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WASHINGTON (AP) — For over a month, House Speaker Mike Johnson has sat on a funding package that would send desperately needed ammunition and weaponry to Ukraine, mulling how best to gain a grasp of what is expected to be a difficult lift in the House. The Republican speaker has indicated he will attempt to push for approval of tens …

BALTIMORE, Maryland, EE.UU. (AP) — El carguero que perdió potencia y chocó contra un puente de Baltimore fue sometido previamente a un “mantenimiento rutinario del motor” en puerto, informó la Guardia Costera de Estados Unidos el miércoles, mientras que los buzos recuperaron los cadáveres de dos de seis trabajadores que cayeron en las aguas de la bahía cuando colapsó el …

BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Un tribunal condenó por primera vez a exagentes de seguridad por violencia sexual contra mujeres transgénero en el marco de un juicio por delitos de lesa humanidad cometidos en centros clandestinos de detención de la provincia de Buenos Aires durante la última dictadura militar (1976-1983) en Argentina. Los tres jueces del tribunal federal de La Plata, …

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 …

NEW YORK (AP) — More than 440,000 Starbucks-branded mugs made by Nestle and sold during the winter holidays are being recalled after reports of some users receiving burns or lacerations, according to a federal safety agency. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said that the mugs, when microwaved or filled with extremely hot liquid, can overheat or break, posing burn …

HONG KONG (AP) — Asian markets were mostly higher Wednesday ahead of expected guidance by the Federal Reserve on the timing of its cuts to interest rates. Oil prices and U.S. futures fell. Japan’s markets were closed for a holiday. On Tuesday, the Bank of Japan hiked its benchmark interest rate for the first time in 17 years, raising the …

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 …

USA Basketball’s men’s team will see Serbia and South Sudan in two of its three group-stage games at the Paris Olympics, while the U.S. women will open their schedule in a gold-medal-game rematch against Japan in France this summer. FIBA, the sport’s global organizing body, held the draw for the Paris Games in Mies, Switzerland, on Tuesday, slotting the fields …

EREVÁN, Armenia (AP) — El primer ministro de Armenia declaró el martes que se necesita demarcar rápidamente la frontera con la vecina Azerbaiyán para evitar una nueva ronda de hostilidades. En declaraciones a habitantes de la aldea de Voskepar en la región Tavush, cerca de la frontera con Azerbaiyán, el primer ministro Nikol Pashinyan advirtió que la negativa de Azerbaiyán …

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatian’s president can’t run for prime minister, take part in the upcoming parliamentary election or campaign in favor of an opposition party, unless he resigns immediately from his current post, according to a ruling on Monday from the country’s top court. President Zoran Milanović blasted the Constitutional Court decision, saying: “They did it in a gangster …