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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 …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s Chamber of Deputies on Friday approved in general terms a reform bill proposed by libertarian President Javier Milei to deregulate the economy, overcoming a hurdle for the sweeping initiative after three days of heated debate. But the fine print of the omnibus bill’s more than 300 articles, including economic, administrative, criminal and environmental changes, …

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The United Nations’ top court said Friday it has jurisdiction to rule on a request by Ukraine for a declaration that Kyiv is not responsible for genocide, but not on other aspects of a Ukrainian case against Russia. The two countries have at various times accused each other of committing genocide. Ukraine filed its case …

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal lawsuit says a woman who died last February shouldn’t have been discharged from a Tennessee hospital, forced to leave despite her pleas for more help and unassisted by security guards and police during a medical emergency. The son of 60-year-old Lisa Edwards on Thursday sued the city of Knoxville, a security company, individual officers …

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — For weeks, scrutiny over singer Taylor Swift’s travel in private jets has been bubbling up on social media, with people pointing out the planet-warming emissions of carbon dioxide released with every flight. The megastar is dating Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, one of the NFL’s most celebrated players. The growing romance between the couple has …

QUITO (AP) — La policía de Ecuador confirmó el jueves la captura en Guayaquil del narcotraficante colombiano Henry Loaiza Montoya, alias “Alacrán”, requerido por la justicia de Estados Unidos y uno de los más buscados en el vecino país del norte, considerado el heredero de un excapo del Cartel de Cali. Loaiza Montoya, calificado por la policía ecuatoriana como “un …

LIMA (AP) — La fiscalía peruana inició el jueves una investigación para hallar a los autores de un delito de crueldad contra animales, luego de conocerse que en un cementerio de la costa norte del Pacífico habían enterrado vivo a un perro callejero. El animal fue rescatado por un hombre que escuchó sus ladridos y gemidos. Un video difundido por …

Years of fighting losing battles have left the NCAA almost helpless to defend itself. The legal pile-on against the largest governing body for college sports in the United States continued Wednesday when attorneys general from Tennessee and Virginia filed an antitrust lawsuit that seeks to throw out the few rules the NCAA has to regulate how athletes can be compensated …

NUEVA DEHLI (AP) — La policía india absolvió a una presunta paloma espía china después de ocho meses de detención y la liberó el martes, informó la agencia de noticias Press Trust of India. La terrible experiencia de la paloma comenzó en mayo cuando fue capturada cerca de un puerto en Mumbai con dos anillos atados a sus patas y …

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A group of employees and teachers from a Kentucky middle school who bought a $1 million Powerball winning ticket tucked it in a math textbook for safekeeping before claiming the prize this week. The group of 30 educators, some retired, met at Rector A. Jones Middle School in northern Kentucky near Cincinnati and have been playing …