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Mexican Authorities Arrest 3 Suspects In The Murder Of 2 Honduran Teenagers

6:40am December 20, 2018

by Carrie Kahn

The two migrant youths were killed in Tijuana. Mexican authorities said they were found stabbed and strangled, highlighting the dangers facing unaccompanied minors waiting for U.S. asylum hearings.

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News Brief: U.S. Troops To Leave Syria, Courts Deal Setbacks To Asylum-Seekers

6:22am December 20, 2018

President Trump says it's time for U.S. forces to leave Syria. Roughly 2,200 U.S. troops have been fighting ISIS in Syria. And, another federal court decision blocks Trump's immigration crackdown.

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White House Announces U.S. Troops Will Be Withdrawing From Syria

5:58am December 20, 2018

President Trump has decided it's time for the U.S. forces to leave Syria. But the move goes against statements by top American military officials, who have consistently said it would be wise to stay.

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U.S. Gen. Joseph Votel (center), the top U.S. commander for the Middle East, visited a military outpost at al-Tanf in southern Syria, where the U.S. trains Syrian opposition forces, in October. President Trump is planning to withdraw the U.S. forces from

After U.S. Troops Leave Syria, What Happens Next?

11:43pm December 19, 2018

by Greg Myre

The limited U.S. force has had a large impact on Syria's war, beating back ISIS and bringing relative calm to one corner of the country. President Trump's critics fear those gains could be lost.

Los Angeles Dodgers' Yasiel Puig in October. On Wednesday, U.S. Major League Baseball and Cuba's baseball federation reached an agreement, allowing Cuban players to sign with U.S. teams without defecting.

'Realization Of An Impossible Dream:' MLB And Cuba Make Historic Deal

11:37pm December 19, 2018

by Sasha Ingber

The agreement, negotiated over years, represents the first time since Cuba's revolution that baseball players can sign with U.S. teams without defecting.

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Here's What Happened When A Chinese Painting Depicted An Altered Version Of History

9:34pm December 19, 2018

by Rob Schmitz

Forty years ago this week, China opened up its economy to the rest of the world. This is the story of how one painting shows that China's current leadership is rewriting that history.

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José Palacios, a cacao farmer, holds the Late Chocó chocolate products produced by his son, Joel, in Bogotá. The package bears an illustration of his likeness. José Palacios lives in Colombia's western Chocó department, which is also a coca-growing r

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From Cocaine To Cacao: One Man's Mission To Save Colombia's Farmers Through Chocolate

8:51pm December 19, 2018

by Verónica Zaragovia

As efforts to get farmers to stop growing coca in favor of legal crops falter, some farmers feel abandoned. But one man says he'll stand by them, helping farmers shift to cacao for high-end chocolate.

The Cuban government announced plans to remove wording that would open the island to same-sex marriage from the latest draft of its new constitution. In October, Cubans who protested the controversial amendment hung posters saying, "I'm in favor of the or

Cuba Scraps Words Establishing Same-Sex Marriage From Drafted Constitution

7:21pm December 19, 2018

by Sasha Ingber

The amendment stirred controversy on the island. The National Assembly said this week that eliminating a definition of matrimony was "a way of respecting all opinions."

Canada eliminated a number of obsolete and redundant laws last week — but not soon enough for an Ontario woman charged with fake witchcraft. The East Block of Canada's Parliament Buildings are seen here.

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Woman Charged With Fake Witchcraft, Days Before Canada Scraps Old Law

6:12pm December 19, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

Police say the woman "attempted to elicit funds ... in return for protection from some form [of] potential danger." The law was scrubbed from Canada's criminal code last week.

A new study from the New England Journal of Medicine finds that motor vehicle crashes were one of the leading causes of death among children and adolescents in the U.S. in 2016.

Study: Kids More Likely To Die From Cars And Guns In U.S. Than Elsewhere

5:48pm December 19, 2018

by Joanne Silberner

A New England Journal of Medicine study looks at death rates for children in the U.S. and compares them to rates from countries around the world.