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Members of the National Guard stand guard outside a military base in Tijuana.

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The cartels flexed their power in Tijuana — and now the battle for influence is on

5:00am August 20, 2022

A drug cartel hijacked and burned more than a dozen vehicles across Tijuana and killed innocent bystanders in the region during a spree of violence. But can officials reassure a nervous city?

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Now extinct, a Tasmanian tiger (thylacine) is seen in the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania in 1933.

A plan to bring the Tasmanian tiger back from extinction raises questions

5:00am August 20, 2022

by Bill Chappell

The thylacine had trademark stripes and, rare in the animal world, abdominal pouches in both females and males. The last known specimen died in a zoo in 1936.

An image of Bishop Rolando Álvarez is pinned to a robe on a statue of Jesus Christ at the Cathedral in Matagalpa, Nicaragua, on Friday. Nicaraguan police on Friday raided Alvarez's residence, detaining him and several other priests in an escalation of te

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Nicaraguan police detained a bishop and other priests in a pre-dawn raid

4:09am August 20, 2022

by The Associated Press

President Daniel Ortega's government has moved systematically against voices of dissent, arresting many opposition leaders last year.

Mexico's former Attorney General Jesús Murillo Karam gives a news conference in Mexico City on Dec. 7, 2014. The Mexican Attorney General's Office reported on Friday it has detained Murillo Karam, who was in charge of the investigation into the disappear

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Mexico arrests ex-attorney general in missing students case

2:30am August 20, 2022

by The Associated Press

Prosecutors also announced Friday they had issued arrest warrants in the case against 83 army members, local officials, local police officers and state police, as well as gang members.

A building on the old Grossinger's Hotel property was destroyed after a fire on Tuesday.

A huge blaze engulfs Grossinger's Hotel, the location that inspired "Dirty Dancing"

9:08pm August 19, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

Grossinger's Hotel was a legendary vacationing spot in the New York Catskill Mountains. It was also the site that inspired the setting of "Dirty Dancing."

Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin holds a news conference in Helsinki on Friday after leaked videos showing her partying sparked criticism.

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Finland's prime minister takes a drug test after criticism over her partying

6:13pm August 19, 2022

by Wynne Davis

Calls for Sanna Marin to take a drug test came after leaked videos showed her partying with friends. Marin has said she didn't consume any drugs, but took a test to "clear up any doubts."

Opera star Plácido Domingo at a press conference in Moscow in Oct. 2019.

Classical musicians with ties to Plácido Domingo arrested in Buenos Aires

5:39pm August 19, 2022

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

Musicians who have been publicly linked to Plácido Domingo and other major artists have been arrested in connection to an alleged Argentine crime ring, or are still wanted by police.

The cautionary tale of Japan: Why an L-shaped recession is so undesirable

5:23pm August 19, 2022

Not all economic recessions and recoveries are created equal. Japan's "L-shaped" recovery — which really isn't much of a recovery at all — in the 1990s offers a cautionary tale.

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Russia will let inspectors enter occupied Ukrainian nuclear power plant, Putin says

5:10pm August 19, 2022

by Frank Langfitt

There have been nearly two weeks of shelling around a nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine. President Vladimir Putin said that Russia will allow international inspectors to enter the plant.

The Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra performs at Damrosch Park, Lincoln Center in New York City on Thursday.

Home is never far for the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra, even when touring in the U.S.

4:38pm August 19, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

The ensemble of top Ukrainian musicians, including recent refugees, is wrapping up a whirlwind tour with performances in New York City and Washington, D.C.

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