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The great-grandson of the legendary Lakota Sioux Chief Sitting Bull has been confirmed as his closest living relative using an innovative new DNA technique applied to hair taken from the Native American leader's scalp lock. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - Regions - Americas https://ift.tt/3pKH0ZT

Haiti's Senate leader Joseph Lambert has joined calls for embattled Prime Minister Ariel Henry to resign. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - Regions - Americas https://ift.tt/3pLA1QB

A Brazilian commission investigating the government's handling of the Covid-19 pandemic has voted in favor of charges against President Jair Bolsonaro, among others. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - Regions - Americas https://ift.tt/2ZylPzp

Consider it a win for 18th century technology over late 20th century criminal innovation. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - Regions - Americas https://ift.tt/3bfDNsE

A fire broke out on Saturday on containers on a cargo ship carrying mining chemicals off British Columbia, and the Canadian Coast Guard said it is working with the U.S. Coast Guard to assess the situation, including environmental hazards. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - Regions - Americas https://ift.tt/3b3eeeD

Colombia's most-wanted drug lord Otoniel has been captured by authorities in what has been heralded as the biggest blow to the country's narcotics traffickers in decades. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - Regions - Americas https://ift.tt/3pwRADJ

The soprano's voice lifts into the Santiago night sky, breaking the silence of the Chilean government-imposed curfew. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - Regions - Americas https://ift.tt/2rsXObX

Loretta Miller lost several grandchildren in the massacre miles up the road from her remote Mormon community in Mexico. Her job lately has been to comfort several other grandchildren who remain. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - Regions - Americas https://ift.tt/36FC2Se

A newly-released NASA study has found the atmosphere over the Amazon rainforest in South America has been drying out over the past 20 years and that human activity is the primary cause. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - Regions - Americas https://ift.tt/2Cmh78G

Inside a torched car riddled with bullet holes, a 7-month-old baby -- aptly named Faith -- was found alive. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - Regions - Americas https://ift.tt/2qtLTtK

Their Mormon ancestors first arrived in Mexico in the 1880s, completing an arduous journey by wagon train or rail to a strange land they believed to be free of the prosecution they faced in the United States for their polygamist practices. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - Regions - Americas https://ift.tt/2PTEO0o

An architecture firm in the city of Monterrey, Mexico, has come up with a solution to build affordable homes for the city's construction workers. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - Regions - Americas https://ift.tt/2LRDjin

Malnourishment and lack of clean water and sanitation lead to growth and cognitive impairment, which is a crucial problem for children in Guatemala. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - Regions - Americas https://ift.tt/2O4UpWy

Injuries were reported after two Mexico City metro trains crashed Monday. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - Regions - Americas https://ift.tt/2LMOJUx

An international rights group is pressing the Paraguayan government to allow an abortion for a 10-year-old girl who allegedly was impregnated by her stepfather. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - Regions - Americas https://ift.tt/2O8sYet

Chile's Calbuco Volcano has erupted three times since April 22. View pictures of the eruptions, the first in more than four decades. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - Regions - Americas https://ift.tt/2LPa9R4

Barbados has elected its first-ever president to replace Britain's Queen Elizabeth as head of state, in a decisive step toward shedding the Caribbean island's colonial past. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - Regions - Americas https://ift.tt/3GalJyB

The leader of the Haitian gang who kidnapped 17 US and Canadian missionaries has threatened to kill the hostages if he doesn't get what he's demanding, according to a video released Thursday. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - Regions - Americas https://ift.tt/3nmDSRk

Canada is launching a standardized proof of vaccination credential in the coming weeks for both domestic and international travel. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - Regions - Americas https://ift.tt/3vwCHlU

Brazilian senators investigating President Jair Bolsonaro's handling of the pandemic decided late on Tuesday to withdraw recommendations for charges of mass homicide and genocide against him, CNN affiliate CNN Brasil reported. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - Regions - Americas https://ift.tt/2Z5J4kq

The danger was visible all around them, long before a group of Christian Aid Ministries missionaries and children were abducted from the road in Haiti. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - Regions - Americas https://ift.tt/2Z7GMAA

A Brazilian congressional panel is set to recommend mass homicide charges against President Jair Bolsonaro over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, according a leaked government report seen by CNN on Tuesday. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - Regions - Americas https://ift.tt/2Z5MbrT

The gang that kidnapped a group of 17 American and Canadian missionaries in Haiti has asked for $1 million each for their release, a top Haitian official said Monday, according to the Wall Street Journal. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - Regions - Americas https://ift.tt/3pftX2l

Colombia may have finally found a solution to one of the lesser-known legacies of notorious drug trafficker Pablo Escobar: invasive hippos. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - Regions - Americas https://ift.tt/2XosJGu

One of Haiti's most powerful gangs -- the 400 Mawozo -- is believed to be behind the kidnapping of 17 American and Canadian missionaries, a source in the Caribbean country's security forces told CNN Sunday. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - Regions - Americas https://ift.tt/3lOdEqZ

The US alleges Saab was behind a corruption network involving a government-subsidized food program that stole hundreds of millions of dollars from the Venezuelan people. Saab's lawyer alleges his client's extradition violated international law. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - Regions - Americas https://ift.tt/3lOQPDV

Read CNN's Fast Facts about Wayne Gretzky and learn about the Hall of Fame hockey player called "The Great One." from CNN.com - RSS Channel - Regions - Americas https://ift.tt/3mYXN8t

As many as 17 American missionaries have been reported kidnapped by gang members in Haiti on Saturday, including 14 adults and three minors, a source in Haiti's security forces told CNN. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - Regions - Americas https://ift.tt/30ADNSb

The killing of two Venezuelan boys in Colombia is rapidly escalating into a diplomatic row with neighboring Venezuela. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - Regions - Americas https://ift.tt/3p587yA

The drowning of two young boys in a river in the Brazilian state of Roraima has local community leaders asking if illegal mining played a role, amid a national debate over protections for Brazil's Indigenous communities and their lands. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - Regions - Americas https://ift.tt/3aGI4VP

An unprecedented humanitarian crisis is unfolding across Latin America, where the number of migrants has skyrocketed in recent years. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - Regions - Americas https://ift.tt/2YMAUxd

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said he decided not to get a Covid-19 vaccine, in an on-air interview with Jovem Pan radio on Tuesday night. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - Regions - Americas https://ift.tt/3DEeTiJ

A group of climate lawyers has urged the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro for his alleged attacks on the Amazon, which they say amount to "crimes against humanity." from CNN.com - RSS Channel - Regions - Americas https://ift.tt/3BzvT93

Charred seeds found in an ancient hearth in what's now Utah suggest that humans used tobacco more than 12,000 years ago -- 9,000 years earlier than previously documented. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - Regions - Americas https://ift.tt/3mJY1QF

A record number of children crossed on foot the treacherous stretch of jungle between Colombia and Panama known as the Darien Gap this year, according to UNICEF: 19,000, half of whom were under five years old. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - Regions - Americas https://ift.tt/2YwFH5f

Brazil on Friday surpassed the grim milestone of 600,000 Covid-19 deaths, the second-highest number of fatalities in the world after the United States, according to John Hopkins University data. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - Regions - Americas https://ift.tt/3BtcvL9

With the arrival of American Sign Language, HSL has all but disappeared. Its last remaining users are fighting to preserve it from CNN.com - RSS Channel - Regions - Americas https://ift.tt/3uSQUZQ

Just four years ago, the half dozen teenage girls from Afghanistan strode confidently into competition, waving their country's flag. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - Regions - Americas https://ift.tt/3ljVopp

Police found a collection of more than 8,000 items of Nazi memorabilia on Tuesday at the house of a pedophile suspect in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - Regions - Americas https://ift.tt/2WRnmiN

In September, CNNE obtained exclusive access to Lacatunga Penitentiary. The walls of the pavilions displayed graffiti from the two main gangs that rule Ecuador's underground, Los Lobos and Los Choneros. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - Regions - Americas https://ift.tt/3FmGBSS

Peru's former president, Alberto Fujimori, is currently in "delicate" condition, after suffering heart issues, according to his daughter. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - Regions - Americas https://ift.tt/3BbsD3R

Until just a few weeks ago, Rockefeller Vincent was the ultimate insider in the investigation into the still-unsolved assassination of Haiti's former president Jovenel Moise, who was brutally gunned down in his bedroom in July. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - Regions - Americas https://ift.tt/3mrmYAx

Cuba's state media on Sunday lashed out after nearly a dozen Cuban baseball players defected in Mexico -- believed to be one of the country's largest and most embarrassing known incidents of mass defection in years. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - Regions - Americas https://ift.tt/3ovtZCM

Check out CNN's Carlos the Jackal Fast Facts for a look at the life of one of the world's most wanted terrorists. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - Regions - Americas https://ift.tt/2OYYuwf

Protesters returned to the streets in major cities across Brazil on Saturday, calling for the impeachment of President Jair Bolsonaro amid worsening economic conditions, rising unemployment, and hunger in the Covid-wracked country. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - Regions - Americas https://ift.tt/3B606wq

Ecuador plans to pardon and commute thousands of sentences in order to free up space in the country's prisons following a deadly riot at a penitentiary in the coastal city of Guayaquil this week. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - Regions - Americas https://ift.tt/3D2pnrZ