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WHISTLER, British Columbia (AP) — Prince Harry raced head-first on a tiny skeleton sled going 99 kph (61.5 mph) down a track at next year’s Invictus Games site Thursday, saying with a smile afterward that everyone should do it. Harry was in Whistler, British Columbia, with wife Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, to visit athletes at training camps and to …

WASHINGTON (AP) — A measure of consumer sentiment ticked higher this month, after soaring in December and January, underscoring that Americans are starting to feel better about the economy after several years of gloom. The University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment index, released Friday, ticked up to 79.6 in February, from 79 in January. The small gain followed two months of …

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s powerful vice president said the government will block a university scholarship for young LGBTQ+ people, a move that human rights groups described Friday as a perpetuation of the African country’s homophobic practices. The state university scholarship for people between the ages of 18 and 35 is sponsored by GALZ, a membership organization for LGBTQ+ people …

WASHINGTON (AP) — ¿Qué pasaría si Rusia llegara a utilizar ojivas nucleares para destruir satélites estadounidenses? El sistema eléctrico y de agua de tu casa podrían fallar. El tráfico aéreo, ferroviario y vehicular podrían paralizarse. Tu celular podría dejar de funcionar. Estos son algunos de los motivos por los que los informes de que Rusia podría tener planes para colocar …

The AP Top 25 women’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. IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — More scoring records are in sight for Caitlin Clark, but right now the Iowa superstar is looking forward to a break from the …

LONDRES (AP) — El asediado primer ministro británico Rishi Sunak exhortó el viernes a los votantes y su partido a seguir apoyándolo, después que dos distritos en Inglaterra eligieron a legisladores del Laborismo opositor para ocupar escaños que estaban en poder de los conservadores desde hacía años. Los resultados agravarán los temores de los conservadores de que, tras 14 años …

LA HAYA, Holanda (AP) — El máximo tribunal de la ONU rechazó el viernes la solicitud de Sudáfrica para imponer medidas urgentes para salvaguardar Rafah en la Franja de Gaza, pero también hizo énfasis en que Israel debe respetar las medidas impuestas el mes pasado en la etapa preliminar de un juicio por acusaciones de genocidio. La Corte Internacional de …

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s defense minister on Friday said Israel is “thoroughly planning” a military offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, signaling determination to move ahead despite growing international concerns about the safety of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians seeking refuge there. U.S. President Joe Biden has urged Israel not to carry out the operation without …

Follow the latest updates on this story. Alexei Navalny, who crusaded against official corruption and staged massive anti-Kremlin protests as President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest foe, died Friday in the Arctic penal colony where he was serving a 19-year sentence, Russia’s prison agency said. He was 47. The stunning news — less than a month before an election that will give …

It’s not yet known what killed an endangered fin whale, but people can marvel at the large marine mammal as it decomposes on an Oregon beach. “While it’s sad, it’s also super educational,” Tiffany Boothe, assistant manager of the Seaside Aquarium, said Thursday of the rare sight, which she said is only the second dead fin whale that Oregon has …