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JACKSON, Ohio (AP) — A small plane crash near an airport in southern Ohio has claimed the lives of three people, authorities said. The Ohio State Highway Patrol said a preliminary investigation indicates that a Piper PA 32 Cherokee Six crashed into a field about a quarter-mile north of the James A. Rhodes Airport in Jackson County shortly after 12:30 …

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea and the United States flew advanced stealth fighters in a joint missile-interception drill Friday over the Korean Peninsula, South Korea’s air force said, an apparent response to a spate of weapons tests this year by rival North Korea. North Korea has conducted six rounds of missile tests so far this year, most of …

BECKLEY, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia inmate accused of killing his cellmate during an attack at Southern Regional Jail has entered a plea agreement. Lucas Matthew Wagnar, 29, entered a Kennedy plea on Wednesday to second-degree murder in the 2022 death of Douglas Alan Cunningham, 79, The Register-Herald reported. A Kennedy plea means the defendant does not admit guilt …

SAN SALVADOR (AP) — Las autoridades de Seguridad salvadoreñas informaron el jueves que, en el marco del régimen de excepción que se prolonga desde hace casi dos años, más de un millar de menores de edad fueron condenados por supuestamente pertenecer a las pandillas. “Se ha capturado a 1.194 menores de edad; de ellos, 1.065 ya fueron condenados a penas …

Un turista hace salto en bungee en Colombia, nadadores se lanzan desde un muelle en Perú y fiesteros bailan en el último día del Carnaval en Bolivia, mientras católicos de toda la región conmemoran el inicio de la Cuaresma. Los mexicanos se manifestaron para reclamar autonomía electoral en los comicios generales de junio y, en Paraguay, exdetenidos celebraron la condena …

An ally of the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Friday that Russian authorities have given his mother a deadline to agree to forgo a public funeral or else they’ll bury him on prison grounds. Investigators gave Lyudmila Navalnaya three hours to accept a proposal for a private funeral outside the public eye, Navalny’s close associate Ivan Zhdanov said on …

MILAN (AP) — The fashion crowd traversed Milan countless times on the third day of fashion week Friday, defying rain, traffic tie-ups and a local transport strike all in the name of the next big trend. By late afternoon, shows were running a full hour late as the fleet of black sedans, shuttles and taxis couldn’t keep up the runway …

WASHINGTON (AP) — El gobierno de Biden restableció el viernes una conclusión jurídica de Estados Unidos de hace casi 50 años según la cual los asentamientos israelíes en los territorios palestinos ocupados son “ilegítimos” según el derecho internacional. El secretario de Estado, Antony Blinken, dijo que Estados Unidos cree que los asentamientos son incompatibles con las obligaciones de Israel, revirtiendo …

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota’s Republican-led Legislature is trying to thwart a proposed ballot initiative that would enable voters to protect abortion rights in the state constitution. The initiative’s leader says the GOP efforts threaten the state’s tradition of direct democracy. Supporters need about 35,000 valid signatures submitted by May 7 to qualify for the November ballot. Dakotans for …

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