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Llegan por decenas desde distintas partes de Florida, competidores caricaturescos en camisetas sin mangas y shorts, para un enfrentamiento en el que eludir a la policía y luchar por cerveza son considerados deportes olímpicos. Promocionados como “el enfrentamiento atlético más loco de la Tierra”, los Man Games (Juegos del Hombre) de Florida se burlan de la reputación del estado por …

WASHINGTON (AP) — El expresidente estadounidense Donald Trump instó a una jueza de Florida a desestimar el caso penal que lo acusa de retener ilegalmente documentos confidenciales, alegando en parte que la inmunidad presidencial lo protege del enjuiciamiento, aun cuando tal argumento hasta ahora ha fracasado en los tribunales federales de apelaciones en un caso separado. En una de una …

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by North Dakota’s largest city that challenged a new law banning zoning ordinances related to guns and ammunition. Fargo sued last year, calling the law unconstitutional and a swipe at the city’s home rule powers. State District Judge Cherie Clark on Tuesday granted the state’s motion for summary judgment …

BOSTON (AP) — Un reloj que se fundió en el bombardeo de Hiroshima, Japón, en 1945 fue subastado por más de 31.000 dólares. El reloj se detuvo a las 8:15 de la mañana del 6 de agosto, el momento de la detonación de una bomba atómica en la ciudad japonesa en los últimos días de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, de …

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Un exinformante del FBI que afirma tener vínculos con los servicios de inteligencia rusos y está acusado de mentir sobre supuestos sobornos multimillonarios que involucran a la familia del presidente Joe Biden fue detenido de nuevo el jueves en Las Vegas, dos días después de que un juez lo dejara en libertad, dijeron sus abogados. Alexander …

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A small, nonthreatening balloon spotted flying high over the mountainous Western United States was intercepted by a fighter jet over Utah on Friday, according to the North American Aerospace Defense Command. NORAD fighter pilots sent in the morning to investigate the balloon determined it was “not maneuverable” and did not present a threat to national …

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina prison policy banning inmates from speaking to reporters in person or having their writings directly published violates the First Amendment free speech rights of prisoners, a civil rights organization said in a federal lawsuit Thursday. While prisons across the county place some restrictions on in-person media interviews with inmates — such as when …

When an Atlanta radio host referred to the Wisconsin city of Green Bay as “about as lily white as I have ever seen,” Claude Tiller Jr. responded: “The lily on top of the lily.” The back and forth was part of a Feb. 6 radio interview that included blunt comments on race that led Tiller, the first Black superintendent for …

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Lawmakers in Louisiana — a state that routinely has one of the highest incarceration rates in the country — are considering a bill that would eliminate the chance of parole for nearly all prisoners convicted after Aug. 1. The legislation is one piece of the GOP-dominated Legislature’s conservative list of bills that are being discussed …

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire man faces up to life in prison after being convicted Thursday of killing his 5-year-old daughter then hiding her body for months before disposing of it. Adam Montgomery, who did not attend his two-week trial in Manchester, was accused of beating Harmony Montgomery to death in December 2019. She wasn’t reported missing for …