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120 land and environmental defenders killed or disappeared in Latin America last year, report finds

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — At least 146 land and environmental defenders were killed or have gone missing around the world in 2024, with more than 80% of those cases in…

John McCarthy September 17, 2025

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Trump blames Biden in Nicaraguan worker’s beheading of boss

DALLAS — President Trump has blamed his “incompetent” predecessor, former President Joe Biden, for allowing an “evil” illegal migrant to be in the country when he allegedly beheaded his boss…

John McCarthy September 15, 2025

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Judge blocks Trump administration move to deport Guatemalan children

WASHINGTON — A United States judge has temporarily blocked an attempt by the Trump administration to deport dozens of unaccompanied Guatemalan children back to their home country. District Court Judge…

John McCarthy September 1, 2025

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Second man ‘swept away’ after Malcolm-Jamal Warner drowning incident is in critical condition

SAN JOSE — New details are emerging in the shocking death of Malcolm-Jamal Warner. The Cosby Show actor drowned while swimming on a family trip in Costa Rica on Sunday, July 20. He was 54.…

John McCarthy July 22, 2025

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Ancient DNA reveals a new group of people who lived near land bridge between the Americas

NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have identified a new pod of ancient hunter-gatherers who lived near the land bridge between North America and South America about 6,000 years ago. Researchers…

John McCarthy June 2, 2025

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Video shows drug-smuggling cat caught by prison guards in Costa Rica

SAN JOSE — Guards in Costa Rica have intercepted an unusual prison drug delivery, catching a cat as it jumped over the periphery fence at night with marijuana and crack…

John McCarthy May 21, 2025

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Six illegal migrants charged in South Carolina mother’s murder defy ‘decency’ in ‘civilized society’

Authorities in Lancaster, South Carolina, have charged six illegal immigrants between the ages of 13 and 21 in connection with the “random” May 2 murder of a mother who was driving to…

John McCarthy May 14, 2025

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US senator meets man mistakenly deported to El Salvador

SAN SALVADOR (BBC) — A U.S. senator has met a man who Trump administration officials have acknowledged was deported in error from Maryland to a mega-prison in El Salvador. Maryland…

John McCarthy April 18, 2025

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El Salvador’s president says notorious mega-prison will double in size to hold Trump’s ‘homegrown’ deportees

WASHINGTON (Daily Mail) — El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele plans to double the size of the notorious megaprison where the country is holding migrants that President Donald Trump deported. The plan would…

John McCarthy April 17, 2025

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Mexico’s Sheinbaum says country will not renew diplomatic relations with Ecuador

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Wednesday that Mexico would not renew diplomatic relations with Ecuador as long as Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa remains in office. The…

John McCarthy April 17, 2025