7 Places to Take a Beach Getaway During Hurricane Season

Fall brings lower prices and fewer crowds, but more risk of hurricanes. Here are some spots to enjoy late-season sand and surf without so much uncertainty.

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Abrego Garcia’s Lawyers Say U.S. Officials Tried to Use Uganda Deportation Threat to ‘Coerce’ Guilty Plea

Officials dangled an offer to send Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia to Costa Rica if he pleaded guilty to criminal charges, the lawyers said in a filing, then threatened to send him to Uganda if he did not.

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Refugees Worry: Is Nicaragua Running Assassination Operations in Costa Rica?

After a Nicaraguan human rights activist who had fled to Costa Rica was killed, concern has grown that the Ortega government may be targeting its enemies abroad.

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Interpol Arrests 20 Over Network That Distributed Child Sex Abuse Material

The international sweep included arrests in 12 countries across Europe and the Americas. The agency said there were also dozens of other suspects.

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U.S. Man Who Lived Abroad With Family’s Nanny Is Charged in Wife’s Murder

A man who appeared to be a grieving husband after he found his wife fatally shot at their Georgia business in 2006 was arrested this week and charged in her killing, officials said.

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US Lining Up More Countries to Take Its Deportees

Besides El Salvador, where the United States has already sent detainees, Rwanda and Libya have records of mistreating migrant detainees.

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Costa Rica Tells Trump Deportees They Can Stay and Intergrate, or Leave

The country is taking action to “protect” dozens of migrants from faraway nations who were deported from the United States and until recently, were indefinitely detained.

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Costa Rica Violated Rights of 81 Migrant Children Deported by U.S., Lawsuit Says

A legal challenge filed Thursday aims to encourage Central American countries to push back against the Trump administration’s immigration policies.

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What to Know About Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Miller Gardner, the 14-year-old son of the retired Yankees player Brett Gardner, died from carbon monoxide poisoning while on vacation in Costa Rica. Here’s why the gas is so dangerous.

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Leonardo Patterson, Disgraced Dealer in Latin American Artifacts, Dies at 82

Born into rural poverty, he climbed to the top of the art market. But he fell after being convicted of selling fake and stolen items.

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