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A baseball lies on packed dirt after for a short batting practice during a tour of the under construction baseball field at the new Texas Rangers stadium in Arlington, Texas, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Study: Inconsistent seams, player behavior behind HR uptick

By JAKE SEINER - Associated Press

U.S. forward Carli Lloyd, center, celebrates her goal against the Costa Rica with Emily Sonnett, left, and Christen Press during the first half of an international friendly soccer match Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019, in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

US women beat Costa Rica 6-0 in 2019 finale

By JEFF ELLIOTT - Associated Press

Some supermarket goods lie in the isles after an earthquake in Puerto Armuelles, Panama, Sunday, May 12, 2019. Authorities had no reports of serious damage or injuries more than two hours after the 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck a lightly populated area of Panama near its border with Costa Rica. (AP Photo)

2 hurt as magnitude 6.1 earthquake shakes northern Panama

By JUAN ZAMORANO and JAVIER CORDOBA - Associated Press

Former Mayor of Tallahassee Andrew Gillum addresses the media after it was announced that he settled in his case with the Florida Commission on Ethics Wednesday, April 24, 2019. Gillum settled with the Florida Commission on Ethics and agreed to pay a $5,000 fine to settle an ethics complaint that he violated civil law by accepting a gift from a lobbyist. The state Ethics Commission agreed to drop four additional counts of violations. (Alicia Devine/Tallahassee Democrat via AP)

Andrew Gillum settles ethics complaint over lobbyist gifts

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FILE - In this Friday, Nov. 2, 2018 file photo, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum speaks during a campaign rally, in Miami. Former Florida gubernatorial candidate Gillum faces an administrative hearing Wednesday, April 24, 2019, over allegations he improperly accepted gifts from lobbyists. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Ex-Florida gov candidate Gillum fined in ethics case

By ELLIS RUA - Associated Press

Illustration on the Costa Rican exeption to migrant trends by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

The exception that is Costa Rica

By Cal Thomas

In this March 29, 2019 photo, Nicaraguan exile, who wishes to only be identified by her nickname &quot;La Profe&quot;, Spanish for &quot;the teacher&quot;, begs for spare change in Alajuela, Costa Rica. She fled during the so-called Operation Cleanup launched by Daniel Ortega last July, which the United Nations has termed a “witch hunt” aimed at suppressing dissent. She holds a sign with a message that reads in Spanish: &quot;I am Nicaraguan and I need 5 or 10 colones to be able to buy food and pay for a roof to sleep under. Hands that give are never empty. May God bless Costa Rica and Nicaragua.&quot; (AP Photo/Carlos Gonzalez)

Fate in limbo, many Nicaraguan exiles struggle in Costa Rica

By MARIO NEGRINI and MARIA VERZA - Associated Press

In this Monday, March 11, 2019, photo, Costa Rican president Carlos Alvarado poses for a photo before an interview with The Associated Press in Seattle. Alvarado said that Central America should not be satisfied until Nicaragua holds free elections and re-establishes a free press, democracy and human rights guarantees, and that turmoil in Nicaragua is having an impact on regional immigration and the economy. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Costa Rica president wants free elections for Nicaragua

By MANUEL VALDES - Associated Press

Man accused of embezzling $36M sent back to Los Angeles

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A woman holds up a sign with a line drawing depicting Costa Rica’s ex-President Oscar Arias and a message that reads in Spanish: “WANTED: Oscar Arias Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Violator”, during a protest by women activists under the slogan &quot;Yo te creo,&quot; or &quot;I believe you,” in San Jose, Costa Rica, Friday Feb. 8, 2019. At least five women have accused Arias of actions ranging from unwelcome fondling or sexual innuendo to sexual assault. (AP Photo/Carlos Gonzalez)

Nevada woman is the 6th to accuse Arias of sexual misconduct

By SCOTT SONNER and DEEPTI HAJELA - Associated Press

A woman holds up a sign with a line drawing depicting Costa Rica’s ex-President Oscar Arias and a message that reads in Spanish: “WANTED: Oscar Arias Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Violator”, during a protest by women activists under the slogan &quot;Yo te creo,&quot; or &quot;I believe you,” in San Jose, Costa Rica, Friday Feb. 8, 2019. At least five women have accused Arias of actions ranging from unwelcome fondling or sexual innuendo to sexual assault. (AP Photo/Carlos Gonzalez)

The Latest: Arias accused of misconduct in Reno in 1998

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Emma Daly, communications director for Human Rights Watch, gives an interview about her 1990 encounter with former Costa Rican President Oscar Arias, in New York, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019. Daly said the former president groped her in a hotel lobby in Nicaragua in 1990 when she was working as a young journalist based in Costa Rica, bringing the number of women accusing Arias of sexual misconduct to four. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

More women come forward after Arias sexual assault complaint

By JAVIER CORDOBA and DEEPTI HAJELA - Associated Press

Costa Rica goalkeeper Esteban Alvarado (1) blocks a shot by United States midfielder Christian Roldan (10) during the first half of an international friendly soccer match on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019, in San Jose, Calif. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)

Lletget leads US to 2nd straight win under Berhalter

By JOSH DUBOW - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2018 file photo, Andrew Gillum the Democrat candidate for governor speaks at a news conference in Tallahassee, Fla. Florida's ethics commission says there is probable cause that Gillum violated the state's ethics law. The commission voted Friday, Jan. 25, 2019, in a closed-door meeting to proceed with charges against Gillum. (AP Photo/Steve Cannon, File)

Florida’s ethics commission says Gillum may have broken law

By GARY FINEOUT - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2008 file photo, journalist Carlos Fernando Chamorro, who runs the Communication Research Center, Cinco, is surrounded by the police as a search warrant is carried out at Cinco's facilities in Managua, Nicaragua. The prominent Nicaraguan journalist announced in a video posted Monday, Jan. 21, 2019 to his Confidencial Facebook page that he had taken “the painful decision to go into exile to ensure my freedom and physical safety, and above all to carry on independent journalism from Costa Rica.” (AP Photo/Esteban Felix, File)

Top journo who fled Nicaragua says nation’s press threatened

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2008 file photo, journalist Carlos Fernando Chamorro, who runs the Communication Research Center, Cinco, is surrounded by the police as a search warrant is carried out at Cinco's facilities in Managua, Nicaragua. The prominent Nicaraguan journalist announced in a video posted Monday, Jan. 21, 2019 to his Confidencial Facebook page that he had taken “the painful decision to go into exile to ensure my freedom and physical safety, and above all to carry on independent journalism from Costa Rica.” (AP Photo/Esteban Felix, File)

Top journalist Carlos Chamorro flees Nicaragua, cites raids

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN - Associated Press

Police in Costa Rica, Spain arrest kidnappers of American

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Arrests made in Costa Rican kidnapping of American

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Family of Florida woman slain in Costa Rica files lawsuit

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Police car lights. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Father IDs body of Florida woman slain in Costa Rica

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