PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — The United States has stepped up its campaign to transform the Kenya-led multinational force in Haiti into a U.N. peacekeeping force, spurred
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Tropical Storm Sara pounds Central America with torrential rains as forecasters warn of life-threatening flash flooding
TEGUCIGALPA — Belize issued tropical storm warnings for the Central American country’s coast on Friday as Tropical Storm Sara stalled in the western Caribbean, dousing Honduras’ northern
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A wayward sea turtle wound up in the Netherlands. A rescue brought it thousands of miles back home
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — An endangered sea turtle that was found about a year ago some 5,000 miles (8,047 kilometers) from its native waters has been released
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Judge sets date for 9/11 defendants to enter pleas, deepening battle over court’s independence
GUANTANAMO BAY (AP) — A U.S. military judge at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has scheduled hearings in early January for alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
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Central America braces for Tropical Storm Sara’s ‘life-threatening’ downpour
SAN JOSE — Central American countries scrambled on Thursday night to make preparations for the impact of Tropical Storm Sara, with Honduras likely to be
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Masses of residents flee homes in Haiti’s capital as gangs ratchet up violence
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Masses of residents fled a running battle Thursday between gang members and police in one of the few neighborhoods of Haiti’s capital
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Feds charge Fort Lauderdale man with killing wife in Madrid, in addition to kidnapping her
MIAMI — His wife’s corpse has still not been found in Europe. But on Wednesday, federal prosecutors obtained a grand jury indictment accusing David Knezevich
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Jannik Sinner’s doping case is already decided in court of public opinion, Italy’s tennis chief says
TURIN, Italy (AP) — A final verdict in the doping case involving top-ranked Jannik Sinner likely won’t come until early next year. For the president of the Italian
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When to catch the last supermoon of the year
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) — Better catch this week’s supermoon. It will be a while until the next one. This will be the year’s fourth and
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Hurricane Sara could form by Friday. NHC tracking possible Florida impacts
KINGSTON — A broad area of low pressure over the central Caribbean Sea has an 80% chance of becoming a cyclone in the next 48
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