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AUSTIN, Texas, EE.UU. (AP) — Mientras los republicanos elogian la creciente disputa entre el gobernador de Texas, Gregg Abbott, y el gobierno de Estados Unidos en torno al control de la inmigración, algunos gobernadores están sopesando desplegar efectivos de la Guardia Nacional en la frontera sur del país… otra vez. El gobernador de Florida, Ron DeSantis, se encontraba el jueves …

LONDRES (AP) — Un hombre murió el viernes tras caer del Museo Nacional Británico de Arte Moderno, conocido como Tate Modern, una de las atracciones turísticas más concurridas de Londres, informó la policía. La Policía Metropolitana detalló que agentes y personal de ambulancias fueron llamados al museo alrededor de las 10:45 de la mañana (1045 GMT). Un hombre, que no …

PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) — Punxsutawney Phil predicted an early spring on an overcast Friday morning at Gobbler’s Knob in Pennsylvania, the scene of the largest and best-known Groundhog Day celebration in the United States. The annual event is a tongue-in-cheek ritual in which Phil’s handlers, members of a club with roots in the late 19th century, reveal whether the groundhog …

TAIPÉI, Taiwán (AP) — Fabricantes de autos como Tesla, General Motors, Volkswagen y Toyota no se aseguran de que en sus cadenas de suministro en China no se utilice trabajo forzoso, indicó un informe publicado el jueves por Human Rights Watch. La ONG vinculó a algunas de las mayores automotrices del mundo con el aluminio producido supuestamente con trabajos forzados …

WARREN, Michigan (AP) — President Joe Biden chatted with a friendly union crowd inside a United Auto Workers hall in Michigan on Thursday as pro-Palestinian demonstrators held back by police with riot shields voiced their anger nearby at the president’s full-throated support for Israel in its war with Hamas. The tension highlighted the challenges ahead for Biden in holding on …

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — In a story published Jan. 31, 2024, about a court ruling about Florida’s efforts to deactivate pro-Palestinian student groups, The Associated Press erroneously reported the judge’s name. He is Judge Mark Walker, not Mark Warner. ___ A federal judge refused to take action against Florida on Wednesday in a lawsuit challenging an order to deactivate pro-Palestinian …

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Ricky Ian Gordon’s ”This House,” with a libretto by Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage and daughter Ruby Aiyo Gerber, will be given its world premiere at the Opera Theater of Saint Louis in June 2025. The commission was first announced in 2022 and was to have premiered this year. Daniela Candillari will conduct as part of …

NEW YORK (AP) — This New York love story begins with a criminal act of sabotage. Under cover of darkness a year ago Friday, someone breached a waist-high fence and slipped into the Central Park Zoo. Once inside, they cut a hole through a steel mesh cage, freeing a majestic Eurasian eagle-owl named Flaco who had arrived at the zoo …

Meta Platforms Inc. tripled its profit and posted sharply higher revenue in the final quarter of 2023, boosted by a rebound in digital advertising as well cost cutting and layoffs in what CEO Mark Zuckerberg called the “year of efficiency.” “The company can talk all it wants to about AI and the metaverse, but it’s still a social media company …

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s finance minister unveiled on Thursday a short-term budget to meet government expenditures until national elections are held by May, saying it will boost spending on infrastructure projects, build homes for poor villagers and cut the fiscal deficit by reducing subsidies. Nirmala Sitharaman announced plans to raise skills for young people and boost small and medium …