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Colombian authorities arrest 8 for alleged ties to mall bombAuthorities in Colombia have arrested eight people on suspicion of being involved in the explosion of a homemade bomb at a shopping mall that killed three people
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Flanked by his generals Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro gives his speech during Army Day celebrations at Fuerte Tiuna, in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, June 24, 2017. Maduro joined the army celebrations as thousands marched in the streets of the capital to demand restraint from government security forces after more than 70 people have been killed during almost 90 days of protests seeking his removal. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Venezuelan protesters, security forces clash at air baseYoung protesters broke down a metal fence guarding an air base in Caracas before being repelled by security forces firing tear gas in another day of anti-government protests in Venezuela's capital
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8 coal miners killed in Colombia from underground blastAt least eight people have died and five are missing after an underground explosion Friday at a coal mine in central Colombia
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Fireworks explosion kills 1, injures 9 in central MexicoMexican authorities say one person was killed and nine more injured when fireworks being carried in a pickup truck exploded in central Mexico
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Anguish as trapped workers call for help in Peru firePeruvians have been transfixed by a nearly daylong fire in the capital as young workers trapped inside frantically appealed for help
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Chile's Bachelet asks forgiveness from indigenous MapuchePresident Michelle Bachelet is asking forgiveness of Chile's largest indigenous group for what she said are "errors and horrors" committed by the Chilean state throughout history
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Puerto Rico governor to fight proposed furloughs, cutsPuerto Rico's governor says he will go to court to fight a federal control board's call to cut a public pension system by 10 percent, furlough tens of thousands of government workers and eliminate Christmas bonuses
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Brazil to try to reverse US ban on Brazil meatBrazil's agriculture minister says he will travel to the United States to try to reverse the American ban of beef imports from Latin America's biggest country
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President: Colombia on verge of completing rebel disarmamentColombian President Juan Manuel Santos says the nation is on the verge of completing an historic feat: All guerillas in the country's largest rebel group will soon have turned in their weapons
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Slain Venezuela protester a son of Maduro ex-supervisorThe latest youth to die during Venezuela's crackdown on anti-government protests has a connection to President Nicolas Maduro: His father was once the socialist leader's supervisor
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AP PHOTOS: Editor selections from Latin America, CaribbeanAP PHOTOS: Bolivia's Aymara celebrate their new year on Southern Hemisphere's winter solstice, Guatemalan activists remember those who disappeared during the civil war and Argentine police find huge trove of Nazi paraphernalia in hidden room
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Mexican president dismisses spying, wants fast investigationMexican President Enrique Pena Nieto says he wants a rapid investigation into reports of high-tech spying against journalists and human rights defenders, while he dismisses allegations that his government was responsible
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In major blow to Brazil, US suspends meat product importsThe U.S. says it is suspending imports of Brazilian meat products because of safety concerns, delivering a major blow to Brazil, which is one of the world's largest exporters of meat products
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US envoy: Guatemala lawmakers who hired lobby firm 'idiots'A Guatemalan congressman is demanding an apology from the U.S. ambassador after the diplomat called him and three colleagues "idiots."
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US, Cuba still cooperating on stopping drug smugglersA top Cuban anti-drug officials say the U.S. and Cuba are still cooperating to intercept drug smugglers even through the Trump administration has halted high-level meetings on stopping the flow of narcotics through the Caribbean
The Associated Press2 days ago
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AP Online National NewsAuthorities: Texas mom left 2 kids in hot car as punishmentThis undated booking photo provided by Parker County, Texas, sheriff's office shows Cynthia Marie Randolph. Randolph told investigators that she left her 2-year-old daughter and 16-month-old son in a hot car where they died May 26 , 2017, to teach the girl a lesson, and that they didn't lock themselves in, as she initially said, according to sheriff’s officials. Randolph was being held Saturday, June 24, 2017 on two counts of causing serious bodily injury to a child. (Parker County, Texas, sheriff's office via AP)
AP Online Top U.S. News Short HeadlinesMicrophone cut after Mormon girl reveals she's gay at churchThis undated photo provided by Heather Kester, shows Savannah, whose mother requested only her first name be used and who is a young Mormon girl that told her congregation during a Sunday service she is a lesbian before her microphone was turned off by local church leaders. Savannah's emotional speech is sparking a new round of discussions about how the conservative religion handles LGBT issues. (Heather Kester via AP)
AP Online Top U.S. News Short HeadlinesCalifornia father buries wrong man after coroner's mistakeIn this Friday, June 23, 2017 photo, Frank Kerrigan, looks at a pond near his Wildomar, Calif., home. Kerrigan, who thought his son Frank had died, learned he buried the wrong man. Kerrigan said the Orange County coroner's office mistakenly identified a body found dead on May 6 as that of his son. (Andrew Foulk/The Orange County Register via AP)
AP Entertainment HeadlinesLawyers seek to free inmate featured in 'Making a Murderer'FILE - In a Friday, March 3, 2006 file photo, Brendan Dassey is escorted out of a Manitowoc County Circuit courtroom, in Manitowoc, Wis. A three-judge panel from the 7th Circuit on Thursday, June 22, 2017 affirmed that Dassey, a Wisconsin inmate featured in the Netflix series "Making a Murderer" was coerced into confessing and should be released from prison. Dassey was sentenced to life in prison in 2007 in photographer Teresa Halbach's death two years earlier. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)
AP Online - SportsKoch chief says health care bill insufficiently conservativeFILE- In this March 8, 2017, file photo, Americans for Prosperity President Tim Phillips, accompanied by FreedomWorks President Adam Brandon, speaks to members of the media outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington. Chief lieutenants in the Koch brothers’ political network lashed out at the Senate Republican health care bill on Saturday, June 24, becoming a powerful outside critic as GOP leaders try to rally support for their plan among rank-and-file Republicans. “This Senate bill needs to get better,” said Phillips. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
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