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Mexicans Question Whether 'El Chapo' Really Escaped Through Prison Tunnel

1:59pm August 12, 2015

Many Mexicans believe Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman walked out the prison's front door. David Greene talks to William Neuman, the Latin America correspondent for The New York Times.

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The crowded streets of Kolkata, India, are only going to get more crowded.

11 Billion People By 2100 — And India Will Be More Populous Than China

12:04pm August 12, 2015

by Jason Beaubien

The number of people on the planet is growing at the fastest rate in history. U.N. demographers say the world's population will be up by 4 billion at the end of the century.

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Stephanie Acosta of El Paso, Texas, crosses the finish line after running a 10K race from the United States into Mexico.

El Paso-Juarez Race Reunites 2 Border Cities

4:09pm August 10, 2015

by Monica Ortiz Uribe

After the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, life changed along U.S.-Mexico border towns as border security became a top priority. There's been a thaw, and runners again ran a 10K between El Paso and Juarez.

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On The Eve Of Dominican Day Parade, A Deportation Policy Draws Criticism

2:46pm August 09, 2015

by Alexandra Starr

The controversy over the Dominican Republic's policy to deport thousands of people of Haitian descent is reverberating through Caribbean-American communities in New York City.

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Haiti Elections Seen As A Test Of Stability

12:52pm August 08, 2015

by Peter Granitz

Haitians vote on Sunday in legislative elections. The nation has been without lawmakers since parliament was disbanded in January, and the vote is more than three years overdue.

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Weaving is only the first step. From the weaver the hat passes through the hands of a series of artisans with Hemingway-esque titles: the rematador, the cortador, the apeleador and the planchador.

He's Just Woven The World's Finest Panama Hat. But Who Will Buy It?

7:03am August 08, 2015

by Roff Smith

We visit one of the last — and best — practitioners of this vanishing art. Like his predecessors, he lives in Ecuador, not Panama.

Will Brazil Be Ready For Summer Olympics? The Athletes Weigh In

5:37pm August 07, 2015

by Lourdes Garcia-Navarro

In Brazil, the countdown has begun for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Brazilian organizers say everything is on track, but concerns persist over the water quality for some of the events.

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In this July 19 photo released by the U.S. Coast Guard, a crew removes some of the 12,000 pounds of cocaine seized from a semi-submersible vessel in Pacific waters south of Mexico.

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U.S. Coast Guard Seizes $181 Million In Cocaine In Massive Bust

1:37pm August 07, 2015

by Brakkton Booker

A self-propelled, semi-submersible vessel was spotted some 200 miles south of Mexico. It turned out to be carrying more than 16,000 pounds of cocaine.

Ricardo "Cobe" Williams, wearing the cap, served time for attempted murder before joining CeaseFire as a "violence interrupter." Above, he talks with Lil Mikey in a scene from the documentary The Interrupters. Lil Mikey, who'd also been in prison, went on

You Can Stop Gun Violence The Same Way You Stop AIDS Or TB

9:25am August 07, 2015

by Amy Costello

Epidemiologist Gary Slutkin has taken the lessons he's learned fighting TB and HIV/AIDS and applied them to stop the spread of gun violence. Because like those diseases, violence is contagious.

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Neves Will Face Incumbent Rousseff In Brazil's Runoff Election

2:52pm August 06, 2015

by Camila Domonoske

In Sunday's presidential election, incumbent Dilma Rousseff and right-of-center candidate Aecio Neves came out on top. Marina Silva, the environmentalist Socialist candidate, trailed far behind.