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ICE Drops Deportation Threat Against Chinese Student Joining U.S. Army

The immigrants were brought into the military — which offers a track to citizenship — because they provide hard-to-find skills and languages. A slow-moving vetting program had put their visas at risk.

Ivan Duque, presidential candidate for the Democratic Center, and his vice presidential candidate Marta Lucia Ramirez, raise arms after winning the first round of Colombia's presidential election. A runoff with Gustavo Petro will be held June 17.

Colombia's Presidential Election Moves To A 2nd Round Pitting Right Against Left

Right-wing candidate Ivan Duque won a place in Colombia's June presidential runoff against leftist Gustavo Petro. That has some worried that a fragile peace pact with Marxist rebels could unravel.

New Illinois Governor Has Unions Bristling Less Than A Month Into The Job

Illinois' new Republican governor is taking a page in politics from other Midwestern states. Bruce Rauner is setting policies that have government labor unions bristling and he hasn't even been on the job for a month.

Trump's Nominee To Be The Next Head Of NASA Prepares For Senate Hearing

President Trump's pick for the next head of NASA, Rep. Jim Bridenstine, R-Okla., will have his Senate nomination hearing on Wednesday. He's been controversial because of his views on climate change.

Choir's Performance At Trump Inauguration Divides Mormons

The Mormon Tabernacle Choir will perform at the inauguration of Donald Trump. That move is not going over well with some members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Cubans Celebrate The Return Of Three Last Spies

The three intelligence agents were the remaining imprisoned members of the Cuban Five spy ring. Cubans view them as heroes: Their faces are everywhere, and Cubans even know them by their first names.

Authorities are setting up a temporary hospital with 1,000 beds at the Jacob K. Javits Center on Friday in New York City. The city is bracing for an overwhelming tide of patients, as its number of confirmed cases continues to rise.

More Than 2,000 Americans Have Now Died From The Coronavirus

The U.S. hit the grim milestone on Saturday night after the number of coronavirus-related deaths doubled in two days.

Antibody test cartridges used in diagnosing the coronavirus move along on a production line at Boditech Med in Chuncheon, South Korea. By Friday, authorities had identified 163 patients who tested positive again after a full recovery.

In South Korea, A Growing Number Of COVID-19 Patients Test Positive After Recovery

By Friday, South Korean authorities had identified 163 patients who tested positive again after a full recovery. The number more than doubled in about a week, up from 74 cases on April 9.

Women wearing face masks stand at a safe distance to help curb the spread of the new coronavirus, as they wait for food assigned to their children outside a school in Xesuj, Guatemala, where many residents depend on remittances, largely from the U.S. The fallout from the pandemic is cutting into the financial lifelines for people across Latin America, Africa and Asia.

COVID-19 Is Cutting Into Vital Money U.S. Migrant Workers Send Back Home

A remittances expert estimates the money sent back to Latin America and the Caribbean could decline by 7%.

In New York City, 42nd Street stands mostly empty as much of the city is void of cars and pedestrians over fears of spreading the coronavirus.

Opinion: Remembering Some Of Those We've Already Lost To The Pandemic

We often think of fatality rates as statistics — numbers on a chart. But each one represents a real person. NPR's Scott Simon reflects on some of those who have been lost so far in the pandemic.

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