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It is estimated that some 10 million people speak it, especially in Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina, and Bolivia. It is also an official language of the Mercosur trade bloc

Legislators have reached an agreement to extend a system that has brought about a shift, making lower-middle class students the majority

They already face gaps in health care and nursing home facilities properly trained to meet their needs. That’s likely to be compounded by restrictions to transgender health care

A child’s tomb in the cemetery of the Peruvian city was vandalized. Another body was stolen from the morgue

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published two studies Thursday about the health impacts of the smoke, which shrouded city skylines with an orange haze in late spring. A medical journal also released a study this week

The Republican Party doesn’t seem able to reconcile rising concerns about climate change — especially young people — with the GOP’s older base, which largely rejects climate science as a liberal conspiracy theory

At least two-dozen women have come forward in recent months not only about sexual assaults, unwanted touching and coercion but of what they contend is a campaign by the spy agency to keep them from speaking out

Trump and 18 others were indicted last week, accused by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis of participating in a sprawling scheme to undermine the will of Georgia voters

The complex push-pull over Maui stream diversions recalls other battles over water rights in drought-stricken Western states that have pitted Native American tribes against farmers and farmers against urban areas

Retail sales at restaurants and bars surged from May through July compared with a year ago, despite prices remaining relatively elevated

The gunman was a retired law enforcement officer. The shooting occurred Wednesday evening at Cook’s Corner in rural Trabuco Canyon in Orange County

It took more than an hour for moderators to ask about Trump’s legal battles, a discussion previewed with a video of the Atlanta jail where he will surrender on charges Thursday

The security challenges facing the country do not eclipse the friendly nature of its inhabitants and the ease of forging new relationships

DeSantis tries to take advantage of this first head-to-head to close the gap with the former president, while the rest of the pack hoped to stand out

The former president broadcasted a conversation with the controversial presenter Tucker Carlson through social networks, just before the start of the first GOP primary debate

As DeSantis prepares for the first GOP presidential debate on Wednesday night, he is one of the country’s most popular Republican politicians and a top contender for the party’s nomination

Three crew members allege cost-cutting endangered the cast and crew as the actor-producer skipped his own safety training

The increase likely reflects expanded insurance coverage for transgender care after the Obama administration and that some states actively discouraged discrimination based on gender identity

Eric Molitor and twin brothers William Null and Michael Null are charged in Antrim County Circuit Court with providing material support for terrorist acts and illegally possessing firearms. They have pleaded not guilty

The harsh heat wave has led to deaths, broken records, damaged Texas roads and water lines, and evacuated a nursing home

The storm is expected to swirl most of the day above the island of Hispaniola that the Dominican Republic shares with Haiti. Forecasters say Franklin could dump up to 12 inches of rain, with as much as 16 inches for Hispaniola’s central region

Some 1,000 to 1,100 names remain on a tentative, unconfirmed list of people unaccounted for after wildfires destroyed the historic seaside community of Lahaina on Maui

The former New York mayor was indicted last week along with Trump and 17 others

Missing the two-hour debate would be a major setback for Burgum, who is the least known of the eight candidates expected to take the stage in Milwaukee

Protasiewicz, who was backed by Democrats in her winning election in April, never said how she would rule on a redistricting lawsuit

Dominion Energy and the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority ceremonially broke ground on the 835-acre project Tuesday

More than half the states have enacted substantive new laws this year regarding gun policies or school safety measures — most often tightening firearm restrictions in Democratic-led states and loosening them in Republican-led ones