's coast has a 70% chance of developing into a tropical depression within 48 hours, with heavy rainfall and flash flooding expected across Honduras and neighboring countries over the coming days.

Police detained at a hospital the woman accused of giving birth and abandoning her newborn daughter in vegetation in Lempira; she will face aggravated child abandonment charges upon recovery, while the infant remains stable under medical observation.

Armed men with covered faces broke into a home in the Opoteca village of El Rosario, Comayagua, and shot Kevin López dead in front of his pregnant wife.

Police discovered the decomposed body of an unidentified man in Bonito Oriental, Colón, and began investigation while forensic authorities prepared to collect the remains.

The father of Daniel Antonio Meras, accused of killing his wife, nurse Elvia Gómez, in San Manuel, Villanueva, said his son promised to turn himself in to authorities and face justice for the killing.

Honduran police are investigating a possible connection between a land sale and the killing of retired teacher Mercedes Martina Turcios in El Rosario, Comayagua, based on evidence gathered at the crime scene.

Elvia Mercedes Gómez, a nurse found dead in her San Manuel home in Cortés, is being investigated as a possible femicide, with her partner the main suspect; the death brings the toll of violent deaths of women in Honduras to at least 112 in 2026.

Liberal Party congressman Roberto Pineda Chacón introduced a motion Thursday to impose penalties for burning tires during protests and for dumping tires in public spaces, citing environmental protection ahead of World Environment Day.

Nilson Alberto Lazo, 34, died Thursday afternoon in Aguas del Padre village when the Siguatepeque fire department's rescue attempt came too late after he became buried in soil.

A man was killed in a violent attack with stones at a residence in Cerro Grande, Las Flores zone, in Tegucigalpa; authorities were investigating and his identity had not been disclosed.

Liberal congressman Roberto Pineda Chacón introduced a proposal to impose fines and penalties for burning tires during demonstrations and for improperly dumping tires in public spaces, citing environmental protection on World Environment Day.

Honduras's National Migration Institute is now requiring travelers departing to countries with active measles circulation to show proof of vaccination, a Health Secretariat-backed measure to prevent the virus from being imported into Honduras.

Prosecutors are seeking incarceration for five people accused of irregularities in the awarding of 33 contracts worth nearly 45 million lempiras by the San Pedro Sula municipality, which prosecutors allege circumvented state procurement law by fragmenting contracts.