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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire House defeated two bills that would have significantly expanded the state’s popular school choice program while giving preliminary approval to a third that would further raise the income cap associated with the voucher-like grants. The Education Freedom Account program created in 2021 provides families with the same amount the state pays per student …

BARCELONA (AP) — La Unión Europea anunció el jueves que dará 210 millones de euros para ayudar a la nación costera de Mauritania a combatir la migración irregular, mientras aumenta en gran medida el número de migrantes que hacen el peligroso cruce del Atlántico desde África occidental a Europa. La presidenta de la Comisión Europea Ursula von der Leyen llamó …

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Will Lester, a longtime reporter and editor for The Associated Press who played a critical role in the news organization’s 2000 election-night decision not to call the presidential race, died Wednesday. He was 71. According to his family, Lester died unexpectedly at his home in Maryland. Fellow AP employees held Lester’s good nature in equal measure …

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Josh Shapiro is taking the first step in what is shaping up to be a complicated, yearslong process to respond to a court decision that found that Pennsylvania’s system of public school funding violates the constitutional rights of students in the poorest districts. A dominant feature of Shapiro’s budget plan released Tuesday seeks a $1.1 …

HELSINKI (AP) — Finlandia anunció el jueves que prorrogará dos meses más, hasta el 14 de abril, el cierre de su larga frontera con Rusia, porque no ve señales de que Moscú esté deteniendo su “operación híbrida” de canalización de migrantes hacia la frontera con la nación nórdica. Finlandia cerró la frontera terrestre de 1.340 kilómetros (832 millas) a finales …

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans urged the state Supreme Court on Thursday to ignore a report from redistricting consultants that determined GOP-proposed legislative maps were unconstitutional partisan gerrymanders. While Republicans argue that the consultants’ findings are unsound, Democrats asked the court on Thursday to adopt one of their maps that the consultants found were “nearly indistinguishable.” The stakes are …

WASHINGTON (AP) — El gobierno del presidente Joe Biden nombrará el miércoles a la directora del recién creado instituto para la seguridad en la inteligencia artificial, reveló una fuente oficial. Elizabeth Kelly será directora de la agencia, adscrita al Instituto Nacional de Estándares y Tecnología, que a su vez depende del Departamento de Comercio, indicó la fuente, que pidió permanecer …

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Gov. Wes Moore said during his second State of the State speech Wednesday that Maryland has boundless opportunities but is “leaving too much potential on the table” as he charts a course forward through challenging times that includes a long-term plan for governing. The address continued a narrative by the governor and others that a state …

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — ExxonMobil anunció que explorará por petróleo y gas en un área disputada frente a las costas sudamericanas de donde las fuerzas venezolanas previamente habían expulsado a dos compañías estadounidenses. La medida podría agravar las tensiones entre Venezuela y Guyana, que otorgó los derechos de exploración. Guyana considera el área parte de su Esequibo, pero Venezuela insiste …

GENEVA (AP) — A top U.N. official said Wednesday that the two generals in Sudan whose forces have been at war for the last 10 months assured him recently that they would attend a meeting in Switzerland to discuss humanitarian issues and Sudan’s beleaguered civilians. “I’m still waiting to see when that happens,” Martin Griffiths, the U.N. undersecretary for humanitarian …