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CIUDAD DEL CABO, Sudáfrica (AP) — ¿A qué huele? Las autoridades de Ciudad del Cabo abrieron una investigación el lunes luego de que un olor nauseabundo se extendió por la ciudad sudafricana. Funcionarios municipales revisaron las instalaciones de aguas residuales en busca de filtraciones y desplegaron un equipo de salubridad ambiental antes de descubrir la fuente del hedor: Un barco …

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Under a new era of conservative leadership, Louisiana’s GOP-dominated Legislature will gather Monday for a special legislative session that could reshape the state’s criminal justice system and the public safety sector. Among the more than two dozen bills filed ahead of session is legislation that proposes expanding methods to carry out death row executions, restricting …

PHOENIX (AP) — A convicted murderer who fled from a halfway house in the Phoenix metro area is back in custody, authorities say. Officials with the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry said Daniel Cahill was arrested Saturday afternoon by the department’s fugitive apprehension unit in partnership with the U.S. Marshals Service. They said Cahill was booked into the …

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Paul Powell, the southern Illinois political powerhouse who died and left behind $800,000 in cash in the notorious “Shoebox Scandal,” used to say, “The only thing worse than a defeated politician is a broke one.” For more than half a century, a Powell-established $250,000 trust sustained his legacy, for better or worse. But the account that …

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordanian soldiers have killed five smugglers who allegedly tried to bring drugs into the country from neighboring Syria, the country’s military. The army said the incident occurred early Sunday. It said four other suspected smugglers were wounded and “large quantities of drugs” were seized. It vowed to “strike with an iron fist” anyone who threatens Jordanian …

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Medios australianos reportan que 53 hombres han sido masacrados en violencia tribal en Papúa Nueva Guinea.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — There were jokes. And laughter. And catharsis. Just no tears. At least none from Jaromir Jagr. Maybe because they were unnecessary when the Pittsburgh Penguins retired his iconic No. 68 on Sunday. The look on Jagr’s face, the subtle catch in his voice, the smile that remains boyish even at 52 said it all. No matter where …

La portavoz de Alexei Navalny confirmó el sábado que el líder opositor ruso falleció en una colonia penal remota en el Ártico y apuntó que fue “asesinado”, aunque por el momento se desconoce dónde está su cadáver al tiempo que su familia y amigos buscan respuestas. La muerte de Navalny a los 47 años ha privado a la oposición rusa …

PARÍS (AP) — El presidente francés Emmanuel Macron dice que el reconocimiento de un Estado palestino no es “tabú” para Francia, en momentos que crece la indignación internacional con las operaciones de Israel en los territorios palestinos. Francia y la Unión Europea han apoyado desde hace mucho tiempo la solución de los dos Estados en el Medio Oriente, pero como …

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities say they saw a huge increase in the number of migrants from Africa and Venezuela entering the country in 2023. Those migrants generally enter Mexico from Central America, and cross the country in a bid to reach the U.S. border. Mexico’s Interior Department said year-end figures showed that nine times more migrants from Africa …