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New York City says it has too many migrants and plans to send some elsewhere

5:11am March 10, 2023

by Jasmine Garsd

Months after arriving in New York by bus, migrants without work permits struggle to carve out new lives as they wait for their asylum cases to be heard.

Mexican soldiers are seen preparing for a search mission for the kidnapped U.S. citizens in Matamoros earlier this week. Two of the Americans were killed, and Mexican authorities returned their bodies to the U.S. on Thursday.

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The bodies of 2 Americans who were kidnapped in Mexico have been returned to the U.S.

8:20pm March 09, 2023

by Eyder Peralta

Their companions are recovering in a U.S. hospital. So far, only one arrest has been made in relation to the kidnapping.

Honduran President Xiomara Castro signed a new executive document Wednesday night that will allow open access to emergency contraception.

Honduran president ends ban on emergency contraception, making it widely available

4:13pm March 09, 2023

by Bill Chappell

President Xiomara Castro, the country's first female leader, announced the policy shift in the final hours of International Women's Day.

A scandal in Brazil involves an ex-president, jewels and the Saudi government

5:19am March 09, 2023

by Carrie Kahn

A scandal is unfolding in Brazil over millions of dollars in jewels that the Saudi government gave to former President Jair Bolsonaro.

Medical tourism numbers are on the rise in Mexico, after the practice was curtailed by COVID-19 restrictions. Here, foreign patients are seen at the hospital Oasis of Hope in Tijuana in, 2019, in Mexico's Baja California state.

The 4 kidnapped Americans are part of a large wave of U.S. medical tourism in Mexico

5:55pm March 08, 2023

by Bill Chappell

Before the pandemic halted travel, some 1.2 million American citizens visited Mexico for health care. The number is rising quickly again, with border restrictions eased.

Photographed through a fence, an armored truck is surrounded by police tape at the Arturo Merino Benitez International Airport in Santiago, Chile, on Wednesday. An airport shootout killed a security officer and an alleged robber in what authorities say was an attempted heist of more than $32 million in cash aboard a plane from Miami.

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An attempted airport heist of $32 million in Chile leaves 2 people dead

5:38pm March 08, 2023

by The Associated Press

An airport shootout in Chile's capital killed a security officer and an alleged robber. The cash, aboard a plane from Miami, was being transferred to an armored truck.

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7:50am March 08, 2023

Two Americans kidnapped in Mexico are found dead while two others survive the ordeal. The Senate is set to vote down a Washington D.C. crime bill. Five women denied abortions in Texas sue the state.