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Sporting Kansas City midfielder Roger Espinoza (15) during the second half of an MLS soccer match against Atlanta United, Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022, in Atlanta. Espinoza, whose last game with Kansas City was in the Western Conference semifinals last November, announced his retirement on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Danny Karnik, File)

Longtime Sporting KC midfielder Roger Espinoza officially retires from pro soccer

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Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, second from right, is taken in handcuffs to a waiting aircraft as he is extradited to the United States, at an Air Force base in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, April 21, 2022. Hernandez was sentenced Wednesday, June 26, 2024 in New York, for his conviction on charges that he enabled drug traffickers to use his military and national police force to help get tons of cocaine into the United States. (AP Photo/Elmer Martinez, File)

Former Honduran president gets 45 years for helping traffickers get tons of cocaine into U.S.

By Larry Neumeister - Associated Press

Migrants from Haiti, Africa, and Central America wait to see if their number will be called to cross the border and apply for asylum in the United States, at the El Chaparral border crossing in Tijuana, Mexico, Friday, Sept. 13, 2019. Dozens of immigrants lined up Friday at a major Tijuana border crossing waiting to learn how the Trump administration's radical new restrictions on who qualifies for asylum would affect the tens of thousands of migrants stuck on the Mexican border seeking refuge.(AP Photo/Emilio Espejel)

Federal audit dings Kamala Harris’ border czar plan to tackle ‘root cause’ of illegal immigration

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

The Icon of the Seas, the world's largest cruise ship, sits docked after arriving to its home port in Miami, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024. Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas is leaving South Florida on Saturday, Jan. 27, for its first seven-day island-hopping voyage through the tropics. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell) **FILE**

World’s biggest cruise ship Icon of the Seas rescues 14 Cuban migrants adrift at sea

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Mosquito pupae are separated by sex inside a World Mosquito Program factory, in Medellin, Colombia, Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023. The mosquitoes are bred by scientists at the factory to carry the bacteria Wolbachia, which interrupts the transmission of dengue. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)

Old enemies become allies as special mosquitos are bred to fight dengue

By María Verza and Maddie Burakoff - Associated Press

Mosquito pupae are separated by sex inside a World Mosquito Program factory, in Medellin, Colombia, Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023. The mosquitoes are bred by scientists at the factory to carry the bacteria Wolbachia, which interrupts the transmission of dengue. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)

Mosquitoes, long the enemy, are now bred to help prevent the spread of dengue fever

By MARía Verza and Maddie Burakoff - Associated Press

This image provided by Planet Labs PBC shows Great Swan Island or the Islas del Cisne in Honduras, on July 13, 2023. Honduras says it will build a maximum security prison on this tiny island off its Caribbean coast to contain the leaders of the country’s most fearsome gangs. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

Honduras wants to build West’s only island prison colony and lock gangsters inside

By Marlon Gonzalez and Megan Janetsky - Associated Press

A Border Patrol agent watches as a group of migrants walks across the Rio Grande on their way to turn themselves in upon crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, Tuesday, June 15, 2021, in Del Rio, Texas. U.S. government data shows that 42% of all families encountered along the border in May hailed from places other than Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras — the traditional drivers of migratory trends. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) **FILE**

DHS renews deportation amnesty for 350,000 migrants

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Honduras' President Xiomara Castro waves as she arrives in Shanghai, China, Friday, June 9, 2023. Honduran President Xiomara Castro arrived in Shanghai on Friday on her first visit since China established ties with Honduras, pulling it away from former diplomatic ally Taiwan. (Gao Feng/Xinhua via AP)

Honduras opens embassy in China after breaking off ties with Taiwan

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In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Honduras' President Xiomara Castro waves as she arrives in Shanghai, China, Friday, June 9, 2023. Honduran President Xiomara Castro arrived in Shanghai on Friday on her first visit since China established ties with Honduras, pulling it away from former diplomatic ally Taiwan. (Gao Feng/Xinhua via AP)

Honduran president begins first visit to China since breaking off ties with Taiwan

By Simina Mistreanu - Associated Press

Asylum seeker Teodoso Vargas shows bullet wounds to his torso, after being shot nine times during a robbery in his native Honduras, Monday, May 22, 2023, as he waits to apply for asylum in the border city of Tijuana, Mexico. Asylum-seekers say joy over the end of the public health restriction known as Title 42 this month is turning into anguish with the realization of how the Biden administration's new rules affect them. Though the government opened some new avenues for immigration, many people's fate is largely left up to a U.S. government app that is limited and unable to decipher and prioritize human suffering and personal risk. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Asylum-seekers say joy over end of Title 42 turns to anguish induced by new US rules

By Julie Watson and Gisela Salomon - Associated Press

Migrants wait in line adjacent to the border fence under the watch of the Texas National Guard to enter into El Paso, Texas, Wednesday, May 10, 2023. U.S. authorities say an 8-year-old girl died Wednesday, May 17, in Border Patrol custody, a rare occurrence that comes as the agency struggles with overcrowding. The Border Patrol had 28,717 people in custody on May 10, the day before pandemic-related asylum restrictions expired, which was double from two weeks earlier, according to a court filing. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton, File)

Death of 8-year-old girl in Border Patrol custody highlights challenges providing medical care

By Elliot Spagat - Associated Press

Honduras Foreign Minister Eduardo Enrique Reina Garcia, left, and Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang raise a toast following the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, at a ceremony in the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing Sunday, March 26, 2023. Honduras formed diplomatic ties with China on Sunday after breaking off relations with Taiwan, which is increasingly isolated and now recognized by only 13 sovereign states, including Vatican City. (Greg Baker/Pool Photo via AP)

Honduras establishes ties with China after Taiwan break

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this file photo released by the Taiwan Presidential Office, then outgoing Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, left, exchanges gifts with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen during a meeting in Taipei, Taiwan on Nov. 13, 2021. Taiwan says it recalled its ambassador to Honduras on Thursday, March 23, 2023, amid moves by the Central American country to establish formal diplomatic ties with China. (Taiwan Presidential Office via AP, File)

Taiwan recalls ambassador as Honduras switches ties to China

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Honduras' President Xiomara Castro waves during the swearing-in ceremony for Colombia's President Gustavo Petro in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022. Castro announced on Tuesday, March 14, 2023, that Honduras under her administration is opening diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File)

Honduras will seek to establish diplomatic ties with China

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