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Mexico: 1 dead, 5 hurt in blast at illegal fuel pipeline tapMexican authorities say an explosion at an illegal fuel pipeline tap has killed a person and injured five more in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz
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Venezuelan National Assembly's Vice President Freddy Guevara speaks with the lawmaker Stalin Gonzalez during a session in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017. Venezuela's pro-government constitutional assembly took over the powers of the opposition-led congress Friday, dramatically escalating a standoff between President Nicolas Maduro and his political foes.(AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Venezuela congress defies push to take over its powersVenezuela's congress is meeting in defiance of what opposition leaders consider an autocratic push by allies of President Nicolas Maduro to usurp the legislature's powers
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El Salvador cardinal visits NY community racked by violenceThe leader of the Roman Catholic church in El Salvador is visiting a New York community that has been racked by gang violence
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Tropical Storm Harvey heads through CaribbeanTropical Storm Harvey is moving through the Caribbean Sea on a projected course that would have it approaching Central America and the Yucatan Peninsula early next week
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Getting water to Peru's desert capital is no easy taskGetting fresh water to Peru's desert capital is no easy task: Lima relies on a vast network of concrete tunnels to transport water originating in lakes in the Andes mountains to the bone-dry coastal city some 125 miles away
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FILE - In this June 28, 2017 file photo, Venezuela's chief prosecutor Luisa Ortega speaks during a press conference in Caracas, Venezuela. The ousted chief prosecutor fled to Colombia with her husband German Ferrer, on Friday, Aug. 18, 2017, a day after the Supreme Court ordered his arrest. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File)
Venezuela's ousted chief prosecutor flees to ColombiaVenezuela's ousted chief prosecutor has fled to Colombia with her husband a day after the Supreme Court ordered his arrest
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FILE - In this Aug. 4, 2017, file photo, Venezuela's Constituent Assembly poses for an official photo after being sworn in, at Venezuela's National Assembly in Caracas, Venezuela. Delegates to the all-powerful assembly unanimously approved a decree Friday, August 18, giving it the authority to pass legislation on a range of issues affecting Venezuela's security and sovereignty. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)
Pro-government assembly in Venezuela takes congress' powersVenezuela's pro-government constitutional assembly has taken over the powers of the opposition-led congress
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Authorities: Ousted Venezuelan chief prosecutor, husband flee nation for ColombiaAuthorities: Ousted Venezuelan chief prosecutor, husband flee nation for Colombia
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Correction: Mexico-Brazil Corruption Probe storyCorrection: Mexico-Brazil Corruption Probe story
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FILE - In this July 19, 2017 file photo, Diego Zas shows two bags of legal marijuana he just bought at the Antartida drugstore in downtown Montevideo, Uruguay. The legal sale of marijuana in Uruguayan pharmacies is facing challenges as banks refuse to deal with companies linked to the drug in order to follow international financial laws. A government official said Friday, Aug. 18, 2017, that Uruguayan banks risk running afoul of laws that ban receiving money tied to the drug. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico, File)
Legal marijuana sale faces challenges by banks in UruguayThe sale of marijuana in Uruguayan pharmacies is facing challenges as banks refuse to deal with companies linked to the drug in order to follow international financial laws
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Ousted Venezuela prosecutor ties exit to investigationVenezuela's ousted chief prosecutor has told the region's other prosecutors that President Nicholas Maduro removed her to stop a probe linking him and his inner circle to nearly $100 million in bribes from Brazilian construction company Odebrecht
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El Salvador, Guatemala lawmakers pass bans on child marriageEl Salvador and Guatemala have joined a trend in clamping down on child marriage by passing legislation that would outlaw marriage with minors
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Migrants paint hopes and dreams on muralsCentral American immigrants are painting the side of a school in an effort to bring migrants and their stories out of the shadows
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Venezuela's pro-government constitutional assembly says it's taking over powers of opposition-led congressVenezuela's pro-government constitutional assembly says it's taking over powers of opposition-led congress
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AP PHOTOS: Editor selections from Latin America, CaribbeanAP PHOTOS: Gunmen storm big Guatemala hospital to free gang member, another sex abuse scandal emerges in Argentina, and Brazil's top court delivers a landmark defeat for groups trying to limit land claims by indigenous communities
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AP Online Top Political Short HeadlinesThe Latest: Steve Bannon returns to Breitbart News siteFILE - In this April 29, 2017, file photo, Steve Bannon, chief White House strategist to President Donald Trump is seen in Harrisburg, Pa. According to a source, Bannon is leaving White House post. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
AP Entertainment Headlines'Predator' actor Sonny Landham dead at 76FILE - In this Wednesday, June 25, 2008 file photo, actor Sonny Landham gestures during a news conference to announce his candidacy for the U. S. Senate as the Libertarian Party challenger to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell in Frankfort, Ky. Sonny Landham, the muscular action-movie actor who co-starred in “Predator” and “48 Hrs,” has died. He was 76. Landham’s sister Dawn Boehler said the actor died from congestive heart failure Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017 at a Lexington, Kentucky, hospital. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke, File)
AP Online - SportsGeorgia Tech kicks running back Dedrick Mills off teamFILE - In this Dec. 31, 2016 file photo, Georgia Tech running back Dedrick Mills (26) is tackled by Kentucky safety Mike Edwards (27) during the second half of the TaxSlayer Bowl NCAA college football game in Jacksonville, Fla. Mills has been kicked off the team for a violation of athletic department rules, the school announced Friday, Aug. 18, 2017.(AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton, File)
AP Online National NewsCalifornia mass killer spared death sentenceFILE - Int his July 5, 2017 file photo, Assistant public defender Scott Sanders questions Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens about the use of jailhouse informants during an evidentiary hearing for convicted murderer Scott Dekraai, left, at the Santa Ana Central Justice Center in Santa Ana, Calif. Judge Thomas Goethals is weighing whether Dekraai should be spared the death penalty due to a long-running scandal over authorities' use of jailhouse informants. Goethals is expected to rule Friday, Aug. 18 on whether Dekraai should remain eligible for the death penalty or sentenced to life without parole for killing eight people in a 2011 shooting rampage at an Orange County hair salon. Sanders began asking questions about the use of jailhouse informants after noticing the same snitch had chattered up Dekraai and another one of his clients. (Nick Agro /The Orange County Register via AP, File)
AP Top NewsGolden retriever digs up heroin in Oregon backyardThis photo provided by the Yamhill County Sheriff's Office shows black tar heroin and the container holding it in McMinnville, Ore., Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017, after the Avery family golden retriever, Kenyon, dug up in their backyard. Kenyon was honored by the Yamill County Sheriff for digging up $85,000 worth of black tar heroin. (Yamhill County Sheriff's Office via AP)
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