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2 weeks ago | 
nbcnews.com | George Solis |Carlos Catire
/ Updated By and Pope Francis has been called the "people's" pope, a "maverick" pope and the "outsider" pope. He could also be called the fútbol pope. The soccer world has been paying tribute to the late pontiff from Argentina, who used his love of fútbol — the term for soccer in Spanish — as a way to connect with people around the world, especially with young people. Francis was also known to use football in analogies to convey messages of teamwork, inclusion, hard work and unity.
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1 month ago | 
nbcnewyork.com | Jesse Kirsch |Matthew Lavietes |Matt Lavietes |Debra Jones |Carlos Catire
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1 month ago | 
nbcwashington.com | Jesse Kirsch |Matthew Lavietes |Matt Lavietes |Debra Jones |Carlos Catire
An American who was the last person believed to have been seen with missing University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki boarded a plane and was taking off from the Dominican Republic on Wednesday, nearly two weeks after he said authorities forced him to stay in the Caribbean nation and confiscated his passport. Joshua Riibe, a senior at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota, was the last person believed to have been seen with Konanki on the morning she disappeared, March 6.
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1 month ago | 
nbcnews.com | Jesse Kirsch |Matthew Lavietes |Matt Lavietes |Debra Preitkis Jones |Carlos Catire
/ Updated By , , and SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — An American who was the last person believed to have been seen with missing University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki in the Dominican Republic was back in the United States on Wednesday, nearly two weeks after, he said, authorities forced him to stay in the Caribbean nation and confiscated his passport.
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1 month ago | 
nbcnewyork.com | Jesse Kirsch |Debra Jones |Carlos Catire |Matthew Lavietes |Matt Lavietes
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1 month ago | 
nbcnews.com | Jesse Kirsch |Debra Preitkis Jones |Carlos Catire |Matthew Lavietes |Matt Lavietes
By , , and HIGÜEY, Dominican Republic — A Dominican Republic court is expected to decide on Tuesday whether the last person believed to have seen missing University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki can leave the country and return to the United States. Authorities believe Joshua Riibe, a 22-year-old senior at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota, was the last person seen with Konanki before she went missing in the early hours of March 6.
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1 month ago | 
telemundosanantonio.com | Jesse Kirsch |Carlos Catire |Debra Preitkis Jones |Phil Helsel
La familia de Sudiksha Konanki, estudiante de la Universidad de Pittsburgh que desapareció en República Dominicana en sus vacaciones de Spring Break, solicitó a la policía de República Dominicana que la declare muerta, según informó un portavoz policial el lunes. El portavoz de la Policía Nacional Dominicana, Diego Pesqueira, indicó que la familia de Konanki envió una carta a la agencia solicitando la declaración de fallecimiento.
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1 month ago | 
telemundowashingtondc.com | Jesse Kirsch |Carlos Catire |Debra Preitkis Jones |Phil Helsel
La familia de Sudiksha Konanki, estudiante desaparecida de la Universidad de Pittsburgh, solicitó a la policía de República Dominicana que la declare muerta, según informó un portavoz policial el lunes. El portavoz de la Policía Nacional Dominicana, Diego Pesqueira, indicó que la familia de Konanki envió una carta a la agencia solicitando la declaración de fallecimiento.
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1 month ago | 
today.com | Anna Kaplan |Jesse Kirsch |Carlos Catire
/ Source: TODAYBy , and The parents of Sudiksha Konanki, the 20-year-old University of Pittsburgh student who vanished while on a spring break trip in the Dominican Republic, have asked authorities to declare her dead after a nearly two-week search, according to police. The Dominican Republic National Police told NBC News that Konanki's parents sent a letter received on March 17 asking that it officially declare her dead, less than two weeks after Konanki was last seen on a beach in Punta Cana.
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1 month ago | 
nbcnews.com | Carlos Catire |Debra Preitkis Jones |Jesse Kirsch |Phil Helsel
By , , and The family of missing University if Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki have asked police in the Dominican Republic to declare her dead, a police spokesman said Monday. Dominican Republic National Police spokesperson Diego Pesqueira said that her family has sent the law enforcement agency a letter requesting a declaration of death. Konanki, 20, was on spring break with friends in the Caribbean island nation when shedisappearedin the early morning hours of March 6.
