BUENOS AIRES (AP) — La Cámara de Diputados de Argentina continuaba el jueves el debate del paquete de reformas que el presidente ultraliberal Javier Milei considera clave para el éxito de su programa económico, aunque los reparos planteados por opositores sobre algunos artículos del proyecto ponían en duda su aprobación. El proyecto oficial de la “Ley de Bases y Puntos …
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Police in Georgia responding to gun shots at home detain 19 people, probe possible sex trafficking
SOUTH FULTON, Ga. (AP) — Police in an Atlanta-area city responding to shots fired at a home on Thursday found numerous women there and are investigating the possibility the residence was used for sex trafficking, authorities said. South Fulton police detained 19 people at the home, most of them women between 16 and about 40 years old, police said. South …
Read More »South Korean court convicts 23-year-old man in car-and-stabbing attack that killed 2 and injured 12
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean judge convicted a man of murder Thursday for an unprovoked car-and-stabbing rampage that killed two people and injured 12 others in a city near Seoul last year. Prosecutors had sought a death penalty for 23-year-old Choi Won-jong, who was arrested in August after he rammed his car into pedestrians in a bustling …
Read More »Thousands from Russia-friendly party join anti-government protest in Moldova’s capital
CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Several thousand people from a Russia-friendly party protested in front of Moldova’s parliament building on Thursday to demand the resignation of the pro-Western government. The rally by the Revival Party against the governing Party of Action and Solidarity called for early elections and for President Maia Sandu to step down. Moldova is to hold presidential elections …
Read More »Davis, Delaware Fightin’ Blue Hens to visit Lowe, William & Mary Tribe
The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. Delaware Fightin’ Blue Hens (12-9, 4-4 CAA) at William & Mary Tribe (8-13, 3-5 CAA) Williamsburg, Virginia; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Fightin’ Blue Hens -4.5; …
Read More »The failed political operation to make DeSantis the GOP presidential nominee cost $168 million
The failed campaign and expansive political operation aiming to make Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis the Republican nominee for the White House cost $168 million, according to filings reported to the Federal Election Commission late Wednesday. The pro-DeSantis super PAC Never Back Down reported payments of more than $130.6 million in 2023 while a newer super PAC Fight Right reported $9.6 …
Read More »Apple ends yearlong sales slump with slight revenue rise in holiday-season period but stock slips
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple snapped out of a yearlong sales funk during its holiday-season quarter, propelled by solid demand for the latest model of its iPhone and still-robust growth in a services division facing legal threats that could undermine its prospects. The modest revenue growth announced Thursday as part of Apple’s October-December results ended four consecutive quarters of year-over-year …
Read More »Bruce Springsteen’s mother Adele Springsteen, a fan favorite who danced at his shows, dies at 98
NEW YORK (AP) — Adele Zerilli Springsteen, the longtime legal secretary, musical muse and concert dance partner who captured countless hearts in her son Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Nation and beyond, has died at 98. Bruce Springsteen announced in an Instagram post that his mother died Wednesday. He shared a video of the two of them dancing to the Glenn …
Read More »Musk wants Tesla investors to vote on switching the carmaker’s corporate registration to Texas
Elon Musk wants Tesla investors to decide on moving the company’s corporate listing to Texas after a Delaware court decided he shouldn’t get a multibillion-dollar pay package. The electric car company’s CEO said early Thursday that Tesla would get shareholders to vote on whether to switch its corporate registration to Texas, where its physical headquarters is located. “Tesla will move …
Read More »Probe finds problems with Connecticut racial profiling data were largely mistakes, not intentional
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Inaccurate racial profiling data on traffic stops made by the Connecticut State Police was largely the result of data-entry mistakes and other mishaps, not an intentional effort by troopers to submit bogus information, according to a report by independent investigators released Thursday. While investigators referred seven officers with discrepancies in their data to state police internal …
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