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NEW YORK (AP) — Manhattan prosecutors suggested Friday that Donald Trump violated a gag order in his hush-money criminal case this week by assailing the judge’s daughter and making a false claim about her on social media. The Manhattan district attorney’s office asked Judge Juan M. Merchan to “clarify or confirm” the scope of the gag order, which he issued …

CIUDAD DEL CABO, Sudáfrica (AP) — Un autobús que llevaba feligreses que se dirigían a un festival de Pascua cayó el jueves desde un puente de un paso de montaña en Sudáfrica y estalló en llamas, causando la muerte de al menos 45 personas, indicaron las autoridades. El único sobreviviente fue un niño de 8 años, quien recibía atención médica, …

DERA ISLAMIL KHAN, Pakistán (AP) — Las fuerzas de seguridad de Pakistán mataron a cuatro milicianos en una redada nocturna en un escondite insurgente en el noroeste del país, en la frontera con Afganistán, dijo el ejército el martes. Las tropas hallaron armas, munición y explosivos en la operación basada en información de inteligencia que se llevó a cabo en …

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana officials revoked the liquor license Tuesday of an Indianapolis bar where one person was killed and five others, including a police officer, were wounded during a weekend shooting. The Indiana Alcohol and Tobacco Commission voted unanimously to revoke a liquor license extension for 11:11 Bar & Grille on the city’s far east side. The bar was …

BANGKOK (AP) — Chinese electric vehicle makers are showcasing their latest models, including a flying car, as they take on global rivals at the Bangkok International Motor Show. Companies like BYD, XPeng and Great Wall Motors are quickly growing their sales in Thailand, challenging longstanding market leaders like Toyota, Isuzu and Ford, as they expand exports across the globe. And …

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Fly me to the moon. Or, at least, to Maine. Maine’s largest airport is now home to the second largest piece of the moon on Earth, according to moon rock enthusiasts who installed the extraterrestrial chunk. The moon piece is a little bigger than a rugby ball and is on loan to the Portland International Jetport …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A high school teacher and two students sued Arkansas on Monday over the state’s ban on critical race theory and “indoctrination” in public schools, asking a federal judge to strike down the restrictions as unconstitutional. The lawsuit by the teacher and students from Little Rock Central High School, site of the historic 1957 racial desegregation …

LA HABANA (AP) — La cubana María de los Ángeles Pozo recordó con una sonrisa cuando con su libreta de abastecimiento conseguía de todo: desde pasteles de boda, hamburguesas, pescado y chocolate a leche condensada, fósforos, cerveza, harina y hasta cepillos de dientes. Durante 60 años la libreta —un cuadernillo en el que cada mes se asientan las entregas— fue …

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia unleashed one of its most devastating attacks against Ukraine’s electric sector on Friday, an aerial assault it said was retaliation for recent strikes inside Russia and which could signal an escalation of the war just days after President Vladimir Putin cemented his grip on power in a preordained election. Many Ukrainians were plunged into darkness …

Food prices and overall inflation will rise as temperatures climb with climate change, a new study by an environmental scientist and the European Central Bank found. Looking at monthly price tags of food and other goods, temperatures and other climate factors in 121 nations since 1996, researchers calculate that “weather and climate shocks” will cause the cost of food to …