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Injured goalkeeper Drake Callender to miss US friendly vs. Venezuela, fourth player dropped

Jan. 16, 2025 17:47 PM EST

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Goalkeeper Drake Callender became the fourth player dropped from the roster for the United States' friendly against Venezuela on Saturday. The U.S. Soccer Federation said Thursday that Callender has a minor muscle issue and returned to Inter Miami for...

Venezuela latest: Maduro sworn in for third term as global backlash and sanctions mount

Jan. 10, 2025 22:39 PM EST

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was sworn in for a third six-year term Friday despite international condemnation of his recent reelection as illegitimate, as his administration grows increasingly brazen in cracking down on opponents. The country's...

Former Aston Villa forward Vassilev on US roster ahead of friendlies against Venezuela, Costa Rica

Jan. 06, 2025 16:25 PM EST

CHICAGO (AP) — Former Aston Villa forward Indiana Vassilev was picked Monday for a U.S. training camp ahead of friendlies against Venezuela and Costa Rica and is among 10 players who could make their national team debuts. Vassilev made his first Aston Villa appearance on Jan. 4,...

AI will eavesdrop on world's wildest places to track and help protect endangered wildlife

Dec. 23, 2024 10:51 AM EST

PUERTO JIMÉNEZ, Costa Rica (AP) — The endangered Geoffrey’s spider monkeys that dangle high in the rainforest canopy are elusive and hard for scientists to track. So biologist Jenna Lawson hid 350 audio monitors in trees across Costa Rica's lush Osa Peninsula to spy on them. ...

Regional court faults El Salvador for denying a mother's access to abortion, violating her rights

Dec. 20, 2024 17:38 PM EST

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — The Inter-American Court of Human Rights on Friday found El Salvador’s government responsible for violating the rights of a young Salvadoran woman who was denied an abortion of her anencephalic fetus in a country with a total ban on abortions. The...