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LOS ANGELES (AP) — After a dry start to winter, California’s rainy season is finally well under way. December downpours sent water racing through streets in coastal Ventura County and the city of Santa Barbara. Flash floods hit San Diego in late January, and back-to-back atmospheric river-fueled storms arrived earlier this month, causing wind damage in Northern California and hundreds …

LONDON (AP) — Yulia Navalnaya used to avoid the cameras, staying in the background while her husband rose to become Russia’s most prominent opposition figure and President Vladimir Putin’s greatest foe. But following the death in prison last week of Alexei Navalny, she stepped onto a stage normally reserved for senior politicians in Munich and vowed that Putin and his …

NEW YORK (AP) — Vice Media plans to lay off several hundred employees and no longer publish material on its Vice.com website, the company’s CEO said in a memo to staff Thursday. Vice, which filed for bankruptcy last year before being sold for $350 million to a consortium led by the Fortress Investment Group, is also looking to sell its …

WASHINGTON (AP) — El Departamento de Justicia de Estados Unidos anunció el jueves una serie de arrestos y acusaciones contra empresarios rusos y sus intermediarios en cinco casos federales separados que abarcan Nueva York, Florida, Georgia y el Distrito de Columbia. Las acciones se programaron para coincidir con el segundo aniversario de la invasión rusa de Ucrania, que comenzó el …

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s automatic voter registration has put almost all eligible citizens on the rolls, but now some Republicans want to turn that system off. The Senate Ethics Committee on Thursday voted to advance Senate Bill 221, which would require people to opt in to voter registration when they receive or renew a driver’s license. Currently, they’re automatically registered …

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Hunters in northern Wisconsin would be barred from killing any does for four years under legislation the state Assembly approved Thursday. The Republican-authored measure is designed to help the northern herd replenish itself after an anemic nine-day gun hunt in the region in November. Children under 16 who participate in a youth hunt would be allowed …

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland lawmakers are looking at a legislative solution to address a missed mailing deadline for property tax assessments, a mistake that affected about 107,000 notices and could cost local governments roughly $250 million over three years if nothing is done, a state official said Thursday. Maryland reassesses the value of one-third of all property in each …

DUBÁI, Emiratos Árabes Unidos (AP) — Un presunto ataque con misiles de los rebeldes hutíes de Yemen incendió en un barco en el Golfo de Adén el jueves luego de que Israel interceptó lo que parecía otra acción del grupo en la ciudad portuaria de Eilat, según las autoridades. Los ataques se producen mientras los hutíes intensifican sus acciones por …

BOISE, Idaho. (AP) — More than 50 Idaho obstetricians have stopped practicing in the state since a near-total abortion ban took effect in August 2022, according to a newly released report. Data compiled by the Idaho Physician Well-Being Action Collaborative also shows that only two obstetricians moved to the state to practice in the last 15 months, the Idaho Statesman …

BAY CITY, Mich. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Energy announced a conditional $544 million loan Thursday that would allow a Michigan semiconductor manufacturing plant to expand to make parts that can bring faster charging times for electric vehicles. The conditional loan for SK Siltron CSS LLC would create up to 200 construction jobs during the expansion of the company’s …