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MIAMI (AP) — It was a plan the United States knew from the start would arguably violate international law. The Associated Press obtained a secret 2018 memo detailing a covert operation by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration that sent undercover operatives into Venezuela to surreptitiously record and build drug-trafficking cases against the country’s leadership. The sting was part of a …

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California’s Legislative Black Caucus released a slate of reparations bills to implement ideas from the state’s landmark task force on the issue. The proposals include potential compensation for property seized from Black owners, but do not call for widespread direct cash payments to descendants of enslaved Black people. If approved, the proposals would expand access to …

HARTFORD, Connecticut, EE.UU. (AP) — Un veterano militar que intervino cuando la primera legisladora estatal musulmana de Connecticut era atacada después de una reunión de oración y sometió al sospechoso busca que se elimine un cargo en su contra por el delito menor de agresión. Jason Spencer, de 43 años, solicitó el miércoles el programa de rehabilitación acelerada del estado, …

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Inflation in Europe edged lower in January to 2.8%, keeping alive speculation about quicker interest rate cuts that would lower borrowing costs for businesses and consumers — and help boost the stagnating economy. The annual figure released Thursday by the European Union statistics agency Eurostat was down from 2.9% in December and matched what market analysts …

When two Native American boys from Nebraska died after being taken to a notorious boarding school hundreds of miles away in Pennsylvania, they were buried there without notice. Nearly 130 years later, the tribe wants the boys’ remains back home. So far, the Army has refused to return to the Winnebago Tribe the remains of Samuel Gilbert and Edward Hensley. …

LONDON (AP) — Climate activist Greta Thunberg spoke defiantly about her mission outside court Thursday on the first day of her trial for refusing to leave a protest that blocked the entrance to a major oil and gas industry conference in London last year. Thunberg, 21, was among more than two dozen protesters arrested on Oct. 17 after preventing access …

NEW YORK (AP) — At this moment in the 2024 election cycle, complaining about Fox News — even if for different reasons — may be what unites Donald Trump, Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis the most. At conservative America’s favorite news source, the Republican nomination process is essentially over and has been for awhile, leaving DeSantis and Haley annoyed at …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Desde el temor a que las vacunas contengan microchips hasta el fraude electoral en Estados Unidos, las teorías de conspiración surgen por doquier. Pero la creencia en teorías conspirativas no es nueva y es bastante común, según décadas de encuestas. Los psicólogos dicen que las teorías de conspiración sobreviven porque los seres humanos tienen una necesidad básica …

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Duke Energy Corp. subsidiaries for North Carolina and South Carolina have offered to regulators an adjusted electricity production proposal that the utilities say responds to surging demand projections while still reaching for future greenhouse gas reduction targets. Duke Energy said the update to a recent Carolinas Resource Plan, filed on Wednesday with both states, incorporates new …

LONDRES (AP) — La activista climática Greta Thunberg fue a juicio el jueves por negarse a abandonar una protesta que bloqueó la entrada a una importante conferencia de la industria petrolera y gasera en Londres el año pasado. Thunberg, de 21 años, fue una de más de dos docenas de manifestantes arrestados el 17 de octubre tras impedir el acceso …