BALTIMORE (AP) — A Baltimore County police officer is accused of using excessive force when he pepper sprayed a handcuffed man in the face and closed him inside a hot patrol car, even as the man repeatedly said he couldn’t breathe. In addition to excessive force, Cpl. Zachary Small has been charged with reckless endangerment, misconduct in office and multiple …
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Agricultores secundan huelga en India para reclamar precios garantizados para sus cultivos
NUEVA DELHI (AP) — Los agricultores bloquearon carreteras y celebraron manifestaciones en muchas zonas rurales del norte de India el viernes para protestar por una serie de demandas que han llevado también a decenas de miles de ellos a marchar hacia la capital en tractores y carretas. Durante la huelga, los productores de los estados norteños de Haryana y Punjab …
Read More »Rusia toma control total de Avdiivka tras retiro de fuerzas ucranianas
KIEV, Ucrania (AP) — Las fuerzas rusas tomaron el control total el sábado de una ciudad en el este de Ucrania que fue foco de intensos combates durante meses, informó el Ministerio de Defensa ruso. Se trata de un acontecimiento que Moscú podría utilizar para elevar la moral a medida que se acerca el segundo aniversario de su invasión a …
Read More »Algeria’s black market for foreign currency underlines its economic woes
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — In a square near the center of Algiers, currency traders carry wads of euros, pounds and dollars, hoping to exchange them to those worried about the plummeting value of the Algerian dinar. This black market for foreign currencies is among the signs of the economic woes plaguing Algeria. The state, reluctant to allow the exchange rate …
Read More »Seven of 9 Los Angeles firefighters injured in truck blast have been released from a hospital
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Seven of nine firefighters injured when a truck’s fuel tank exploded have been released from a hospital, a Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman said Friday. The two firefighters who were most seriously injured remained hospitalized, Capt. Erik Scott said in a video update on social media. One was in stable but critical condition at Los Angeles …
Read More »Brian Wilson needs to be put in conservatorship after death of wife, court petition says
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The management team of Brian Wilson has petitioned to place him in a conservatorship because of his mental decline and the recent death of his wife, Melinda Ledbetter Wilson, who managed his daily life. The 81-year-old Beach Boys co-founder and mastermind has a “major neurocognitive disorder” and is taking medication for dementia, according to a doctor’s …
Read More »Judge rejects Texas AG Ken Paxton’s request to throw out nearly decade-old criminal charges
HOUSTON (AP) — A judge on Friday rejected Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton ’s attempts to throw out felony securities fraud charges that have shadowed the Republican for nearly a decade. The decision by state District Judge Andrea Beall, an elected Democrat, keeps Paxton on track for an April 15 trial on charges that he duped investors in a tech …
Read More »A $355 million penalty and business ban: Takeaways from Trump’s New York civil fraud verdict
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump suffered a big blow Friday as a New York judge ordered the former president and his companies to pay $355 million in penalties for what the judge described as a scheme to deceive banks and insurers by exaggerating Trump’s wealth on his annual financial statements. The stunning ruling adds to Trump’s legal woes as …
Read More »Man accused of killing deputy makes first court appearance
MARYVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The man accused of killing a Tennessee deputy and wounding another during a traffic stop last week made his first court appearance Thursday. Kenneth Wayne DeHart Jr., 42, was arraigned but has not yet entered a plea on charges of first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder and being a felon in possession of a weapon, news outlets …
Read More »Stock market today: Asian shares track Wall Street rally as Japan’s Nikkei nears a record high
BANGKOK (AP) — Shares advanced in Asia on Friday, with Tokyo’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index trading near a record high, 34 years after it peaked and then plunged with the collapse of Japan’s financial bubble. U.S. futures were lower after stocks on Wall Street set another record following some mixed reports on the economy. The Nikkei 225 was up 1.1% …
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