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MOSCÚ (AP) — Una nave espacial rusa con tres astronautas a bordo llegó exitosamente el lunes a la Estación Espacial Internacional. La nave espacial Soyuz MS-25, con la astronauta de la NASA Tracy Dyson, el ruso Oleg Novitsky y Marina Vasilevskaya de Bielorrusia, llegó a la estación espacial tras despegar el sábado desde la plataforma de lanzamiento Baikonur alquilada por …

RÍO DE JANEIRO (AP) — La policía federal de Brasil arrestó a dos hombres el domingo por presuntamente ordenar el asesinato de una popular concejal de Río de Janeiro en 2018, un paso muy esperado por la sociedad después de años de exigir justicia. El homicidio de Marielle Franco, de 38 años, cometido desde un vehículo en movimiento, sacudió profundamente …

LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — A scheduled “Drag Queen Story Hour” at a Pennsylvania library that had drawn opposition was canceled Saturday after a suspicious package was found in the building and two blocks were evacuated after threats were reported, authorities said. Police evacuated the Lancaster Public Library after the package was found. A state police bomb squad later cleared the …

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Thursday that a Texas law giving state authorities the power to arrest and deport migrants who have entered the country illegally is unconstitutional. “It is our strongly held view as a matter of law that SB4 (the Texas law) … is unconstitutional and it is our hope and confidence …

TOBISHIMA, Japan (AP) — Japan’s space agency and its prime contractor said Thursday they hope to be able to forge a profitable launch business with their new H3 rocket after its first successful flight last month in an increasingly competitive market dominated by Space X. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries have been developing the H3 as a …

Masters champion Jon Rahm is bringing plenty of Spanish flavor to the Masters Club dinner for champions next month, even before they find their seat at the table. The cocktail reception will have gernika peppers, grown in a town in the Basque region of Spain when Rahm grew up. There also will be gildas, which he described as an anchovy …

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska lawmakers on Monday failed to override Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto of an education package, just weeks after the bill that sought to boost spending on public schools overwhelmingly passed the Legislature. Monday’s vote during a joint session of the House and Senate was 39-20, falling just short of the 40 votes needed for an …

TORIBÍO, Colombia (AP) — La líder indígena colombiana Carmelina Yule Paví, cuya muerte generó una crisis en la mesa de diálogo entre el gobierno y las disidencias de las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC), era velada el martes en el convulso departamento de Cauca en el suroeste del país. Yule Paví reposaba en el ataúd con la cabeza cubierta …

CIUDAD DE MÉXICO (AP) — Vecinos y estudiantes de la Ciudad de México ayudaron a la policía en una larga persecución de un lobo suelto en un vecindario de la ciudad, informaron las autoridades. Ciudadanos y agentes de policía persiguieron al animal a pie y en motocicletas por un vecindario del norte de la capital mexicana, antes de acorralar finalmente …

California’s Yurok Tribe, which had 90% of its territory taken from it during the Gold Rush of the mid-1800s, will be getting a slice of its land back to serve as a new gateway to Redwood National and State Parks visited by 1 million people a year. The Yurok will be the first Native people to manage tribal land with …