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Brazil COVID-19 Cases Climb As Deaths Overwhelm Hospitals And Funeral Services

4:20pm March 18, 2021

by Philip Reeves

Brazil is experiencing an even more dire COVID-19 with more people now dying there every day than in the United States. Hospitals and funeral services have become overwhelmed as cases climb.

Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández (left) speaks with then-Vice President Biden during a news conference in Guatemala City on March 2, 2015. Leaders from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras were meeting with Biden for two days of talks about child

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With Honduras' Narco Allegations, Pressure Rises To Sanction Its Leader

3:51pm March 18, 2021

by James Fredrick

U.S. prosecutors say President Juan Orlando Hernández enabled drug trafficking into the U.S., and Democratic lawmakers want punishment. It comes as President Biden seeks Central American aid.

Biden Aims To Tackle Root Cause Of Migrants Massing At U.S. Border

7:36am March 18, 2021

The Biden administration wants to work with Central American countries to stem the flow of migration to the U.S., but concerns about corruption means implementing the policies likely won't be smooth.

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News Brief: Spa Killings, Border Crisis, Alcoholic Liver Diseases

6:05am March 18, 2021

The man accused of killing eight people in the Atlanta area is to be arraigned Thursday. The White House grapples with how to handle the migrant influx. Alcoholic liver diseases increase sharply.

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News Brief: Atlanta-Area Shootings, Border Crisis, Relief For Landlords

1:14pm March 17, 2021

Police in Georgia are investigating a series of deadly shootings in the Atlanta area. The humanitarian crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border is growing. Without people paying rent, landlord are struggling.

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Migrant Surge At Border Is On Pace To Be The Biggest In Nearly 2 Decades

8:17am March 17, 2021

by Angela Kocherga

President Biden is telling migrants "don't come," as a humanitarian crisis grows at the U.S. border with Mexico. The administration is sending most people who cross the border back to Mexico.

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El Paso Group Provides Legal Help To Unaccompanied Migrant Minors Held At The Border

4:07pm March 16, 2021

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Melissa Lopez, immigration attorney and director of Diocesan Migrant & Refugee Services in El Paso, Texas, about the unaccompanied migrant children arriving at the border.

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Growth of coronavirus cases around the world (as of March 14)

Coronavirus World Map: We've Now Passed The 100 Million Mark For Infections

8:21am March 16, 2021

A map of confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths around the world. The respiratory disease has spread rapidly across six continents and has killed at least 2 million globally.

Republicans Visit U.S.-Mexico Border Amid Increase In Border-Crossing Attempts

4:26pm March 15, 2021

by Angela Kocherga

On Monday, House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy led a group of Republican lawmakers to the U.S. southern border in Texas amid a jump in the number of migrants showing up at the border.

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News Brief: Pandemic Anniversary, Border Crossings, Cuomo Allegations

7:14am March 11, 2021

It's been a year since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic. The number of unaccompanied minors arriving at the U.S. border rises. Another woman accuses N.Y. Gov. Cuomo of inappropriate sexual conduct.

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