Peru to elect interim leader after graft scandal ousts president

Jeri, 39, was accused in the irregular hiring of several women in his government, and of suspected graft involving a Chinese businessman. The new interim president will be Peru's eighth head of state in 10 years, after the Latin American country burned through a string of leaders who were impeached or investigated for wrongdoing. Lawmakers will choose a new parliament speaker who will lead the country until July 28, when the next president elected in national polls takes office. Jeri himself became...