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ATLANTA (AP) — Pay raises for Georgia public school teachers and state employees took a step forward Tuesday, as the House Appropriations Committee approved a spending plan for the budget year that begins July 1. The budget would spend $36.1 billion in state money and $66.5 billion overall, including federal and other funds. The full House will vote on the …

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Germany’s foreign minister said Tuesday that Western Balkans countries joining the European Union is a “geopolitical necessity” that would make Europe stronger in the face of Russia’s full-scale aggression against Ukraine. The six nations — Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, Kosovo, Montenegro and North Macedonia— are at different stages of the EU accession process, following a period of …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders have invited the prime minister of Japan, Fumio Kishida, to address a joint meeting of Congress on April 11, saying the relationship between the U.S. and Japan has proven to be a force for good and a catalyst for prosperity. Leaders said global threats are endangering the peace and prosperity the U.S. and Japan have …

Joe Biden ha utilizado el permiso condicional humanitario para inmigrantes más que cualquier otro presidente de Estados Unidos con el fin de eludir a un Congreso que no ha brindado la cooperación necesaria. Pero no es el primero en hacerlo. El poder presidencial ha sido una pieza central de la estrategia de Biden para canalizar a los inmigrantes a través …

WASHINGTON (AP) — La Suprema Corte podría tomar una decisión el lunes en relación al caso sobre si el expresidente Donald Trump puede ser expulsado de la boleta por sus intentos de revertir su derrota en las elecciones de 2020. Trump está desafiando un fallo revolucionario de la Corte Suprema de Colorado que señaló que está descalificado de ser otra …

Feb. 23 – 29, 2024 Wildfires burn in the panhandle of Texas, participants embrace each other during a winter swimming event in a frozen lake in Vermont and a baseball player dives for a ball during a spring training baseball game in Florida. This gallery highlights some of the most compelling images in North America published in the past week …

PHOENIX (AP) — A plan to manage rural groundwater passed Arizona’s Republican-controlled Senate on Thursday amid growing concerns about the availability of sufficient water for future generations in the arid Southwestern state. The legislation now heads to the House, which the GOP also controls. Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs has expressed opposition to the bill, complaining that an earlier version that …

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya and Haiti signed agreements Friday to try to salvage a plan for the African country to deploy 1,000 police officers to the troubled Caribbean nation to help combat gang violence that has surged to unprecedented levels. Kenya agreed in October to lead a U.N.-authorized international police force to Haiti, but the Kenyan High Court in …

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than one-third of the total delegates available in both the Republican and Democratic presidential primaries will be awarded on Super Tuesday, when 16 states and one U.S. territory hold presidential nominating contests. On the Republican side, 854 of 2,429 will be at stake on Super Tuesday, which is traditionally the biggest day on the presidential primary …

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers signed a bill Thursday that raises the cost for bow and crossbow deer hunting licenses for out-of-state residents. The Republican-authored measure raises the cost of the licenses by an additional $35 to $200. The state Department of Natural Resources estimates the increase will generate an additional $543,200 annually for the state’s fish and …