Guatemalan prosecutors request that President-elect Bernardo Arévalo be stripped of immunity | AP News

Guatemalan prosecutors request that President-elect Bernardo Arévalo be stripped of immunity | AP News

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala’s Attorney General’s office formally requested Friday that President-elect Bernardo Arévalo and others be stripped of their immunity so it can investigate them for allegedly encouraging the student occupation of the country’s only public university.Cultural Heritage prosecutor Ángel Saúl Sánchez had announced on Thursday that he planned to make the request

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Salmonella in cantaloupes sickens dozens in 15 states, U.S. health officials say | AP News

Salmonella in cantaloupes sickens dozens in 15 states, U.S. health officials say | AP News

U.S. health officials are warning consumers not to eat certain whole and cut cantaloupes and pre-cut fruit products linked to an outbreak of salmonella poisoning. At least 43 people in 15 states have been infected in the outbreak announced Friday, including 17 people who were hospitalized. Several brands of whole and pre-cut cantaloupes and pre-cut

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Rio’s iconic Christ statue welcomes Taylor Swift with open arms thanks to Swifties and a priest | AP News

Rio’s iconic Christ statue welcomes Taylor Swift with open arms thanks to Swifties and a priest | AP News

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Welcome to Brazil, Taylor Swift, it’s been waiting for you.As her sweep of Rio de Janeiro shows got underway this week, the pop superstar and her legions of devoted fans were greeted by the wide-open arms of the world’s most-famous Christ statue, sporting a projected image of a Swift-inspired T-shirt.The

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