KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — At least a dozen people were killed and 16 kidnapped by rebels at a mining site in eastern Congo, said a civil society organization on Thursday. Rebels from the CODECO armed group attacked a gold mine Wednesday near Djugu district in Ituri province, said Vital Tungulo, the head of Mabendi, a local rights group. “We are …
Read More »LOS ANGELES (AP) — Throughout her career, Jennifer Lopez has been hailed as an epochal, prolific and hard-working artist. One adjective not often associated with the pop icon-turned-actor and movie producer, however, is self-deprecating. But as she readies to drop her first studio album in a decade, Lopez is performing a kind of fictionalized mea culpa about her past romantic …
Read More »SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s Democrat-led House of Representatives narrowly rejected a bill Wednesday that would have guaranteed paid time off for workers to cope with serious illnesses or care for newborns and loved ones, amid concern about companies’ opposition in an election year. The proposal failed 34-36 on a final vote that would have sent the bill …
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ANKARA, Turquía (AP) — Turquía emprendió una operación de búsqueda y rescate después de que un carguero se hundiera el jueves con seis tripulantes a bordo en el mar interior de Mármara, cerca de Estambul, en medio de un fuerte oleaje, según las autoridades. El carguero turco Batuhan A, de 69 metros (226 pies) de eslora llevaba dolomita utilizada para …
Read More »NEW YORK (AP) — For five years, a New York City man managed to live rent-free in a landmark Manhattan hotel by exploiting an obscure local housing law. But prosecutors this week said Mickey Barreto went too far when he filed paperwork claiming ownership of the entire New Yorker Hotel building — and tried to charge another tenant rent. On …
Read More »KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — One of the men charged in a Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl victory celebration shooting that left one person dead and around two dozen others injured had recently come off probation for pulling out a gun during a dispute over a basketball game. Lyndell Mays, of Raytown, whose two years of probation ended earlier this …
Read More »MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican regulators have recommended that online retailers Amazon and Mercado Libre reveal their algorithms and wall off TV streaming to avoid stifling competition. Mexico’s Federal Commission on Economic Competition, known by its initials as COFECE, said in a preliminary finding late Tuesday that the two firms control 85% of online marketplace sales in Mexico. It said …
Read More »CARACAS (AP) — La Fiscalía General de Venezuela rechazó el miércoles las denuncias sobre supuestas violaciones al debido proceso y la presunta desaparición forzada de la abogada y activista de derechos humanos Rocío San Miguel, detenida luego de vincularla con una presunta trama para atentar contra la vida del presidente Nicolás Maduro. Organizaciones de derechos humanos, sus abogados y familiares …
Read More »WASHINGTON (AP) — A day after his latest hospital stay for health issues following treatment for prostate cancer, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin hosted a virtual session on Ukraine to help resource urgently needed ammunition and artillery for Kyiv as it faces shortages in its now almost two-year war with Russia. In his opening remarks to the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, …
Read More »TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s space agency says its new flagship H3 rocket will have a second test flight on Saturday, two days later than an initially planned liftoff that was postponed due to a bad weather forecast at the launch site in southwestern Japan. The liftoff was originally scheduled for Thursday but was postponed due to thunder and strong wind …
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