Panama deported 29 Colombians on Tuesday on a flight that the government said was the first paid for by the United States under an agreement the two countries signed in July. The Colombians had entered Panama illegally through the Darien jungle, a path used by more than 500,000 migrants headed north last year. The vast majority of those were Venezuelans. But at least for now, Panama is not able to deport Venezuelans because the relationship between the two countries has turned tense since...

Gold prices extended their record run on Tuesday, holding firm above the key $2,500 level, driven by a weaker dollar and growing investor confidence that the Federal Reserve will likely cut interest rates in September. Spot gold rose 0.1% to $2,507.45 per ounce by 11:22 a.m. ET [1522 GMT], after hitting an all-time high of $2,531.60 earlier in the session.

Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., and the two New Jersey businessmen who were convicted last month of bribery on Monday requested that the judge vacate their guilty verdicts, Politico reported. Menendez last month was convicted of bribery, acting as an agent of a foreign government. Prosecutors accused him of taking cash and gold bars from three businessmen in exchange for helping the governments of Qatar and Egypt.

A childhood game can go very wrong in the blink of an eye."You'll never get me!"“Freeze! Put your hands up."If you've ever played cops and robbers, you know how the game goes.John Arthur Greene was 8 and he was playing that game with his older brother Kevin. Only the two brothers played with real guns. Living on a farm, they were both old hands at handling firearms by their ages.The blast from the gun must have startled them both.“We were always extremely safe. They were never loaded," John said.Except this time it was. And John's brother died in his arms while he watched.It happens more often than you would ever want to imagine.In federal data from 2007 to 2011, which is likely under-reported, an average of 62 children were accidentally killed by firearms per year.Here's a chilling example from Everytown for Gun Safety:"In Asheboro, North Carolina, a 26-year-old mother was cleaning her home when she heard a gunshot. Rushing into the living room, she discovered that her three-year-old son had accidentally shot her boyfriend's three-year-old daughter with a .22-caliber rifle the parents had left in the room, loaded and unlocked."And the numbers may actually be getting worse.With an increase in unfettered access to guns and philosophical opposition to gun regulations, the numbers seem to be on the rise. Here's how many accidental shootings happened at the hands of children in 2015 alone, by age:From January 19-26 of 2016 — just one week — at least seven kids were accidentally shot by another kid.If the pace holds up for the rest of the year, America would be looking at over 300 accidental shootings of children, in many cases by children, for the year. That's far too many cases of children either carrying the guilt and pain of having shot a loved one or hurting or killing themselves by accident.John Arthur Greene has been able to manage his feelings of guilt and sorrow through music and by sharing his story for others to hear.He told his story during an audition for the final season of "American Idol." He says music has helped him keep his brother's memory alive:"Right now I lift him up every day and he holds me up. Music is how I coped with everything."It's a powerful reminder. No matter how we each feel about gun safety laws, guns should always be locked away unloaded and kept separately from ammunition.Our babies are too precious to leave it to chance.Watch John Arthur Greene's audition for "American Idol" here:This article originally appeared on 03.07.16

For those of us who grew up in the United States eating lunch in a cafeteria, the idea of looking at a bunch of trays of school food may be less than compelling. But what's surprisingly interesting, however, is what children from the rest of the world are eating instead. Check out these common lunch dishes from around the globe and let us know they seem accurate.The photos were part of a project entitled "School Lunches Around the World" by Sweetgreen In Schools, a program "that educates kids about healthy eating, fitness, and sustainability through fun, hands-on activities."This article originally appeared on 10.30.17

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