NAIROBI, Kenia (AP) — Un vehículo cargado de gas explotó y desató un infierno que arrasó viviendas y almacenes en la capital de Kenia a primera hora del viernes, con más de 270 heridos y al menos tres muertos, aunque se espera que las cifras aumenten. Es probable que varios residentes estuvieran en sus casas cuando el fuego llegó a …
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Massachusetts Senate approves gun bill aimed at ghost guns and assault weapons
BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts Senate approved a sweeping gun bill Thursday designed to crack down on “ghost guns,” toughen the state’s prohibition on assault weapons and outlaw devices that convert semiautomatic firearms into fully automatic machine guns. The Senate approved the bill on a 37-3 vote. The measure is part of an effort by the state to respond to …
Read More »9 hospitalized after 200 prisoners rush corrections officers in riot at Southern California prison
BLYTHE, Calif. (AP) — Eight corrections officers and an incarcerated man were injured in a riot involving around 200 inmates in the recreational yard of a Southern California prison, authorities said Thursday. The violence erupted around 10 a.m. Wednesday as officers were escorting an inmate across the yard as part of a contraband investigation at Ironwood State Prison in Blythe, …
Read More »Haley insists she’s staying in the GOP race. Here’s how that could cause problems for Trump
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — For months, the underdog in the presidential primary refused to concede defeat. He fought hard in state after state, even as the front-runner amassed a delegate advantage that would be virtually impossible to overcome. The extended feud between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton in 2016, which turned more bitter as time passed, left behind Democratic divisions …
Read More »AP Week in Pictures: Global
Jan. 26-Feb, 1, 2024 Venice celebrates the opening of Carnival season, and the world’s largest cruise ship departs Port Miami on its first public cruise. Regions of Spain are hit by a drought. People around the world support Palestinians, while both sides in the Israel-Hamas war bury their dead. Artifacts illegally taken away from Nepal return home, and roses are …
Read More »Georgia could require cash bail for 30 more crimes, including many misdemeanors
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia, once a self-proclaimed leader in criminal justice reform, is sliding a little further toward its old lock-’em-up ways. State senators voted 30-17 on Thursday to require cash bail for 30 additional crimes, including 18 that are always or often misdemeanors, leaving Senate Bill 63 only one House vote from passage. The measure also seeks to limit …
Read More »Austrian prosecutors appeal a decision to move ‘monster of Amstetten’ Josef Fritzl to regular prison
BERLIN (AP) — Austrian prosecutors have appealed a court decision that a man who kept his daughter captive for 24 years and raped her thousands of times, fathering seven children with her, can be moved from psychiatric detention to a regular prison. Ferdinand Schuster, a spokesperson for the state court in Krems, on Thursday confirmed a report by broadcaster ORF …
Read More »Tropas paquistaníes matan a 22 insurgentes tras ataques en represalia por bombardeos en Irán
QUETTA, Pakistán (AP) — Las fuerzas de seguridad paquistaníes mataron esta semana a 22 insurgentes en una operación contra separatistas baluches, que habían realizado atentados con agresores suicidas y hombres armados en represalia por los ataques aéreos paquistaníes del mes pasado contra escondites insurgentes en Irán, según dijeron funcionarios el jueves. Cuatro agentes de seguridad y dos civiles murieron antes …
Read More »Mueren ahogados dos migrantes al naufragar embarcación cerca de Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN (AP) — Las autoridades buscaban el jueves a migrantes desaparecidos frente a la costa noroccidental de Puerto Rico luego que una abarrotada embarcación naufragó, matando a por lo menos dos personas. La policía de Puerto Rico dijo que sus agentes rescataron a 30 ocupantes de le embarcación que se hundió el miércoles cerca del pueblo costero de Quebradillas. …
Read More »Journalists, lawyers and activists hacked with Pegasus spyware in Jordan, forensic probe finds
Israeli-made Pegasus spyware was used in Jordan to hack the cellphones of at least 30 people, including journalists, lawyers, human rights and political activists, the digital rights group Access Now said Thursday. The hacking with spyware made by Israel’s NSO Group occurred from 2019 until last September, Access Now said in its report. It did not accuse Jordan’s government of …
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