KIEV (AP) — Líder militar de Ucrania dice que retirará a sus tropas de Avdivka tras cuatro meses de combates.
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Leaking underground propane tank found at Virginia home before deadly house explosion
STERLING, Va. (AP) — When firefighters arrived at a home in a Washington, D.C., suburb to investigate a report about a gas smell Friday night, they discovered a 500-gallon underground propane tank with a leak on the side of the residence. Shortly after they arrived, the house exploded and burst into flames, with multiple mayday calls coming from the firefighters …
Read More »WWII Monuments Men weren’t all men. The female members finally move into the spotlight
DALLAS (AP) — After World War II, the U.S. Army’s art experts set out to find and return millions of works stolen by the Nazis. Known as the Monuments Men, they included Mary Regan Quessenberry, who from her base in Berlin traveled to examine stolen works, tracked looting cases and investigated suspicious art dealers. Decades later, Quessenberry and the other …
Read More »Zimbabwe’s vice president says the government will block a scholarship for LGBTQ+ people
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s powerful vice president said the government will block a university scholarship for young LGBTQ+ people, a move that human rights groups described Friday as a perpetuation of the African country’s homophobic practices. The state university scholarship for people between the ages of 18 and 35 is sponsored by GALZ, a membership organization for LGBTQ+ people …
Read More »A man is charged in a car accident that killed 2 Chicago women in St. Louis for a Drake concert
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis prosecutors have charged a 22-year-old man in the deaths of a mother and daughter from Chicago who were fatally struck by a Jeep after leaving a Drake concert. Monte Henderson of suburban St. Louis was charged Thursday with two counts of first-degree involuntary manslaughter and two counts of armed criminal action. Court records show …
Read More »Pennsylvania magistrate judge is charged with shooting her ex-boyfriend as he slept
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A suspended magistrate judge in Pennsylvania shot her estranged boyfriend in the head as he slept last weekend, police said Thursday in filing attempted murder and aggravated assault charges against her. Tests showed Magisterial District Judge Sonya M. McKnight, 57, had gunshot residue on her hands an hour after Michael McCoy was shot in the bed …
Read More »Sheriff says Tennessee man tried to enroll at Michigan school to meet minor
SCOTTVILLE, Mich. (AP) — A 21-year-old Tennessee man traveled to Michigan and tried to enroll at a high school after meeting a minor online, authorities said. A suspicious staff member at Mason County Central alerted a sheriff’s deputy who interviewed the young man Tuesday and learned that he wasn’t a teenager as claimed, the sheriff’s office said. The man from …
Read More »Before Russia’s satellite threat, there were Starfish Prime, nesting dolls and robotic arms
WASHINGTON (AP) — What would it mean if Russia used nuclear warheads to destroy U.S. satellites? Your home’s electrical and water systems could fail. Aviation, rail and car traffic could come to a halt. Your cellphone could stop working. These are among the reasons why there was alarm this week over reports that Russia may be pursuing nuclear weapons in …
Read More »AP Week in Pictures: Europe and Africa
Feb. 9 – Feb. 15, 2024 An Ivory coast fan wears a costume in the colours of the national flag ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations soccer final against Nigeria in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. A man fishes in a plastic tent on the ice of the gulf of Finland, in Russia. People take photos of a man wearing a …
Read More »Stock market today: Wall Street falls to a rare losing week but remains close to its record
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks slipped Friday to send Wall Street to a rare losing week, just its second in the last 16. The S&P 500 fell 0.5% from its all-time high set a day earlier. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 145 points, or 0.4%, and the Nasdaq composite sank 0.8%. A report in the morning on inflation at …
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