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MOSCÚ (AP) — Putin dice que las elecciones muestran “confianza” y “esperanza” en él luego de que sofocó a la oposición.

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 …

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Despite recent fiscal challenges, Gov. Wes Moore’s $63 billion budget plan remains largely intact under legislation approved unanimously Thursday in the Maryland Senate. The measure makes reserves available if needed to cover a miscalculation in Medicaid costs that was discovered after the governor submitted his budget to the General Assembly in January. The legislation now goes …

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 …

CAMDEN, Ark. (AP) — As they stood before massive rocket launchers built in part by their Arkansas constituents, Republican lawmakers were getting an unambiguous message Thursday from America’s top military officer: A Ukraine aid package that’s stalled in Congress will not only help in the fight against Russia, but also support jobs in their districts. The chairman of the Joint …

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Two bodies have been found in a migrant boat making the risky but increasingly popular voyage from West Africa toward Spain’s Canary Islands, and survivors said five other people died and were put overboard, maritime rescuers and the Red Cross said Tuesday. There were 38 survivors. The migrants had departed Nouakchott, Mauritania’s capital, 10 days earlier, …

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Europe’s oldest monarch, King Harald V of Norway, received a permanent pacemaker on Tuesday, the palace said, adding that the monarch will remain in the hospital for a few days. The 87-year-old underwent the procedure at Oslo’s university hospital, Rikshospitalet, the royal household said in a brief statement. “The operation was successful, and the King is …

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Gov. Mike DeWine of Ohio parted ways with Donald Trump on Monday and endorsed state Sen. Matt Dolan over Trump-backed businessman Bernie Moreno in the state’s three-way GOP primary for a U.S. Senate seat. In breaking ranks with the former president, DeWine called Dolan the party’s best shot at defeating Democratic incumbent Sherrod Brown in …

BUENOS AIRES (AP) — El gobierno argentino enviará el lunes a la ciudad de Rosario un contingente de fuerzas de seguridad federales que contarán con la asistencia logística de militares tras la ola de asesinatos a sangre fría de varias personas en espacios públicos supuestamente encabezada por bandas de narcos. “Estamos acorralando al narcotráfico… no estamos dispuestos a ceder ni …

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida school districts could opt to allow volunteer chaplains in schools under a bill the Legislature sent to Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis over the objections of opponents who argued that religion should be kept out of schools. Supporters argued the legislation will provide another resource for children and pointed to chaplains who serve in other government …