NEW YORK (AP) — Adele Zerilli Springsteen, the longtime legal secretary, musical muse and concert dance partner who captured countless hearts in her son Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Nation and beyond, has died at 98. Bruce Springsteen announced in an Instagram post that his mother died Wednesday. He shared a video of the two of them dancing to the Glenn …

With all eyes on the Paris Olympics, the World Aquatics Championships feel more like a nuisance than the second-most important event on the swimming calendar. Given the unusual timing — a lingering fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic — many of the biggest names have decided to skip the meet in Doha, Qatar. “I don’t really care, to be honest,” American …

Much has been written about the one-and-only time the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X met. It was on March 26, 1964, and the two civil rights leaders were both in Washington for a Senate debate on the Civil Rights Act. The moment is also depicted in the new installment of National Geographic’s “Genius” anthology series called “ …

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. …

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 …

CIUDAD DE GUATEMALA (AP) — César Bernardo Arévalo de León, el presidente guatemalteco que carga en su espalda con la esperanza de una nación que se cansó de la corrupción estatal, es consciente del escenario adverso en el que asumió el poder hace 17 días con su partido suspendido, siendo minoría en el Congreso y con la fiscalía en contra. …

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 …

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 …

GENEVA (AP) — Julius Baer says its CEO is resigning and the Swiss bank is quitting the private debt business as well as setting aside more than a half-billion Swiss francs (dollars) reportedly over its exposure to bankrupt Austrian asset manager Signa. Chairman Romeo Lacher expressed “regret” during a presentation Thursday on the bank’s 2023 results, saying management had not …

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. DENTON, Texas (AP) — Efrem Johnson scored 18 points, five in the overtime, as UAB knocked off North Texas 82-79 on Wednesday. The Blazers reached overtime when Eric …

SAN SALVADOR (AP) — Love him or hate him, all eyes are on Nayib Bukele. To many, El Salvador’s president is a national hero who took on the country’s violent gangs with an unrelenting hand. To others, the populist is a 21st century autocrat who has committed mass human rights abuses and has altered the rules of the game to …

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