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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Dozens of people were arrested during a protest that briefly blocked traffic on a Philadelphia interstate over the weekend, authorities said. Philadelphia officers were called shortly before 4 p.m. Saturday to the westbound lanes of I-676 where officials said about 350 members of the “Party for Socialism and Liberation” had rushed onto the highway, disrupting traffic, city …

MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — A former New York City police officer has been acquitted of murder in the shooting of his childhood friend during a confrontation on Long Island. A jury on Thursday convicted Errick Allen, 30, only of menacing in the May 12, 2020, shooting of Christopher Curro, Newsday reported. Allen was off duty when he shot Curro, his …

The expert pilots who navigate massive ships in and out of Baltimore’s port must often maneuver with just 2 feet (0.6 meter) of clearance from the channel floor and memorize charts, currents and every other possible maritime variable. The highly specialized role — in which a pilot temporarily takes control of a ship from its regular captain — is coming …

NUEVA YORK (AP) — La ciudad de Nueva York planea intensificar el combate a los viajes sin pagar en el tren subterráneo con el emplazamiento de cuando menos 800 policías específicamente para que vigilen los torniquetes, anunciaron autoridades el lunes. Es la más reciente en una serie de medidas para atender preocupaciones acerca de la seguridad e indisciplina en el …

DES MOINES, Iowa, EE.UU. (AP) — El bote de la lotería Mega Millions alcanzó un estimado de 1.100 millones de dólares luego de que, como en los últimos tres meses, nadie acertó los seis números ganadores en el sorteo del viernes por la noche. La combinación ganadora fue 3, 8, 31, 35, 44, y la Mega bola dorada: 16. El …

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Riley Strain, a University of Missouri student who went missing in Tennessee’s capital for nearly two weeks, has been found dead in a river, police announced Friday. No foul play is suspected, investigators said. Metro Nashville police officials confirmed that Strain’s body had been recovered from the Cumberland River about 8 miles (12.8 kilometers) west of …

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — For more than a century, it has been a crime to cheat on your spouse in New York. But adultery may soon be legal in the Empire State thanks to a bill working its way through the New York Legislature, which would finally repeal the seldom-used law that is punishable by up to three months behind …

PHOENIX (AP) — Una legisladora de Arizona embarazada que reveló en un discurso en el Senado estatal que planeaba abortar dice que quería compartir con sus colegas y el público los efectos prácticos de las restricciones al aborto aprobadas a lo largo de los años. La senadora demócrata Eva Burch dijo a sus colegas en un discurso pronunciado el lunes …

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California fertility doctor was sentenced Friday to 15 years to life in prison for the murder of his wife in an incident authorities said was made to look like an accident. Eric Scott Sills, 58, was sentenced for one count of second-degree murder in the death of his wife Susann, the Orange County …

PHOENIX (AP) — A former jail officer in Phoenix has been sentenced to two years in prison for smuggling drugs into the detention facility where he worked, the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office said Thursday. Andres Salazar, 28, was arrested in November 2022 as he arrived for work at the Lower Buckeye Jail with close to 60 grams of methamphetamine and …