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The Republican senator who gave the party’s response to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address used a harrowing account of a young woman’s sexual abuse to attack his border policies, but the rapes did not happen in the U.S. or during the Biden administration. First-term Sen. Katie Britt of Alabama in the GOP response criticized current immigration policies, …

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Celebrities, artists and tens of thousands of fans proud to call themselves nerds are converging in Kansas City for the Missouri city’s 25th annual Planet Comicon this weekend. Devotees ranging from “Potterheads” — lovers of the popular Harry Potter series — to “furries” — people dressed as cartoonish animals — can test niche trivia skills, …

SANTIAGO (AP) — Una treintena de personas se reunieron el viernes en un cementerio a las afueras de Santiago para despedir los restos del exteniente venezolano Ronald Ojeda, un refugiado en Chile disidente del gobierno de Nicolás Maduro, que fue secuestrado y hallado muerto enterrado en una maleta diez días más tarde, en un caso que conmocionó al país. El …

TORONTO (AP) — Canadá restablecerá el financiamiento para la agencia de ayuda de Naciones Unidas para los palestinos, semanas después de que la agencia, conocida como UNRWA, perdiera cientos de millones de dólares en fondos tras las acusaciones israelíes contra algunos de sus empleados en Gaza. Canadá fue uno de los 16 países que suspendieron temporalmente futuros pagos. Ahmed Hussen, …

WHITEHALL, Ohio (AP) — Two Ohio lawmakers are looking to ease a looming financial burden on law enforcement agencies in their state that will have to replace marijuana-sniffing dogs after voters approved a plan last year to legalize recreational marijuana use. Nearly 400 police dogs in Ohio trained in the detection of marijuana will need to be retired because they …

NEW YORK (AP) — Andrea Götsch was surprised when she won her audition in 2019 that led to membership in the Vienna Philharmonic. “When I went home, I was just laughing because I couldn’t realize that they had really taken me,” the 29-year-old clarinetist told The Associated Press. “It was always kind of a dream. As a young child already, …

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police say eight Philadelphia high school students waiting to board a city bus after classes Wednesday were wounded by gunshots from suspects who jumped from a car and opened fire, the fourth shooting on the transit system in as many days. The previous three shootings each involved a fatality. Those wounded at the bus stop included a …

DUBÁI, Emiratos Árabes Unidos (AP) — Kuwait dijo el sábado que celebrará elecciones para su asamblea nacional el 4 de abril, una nueva votación tras años de inestabilidad política. La agencia estatal de noticias KUNA reportó el anuncio incluido en un decreto en la gaceta oficial del país petrolero. El emir de Kuwait disolvió el parlamento en febrero, según reportes …

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Thousands of senior doctors rallied in the South Korean capital, Seoul, on Sunday to express their support for junior doctors who have been on strike for nearly two weeks over a government plan to sharply increase the number of medical school admissions. The rally came as the government said it would begin to take steps …

Three former Arizona Department of Education employees were indicted on conspiracy and money laundering charges in what prosecutors say was a scheme to defraud more than $600,000 from an education voucher program that has drawn criticism for its skyrocketing costs and lax regulation by the state. Prosecutors said Thursday that the three employees approved applications for 17 students -– five …