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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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. …

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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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Street artist of ‘Super Pope’ fame gets new stamp of Vatican approval

ROME (AP) — Street artist Maupal, whose cartoon-like depictions of Pope Francis as a “Super Pope” have graced buildings around the Vatican for a decade, got an official stamp of approval on Thursday when he appeared at a Vatican news conference. Maupal, in life Mauro Pallotta, designed a series of posters to illustrate Francis’ 2024 Lenten message, which this year …

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US center’s tropical storm forecasts are going inland, where damage can outstrip coasts

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The “cone of uncertainty” produced by the National Hurricane Center to forecast the location and ferocity of a tropical storm is getting an update this year to include predictions for inland areas, where wind and flooding are sometimes more treacherous than damage to the coasts. The Miami-based hurricane center said Thursday on the X social …

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FMI avala plan ajuste de Milei y desembolsa 4.700 millones de dólares para Argentina

BUENOS AIRES (AP) — El plan de ajuste del presidente argentino Javier Milei recibió el jueves un guiño del Fondo Monetario Internacional, que giró 4.700 millones de dólares y elogió al nuevo gobierno por haber tomado “medidas audaces” para restaurar la estabilidad económica y abordar problemas que obstaculizan el crecimiento y la inversión. “Estas primeras acciones empiezan a dar sus …

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