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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island man was arrested Thursday and charged with using gasoline to set several fires around the exterior of a predominantly Black church in North Providence early Sunday morning. Kevin Colantonio, 35, of North Providence, was charged with maliciously damaging or destroying by means of fire or explosion a building or other real property, according …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Seeking to keep a spotlight on President Joe Biden’s age, House Republicans will hold a public hearing next month with the Justice Department special counsel who found evidence that the president had mishandled classified information when he was out of office but who also concluded that criminal charges were not warranted. The House Judiciary Committee, chaired by …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

WASHINGTON (AP) — La propuesta fronteriza del Senado fue uno de los proyectos de ley bipartidistas más difíciles que surgieron sobre el tema en décadas. Sin embargo, colapsó rápidamente cuando los republicanos —impulsados por Donald Trump, el probable candidato presidencial republicano— rechazaron el acuerdo por considerarlo insuficiente. Ahora los demócratas ven una oportunidad. Chuck Schumer, el líder de la mayoría …

HOUSTON (AP) — Nearly a week after a woman opened fire at celebrity pastor Joel Osteen’s Texas megachurch, there are still questions about a motive behind the attack and scrutiny on how a person with a record of criminal misdemeanors and a history of mental illness was able to obtain her weapons. Police said Genesse Moreno used a legally purchased …

TOKIO (AP) — Una nave espacial no tripulada ha captado y transmitido datos de análisis de 10 piedras lunares, un logro mayor que lo previsto que podría brindar pistas sobre el origen de la Luna, dijo un funcionario de la agencia espacial japonesa el miércoles. Durante cuatro días, la Sonda Inteligente para Investigar la Luna (SLIM) —que alunizó el mes …

HOUSTON (AP) — The shooter who opened fire at a Houston megachurch before being gunned down by security officers used an AR-style rifle that police say she legally purchased despite a years-long criminal record, a history of mental illness and allegations she threatened to shoot her ex-husband. Key questions remained Tuesday about Genesse Moreno’s motive in the shooting, and police …