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NUEVA YORK (AP) — El alcalde de la ciudad de Nueva York, Eric Adams, pidió el martes una mayor cooperación entre la policía local y las autoridades federales de inmigración, y señaló que las actuales políticas de la ciudad que limitan ese tipo de comunicación son perjudiciales para la seguridad pública. Las declaraciones del alcalde demócrata representan la crítica más …

DETROIT (AP) — A Detroit couple has been charged with having a dangerous animal causing death after authorities said their three dogs fatally mauled a 35-year-old man. Roy Goodman, 40, was arraigned Wednesday in 36th District Court, the Wayne County prosecutor’s office said. A not guilty plea was entered by the court, according to court records. Goodman’s wife, Trevina Goodman, …

WASHINGTON (AP) — La primera dama estadounidense Jill Biden encabezará una campaña para atraer el voto femenino en apoyo a la reelección del presidente Joe Biden y la vicepresidenta Kamala Harris, anunció el miércoles la campaña del mandatario. Las mujeres fueron parte crucial de la coalición que eligió a Biden en 2020 y su campaña busca recapturar ese impulso con …

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy grew at a robust 3.2% annual pace from October through December, propelled by healthy consumer spending, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday in a slight downgrade from its initial estimate. The expansion in the nation’s gross domestic product — the economy’s total output of goods and services — slipped from a red-hot 4.9% from July …

LANGKAWI, Malaysia (AP) — King Harald V of Norway remained hospitalized with an infection on Malaysia’s northern resort island of Langkawi on Wednesday as officials said that his condition was improving. Harald, Europe’s oldest monarch at age 87, became ill while he was on vacation. His son, Crown Prince Haakon, said in Norway that his father “is doing better now. …

CHISINÁU, Moldavia (AP) — Las autoridades de Transnistria, una región separatista de Moldavia, recurrieron el miércoles a Rusia en busca de protección, mientras crecen las tensiones con el gobierno moldavo. Moldavia, país candidato a unirse a la Unión Europea, impuso nuevos aranceles el 1 de enero de 2024 a las importaciones y exportaciones de y hacia Transnistria, que colinda con …

QUITO (AP) — Cinco de los seis sospechosos por el asesinato del candidato presidencial Fernando Villavicencio irán a juicio, dictaminó el miércoles la jueza que procesa este caso que conmocionó a Ecuador en agosto del año pasado días antes de las elecciones. Entre los procesados está Carlos Angulo, uno de los cabecillas de la organización criminal Los Lobos, a quien …

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas City Chiefs superfan known as “ChiefsAholic” pleaded guilty Wednesday to a string of robberies and attempted robberies of banks and credit unions in multiple states. Xaviar Michael Babudar, 29, pleaded guilty in federal court in Kansas City, Missouri, to one count each of money laundering, transporting stolen property across state lines, and bank …

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A musher who was disqualified from the world’s most famous sled dog race only to be reinstated days later has now officially withdrawn from this year’s Iditarod. Eddie Burke Jr. scratched from the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, officials said in a statement late Monday. Burke in a Facebook post said when he was disqualified that …

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A top court in London ruled Tuesday that two residents of the tiny Caribbean island of Barbuda have the right to challenge construction of an airstrip that critics say endangers fragile ecosystems and was begun without any permits. The ruling by the Privy Council is considered a big win for John Mussington, a marine …