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CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, EE.UU. (AP) — La Universidad de Harvard señaló que ha retirado piel humana de la encuadernación de un libro del siglo XIX sobre la vida después de la muerte que pertenecía a su colección desde la década de 1930. La decisión se produjo después que, en una revisión, se encontraron preocupaciones éticas con respecto al origen y la …

DETROIT (AP) — Los organismos regulatorios de seguridad automotriz de Estados Unidos investigan quejas de que más 540,000 camionetas pickup de Ford pueden cambiar a una velocidad menor y aumentar el riesgo de accidentes. La Administración Nacional de Seguridad de Tráfico en las Carreteras (NHTSA, por sus siglas en inglés) señaló en documentos publicados el viernes en su sitio web …

NEPTUNE, N.J. (AP) — Someone in New Jersey who bought a single ticket overcame the odds Tuesday night and won the $1.13 billion Mega Millions jackpot, breaking a winless streak that dated to last December. The numbers drawn were: 7, 11, 22, 29, 38 and the gold Mega Ball 4. State lottery officials said the winning ticket was sold at …

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Court orders that prohibited two criminal defendants from possessing firearms while they awaited trial were constitutional because they were in line with past restrictions on firearms, a federal court ruled Monday. Judge Gabriel P. Sanchez, writing for a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, found that U.S. laws have historically sought …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Dos personas murieron y cinco resultaron heridas el domingo de madrugada en un tiroteo en Washington D.C., informó la policía. La policía buscaba a un hombre armado luego del hecho a eso de las 3 a.m. en el vecindario Shaw de Washington. Los cinco heridos fueron llevados a hospitales locales, indicó Jeffrey Carroll, subjefe de la Policía …

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A woman’s “illegal buying spree” armed a man with the high-powered firearms that he used to kill three Minnesota first responders during a standoff at a home where seven children were inside, federal authorities said Thursday. The guns bought by Ashley Anne Dyrdahl included three AR-style semiautomatic rifles, including one with a device that doubles the rate …

El número de estadounidenses que solicitaron ayuda por desempleo la semana pasada aumentó levemente, pero en general se mantuvo en niveles históricamente bajos al tiempo que el mercado laboral sigue prosperando a pesar de las elevadas tasas de interés. Las solicitudes de ayuda por desempleo para la semana que finalizó el 9 de marzo bajaron en 1.000 para ubicarse en …

SEATTLE (AP) — Over a busy, 60-day legislative session, Washington state lawmakers made strides to address the opioid crisis and ban a controversial policing practice with bipartisan support, but fell short in getting some of the most progressive bills across the finish line. The short session, which marked Jay Inslee’s final one as governor, ended Thursday with over 300 bills …

DEWHURST, Wis. (AP) — Nine people were killed Friday in a crash involving a semitrailer and a van at a western Wisconsin highway intersection. Preliminary reports about the early morning crash indicated the semitrailer traveling on State Highway 95 collided with the van traveling on County Highway J, southwest of the small city of Neillsville, Clark County Sheriff’s Office Chief …

HOUSTON (AP) — A United flight from Houston to Fort Myers, Texas, was forced turn around Monday after one of the plane’s engines caught fire. Several of the 167 passengers aboard the Boeing 737 took video showing a line of flames shooting out of the engine, KTRK-TV reported. “I remember there was just this bright, flashing light that came through …