RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — An appeals court on Thursday weighed a plea to halt the use of two new North Carolina state Senate districts starting this year on arguments the boundaries approved by the Republican-controlled legislature illegally weaken the ability of Black voters in a large region to elect their favored candidate. But a majority on the three-judge panel of …
Read More »NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s top court on Thursday struck down a controversial election funding system that allowed individuals and companies to send unlimited donations to political parties without the need to disclose donor identity, a system critics have long said is undemocratic and favored Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party. A five-judge constitution bench on the Supreme Court ruled …
Read More »The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. Memphis Tigers (18-6, 7-4 AAC) at North Texas Mean Green (13-10, 6-5 AAC) Denton, Texas; Thursday, 8 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Mean Green -1; over/under is 136 …
Read More »The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. Weber State Wildcats (16-9, 7-5 Big Sky) at Idaho Vandals (9-15, 3-8 Big Sky) Moscow; Thursday, 9 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Wildcats -6.5; over/under is 139 BOTTOM …
Read More »INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Welcome back, LeBron James. Welcome for the first time, Paolo Banchero, Scottie Barnes, Jalen Brunson and Tyrese Maxey. All-Star weekend in Indianapolis is here, with some familiar names, some new faces, a nod to nostalgia and a bit of unwinding for everyone before the stretch run of the season. Most of the 54 players who will be …
Read More »CIUDAD DE MÉXICO (AP) — El presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador manifestó el jueves su respaldo a las conversaciones que sostuvieron cuatro obispos con integrantes de grupos delictivos en un intento por frenar la ola de violencia que golpea al estado de Guerrero, en el sur de México. En los diálogos participó el obispo de la diócesis de Chilpancingo-Chilapa, José …
Read More »KANSAS CITY, Missouri, EE.UU. (AP) — El tiroteo masivo que se registró la víspera en Kansas City en medio de una multitud durante las celebraciones por el triunfo de los Chiefs en el Super Bowl se debió aparentemente a una disputa entre varias personas, indicaron el jueves las autoridades de la ciudad. La jefa policial Stacey Graves dijo que las …
Read More »NEW YORK (AP) — Jennifer Lopez, Bad Bunny, Chris Hemsworth and Zendaya will join Vogue’s Anna Wintour as co-chairs of this year’s Met Gala, the magazine and the Metropolitan Museum of Art revealed Thursday. And the dress code? “The Garden of Time,” whatever that means in the imaginations of the star-studded crowd that will ascend the museum’s grand steps on …
Read More »WASHINGTON (AP) — From allegations of plotting to overturn a lost election to illegally stowing classified documents at his Florida estate, former President Donald Trump faces four criminal indictments in four different cities as he vies to reclaim the White House. The cases, totaling 91 felony counts, are winding through the courts at different speeds. Some might not reach trial …
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CIUDAD DE MÉXICO (AP) — Un padre que buscaba a su hijo desaparecido desde hace casi tres meses fue asesinado en el estado de Guerrero, el segundo activista en ser baleado de muerte en México en menos de una semana. El activista Noé Sandoval Adame, integrante del colectivo Familiares en Búsqueda María Herrera de la ciudad de Chilpancingo, murió el …
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