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SAN DIEGO (AP) — Rescuers were battling heavy snow Wednesday to reach a Marine Corps helicopter carrying five troops that went down in the mountains outside San Diego. The CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter — the largest helicopter in the military, designed to fly in harsh conditions — had gone missing as an historic storm dumped heavy snow and record rain …

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s Eurovision song “Zorra,” whose title can be translated as an anti-female slur, is causing a storm among conservatives and feminists while Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez says he likes it. The song by the duo Nebulossa was chosen Saturday as Spain’s offering for the Eurovision song contest in May. The music platform Spotify had it as …

WASHINGTON (AP) — A bill to provide Israel with more military aid went down to defeat Tuesday in the House, spoiling Speaker Mike Johnson’s attempt to separate Israel from other national security priorities, including helping Ukraine defend itself from Russia’s military invasion and deterring crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border. The vote gave individual lawmakers another chance to show voters their …

BRUSSELS (AP) — With the embattled U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees in Gaza teetering on the brink of financial collapse, one of its biggest donors is wavering over whether to extend it a lifeline worth tens of millions of dollars within the next few weeks. Israel’s allegations that 12 employees of the aid agency known as UNRWA participated in the …

GINEBRA (AP) — Las agencias de ayuda humanitaria y de refugiados de Naciones Unidas pidieron el miércoles 4.100 millones de dólares para los civiles afectados por la guerra en Sudán, ante los indicios de que muchos podrían estar muriendo de inanición tras casi un año de conflicto entre las fuerzas de dos generales rivales. En su petición conjunta, la agencia …

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 …

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration is warning Congress not to raise the mandatory retirement age for airline pilots until the agency can study whether older pilots would raise safety risks. FAA Administrator Michael Whitaker said in a letter to two key senators that pilot fitness is critical to safety, and the agency should be able to create safeguards …

ISTANBUL (AP) — Two people attacked Turkey’s largest courthouse before being shot dead Tuesday in an exchange of fire that also left one other person dead and five wounded. Authorities alleged the assailants were part of an extremist organization that had been largely inactive in recent years. Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said the man and woman attacked a security checkpoint …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats are pushing to prevent the Biden administration from bypassing Congress when approving weapons sales to Israel as the Jewish state continues its war against Hamas under increasing scrutiny. Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia will be introducing an amendment Tuesday that if passed would strike language in the $118 billion national security supplemental allowing for …