Center-right mayor leads socialist in Brazil’s biggest city

SAO PAULO (AP) — The mayor of the largest city in the Americas appears headed to successfully fending off a reelection challenge from the socialist leader of a squatters movement as 57 Brazilian cities held runoff elections Sunday. With nearly two-thirds of ballots counted in Sao Paulo, Mayor Bruno Covas leads with just under 60% of the votes to 40% for Guilherme Boulos, who was backed by former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Covas is the grandson of a former state governor an