The federal government will provide a $1.5 billion loan to restart a nuclear power plant in southwestern Michigan, officials announced Wednesday. Holtec International acquired the 800-megawatt Palisades plant in 2022 with plans to dismantle it. But now the emphasis is on restarting it by late 2025, following support from the state of Michigan and the Biden administration. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer …

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan has commissioned two new navy ships as a safeguard against the rising threat from China, which has been ratcheting up its naval and air force missions around the island that it claims as its own territory to be annexed by force if necessary. The pair of Tuo Chiang class corvettes completes the first order of …

When we talk about “movie magic,” the first thing that comes to mind is often something like the bikes achieving liftoff in “E.T.” But it applies no less to Alice Rohrwacher’s wondrous “La Chimera,” a grubbily transcendent folk tale of a film that finds its enchantment buried in the ground. “Were you dreaming?” a train conductor asks the sleeping Arthur …

NEW YORK (AP) — Adam Fox scored 36 seconds into overtime and the New York Rangers became the first NHL team to clinch a playoff spot this season, beating the Philadelphia Flyers 6-5 following a wild third period Tuesday night. Alexis Lafreniere had two goals and Igor Shesterkin made 36 saves for the Rangers, who lead the league with 100 …

BEIJING (AP) — The former president of the Chinese Football Association has been sentenced to life in prison amid a wide-ranging crackdown on sports corruption. Chinese courts on Tuesday handed down sentences of between eight years and life in prison to officials in the Communist Party-controlled sports programs, accusing them of taking bribes and committing other financial crimes. Chen Xuyuan, …

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina has collected about $1.8 billion in a bank account over the past decade and state and private accountants are still trying to figure out where the cash came from and where it was supposed to go. “It’s like going into your bank and the bank president tells you we have a lot of money …

SOFÍA (AP) — La aduana de Bulgaria incautó unos 170 kilos (370 libras) de cocaína de un buque que transportaba bananas desde Ecuador, informaron los fiscales el martes. El fiscal Georgi Chinev dijo que la droga estaba oculta en un contenedor en el buque de carga Madison 2, que hizo escala en Malta. Estimó el valor de la cocaína en …

Most vegetables grown in home gardens are annuals. They wither and die at the end of the season and need to be replanted every year to reap more crops. But if you’re short on time or money, don’t want to be bothered with yearly planting or want to try something new, I’ve got just the plants for you: perennial vegetables. …

BARCELONA (AP) — La estrella brasileña Dani Alves salió de prisión el lunes tras pagar una fianza de un millón de euros (1,2 millones de dólares) para continuar el proceso de apelación a su sentencia por violación, confirmó el lunes el tribunal español. Alves, quien entregó sus pasaportes, tendrá prohibido salir de España, acercarse o comunicarse con la víctima. El …

CIUDAD DE MÉXICO (AP) — El presidente mexicano, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, dijo el lunes que 1.800 efectivos de las Fuerzas Armadas fueron desplegados en el estado noroccidental de Sinaloa para participar en los operativos que se activaron tras los secuestros masivos ocurridos hace tres días. López Obrador confirmó en su conferencia matutina que de las 66 personas que fueron …

Una fuerte tormenta primaveral amenazaba el lunes partes del centro de Estados Unidos con intensas nevadas en su lado norte y tormentas y posibles tornados en el sur. Otras regiones del país empezaban a recuperarse de su propio clima severo, desde granizo e inundaciones en California hasta fuertes nevadas, inundaciones y lluvia gélida en el noreste. Decenas de miles de …

WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS is warning taxpayers that they may be leaving more than $1 billion on the table. The federal tax collector said Monday that roughly 940,000 people in the U.S. have until May 17 to submit tax returns for unclaimed refunds for tax year 2020, which total more than $1 billion nationwide. The average median refund is …

CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — The search for a 6-year-old girl who was swept away in a rain-swollen southeastern Pennsylvania creek has become a recovery mission rather than a rescue mission, authorities said Sunday. Authorities in Chester County said the child was reported missing at about 7 p.m. Saturday after she slipped and fell into fast-moving Chester Creek. Several fire companies …

MOSCÚ (AP) — Los sospechosos del ataque en una sala de conciertos en Rusia llegan a un tribunal de Moscú.

KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) — The eldest son of one of America’s most infamous seditionists is building a new life since breaking free from his father’s control — juggling work, college classes and volunteer firefighting. And Dakota Adams has tossed one more ball in the air this year: a Democratic campaign for Montana’s Legislature. He also plans to sell the rifles, …