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HAVANA (AP) — Juana Bacallao, a renowned Cuban singer and cabaret diva who still performed until recently, has died. She was 98. Bacallao died Saturday after spending several days at a hospital in Havana, according to a statement from Cuba’s Ministry of Culture. Officials didn’t say why she was hospitalized. Bacallao was known for her husky voice, risque personality and …

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico businesswoman is accused of defrauding the U.S. government and two Native American tribes of taxes and royalties due to them for oil and gas that her companies extracted from leased federal and tribal lands. Federal prosecutors announced this week that Teresa McCown recently was indicted by a grand jury on several wire fraud …

SHASTA LAKE, Calif. (AP) — Two children died after falling into a rushing river near a Northern California campground Thursday morning, authorities said. Deputies responded around 9 a.m. following reports that the children were swept away near Shasta Dam, the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. Rescue crews including a dive team searched the water and later recovered …

Feb. 16–22, 2024 Models presented a Tom Ford collection on the runway in Milan. After Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died in prison, his wife, Yulia Navalnaya, vowed that President Vladimir Putin and his allies would be brought to justice over his death. Director Martin Scorsese, recipient of the Honorary Golden Bear for lifetime achievement, walked the red carpet at …

Un aliado de Alexei Navalny señaló el viernes que las autoridades de Rusia han dado un plazo a la madre del fallecido líder opositor ruso para renunciar a un funeral público para su hijo o, de lo contrario, será enterrado en instalaciones penitenciarias. Los investigadores dieron a Lyudmila Navalnaya tres horas para aceptar una propuesta de un funeral privado lejos …

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Emperor Naruhito made his first speech to the nation since a deadly earthquake hit the north-central region of Koto, with a message marking his 64th birthday on Friday. The ceremonial monarch expressed grief for people affected by the Jan. 1 earthquake, praying for their recovery and saying he hoped to visit the region to console them. …

COPENHAGUE (AP) — Una tormenta con fuertes vientos en Suecia arrancó la techumbre de la principal estación de trenes en Goteborg el viernes, provocando cortes de energía y deteniendo temporalmente el tránsito ferroviario desde y hacia la segunda ciudad más grande del país. Por el momento no se han reportado lesionados. La tormenta se desató el jueves por la noche …

LONDON (AP) — An unexploded World War II bomb was safely transported Friday through the eerily empty streets of the southwestern English port city of Plymouth before being placed on a boat for its next and final journey to sea where it will be blown up by naval divers. In what prompted one of the largest evacuations in the United …

HOUSTON (AP) — A word to the wise: If you overhear your work-from-home spouse talking business, just forget anything you may learn from it. And most definitely do not trade stocks using what authorities will almost certainly view as inside information. Tyler Loudon, a 42-year-old Houston man, learned this lesson the hard way. He pleaded guilty Thursday to securities fraud …

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A rural Pennsylvania county and its elected officials may have to pay the state elections agency hundreds of thousands of dollars to reimburse it for legal fees and litigation costs in a three-year battle over allowing outsiders to examine voting machines to help former President Donald Trump’s claims of election fraud. Last week, Secretary of State …