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Democrat Tom Suozzi won a special election for a U.S. House seat in New York on Tuesday, coming out on top in a politically mixed suburban district in a victory that could lift his party’s hopes heading into a fiercely contested presidential election later this year. Suozzi defeated Republican Mazi Pilip to take the seat that was left vacant when …

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee would be the latest state to make it illegal for an adult to help a minor get an abortion without parental consent under legislation that advanced Tuesday inside the GOP-controlled Statehouse. The proposal stems from the growing push among anti-abortion advocates to get states to implement abortion bans and convince them to find ways for …

NEW YORK (AP) — No, Jon Stewart really wasn’t sitting at his desk at Comedy Central for the last nine years, waiting for someone to turn the lights back on. Yet it almost felt that way during Stewart’s return to “The Daily Show” Monday night. His signature moves — blunt satire, facial grimaces, incisive use of video and some occasional …

VARSOVIA (AP) — Donald Trump, que encabeza las preferencias en Estados Unidos para obtener la candidatura presidencial republicana este año, dice que una vez advirtió que le permitiría a Rusia hacer lo que quisiera con los países miembros de la OTAN que fueran “morosos” a la hora de dedicar el 2% de su producto interno bruto a defensa. El comentario …

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s top security official said Tuesday that she aims to make it easier to trace right-wing extremists’ financing and plans to set up an “early recognition unit” to detect far-right and foreign disinformation campaigns as early as possible. Interior Minister Nancy Faeser’s proposals follow large protests against the far right in Germany in recent weeks. They reflect …

PARIS (AP) — Ukraine will need nearly $9 billion over the next decade to rebuild its cultural sites and tourism industry following Russia’s invasion and war, the United Nations’ cultural agency said Tuesday. UNESCO estimated that the country’s interlinked culture and tourism sector have lost over $19 billion in revenue during the war that started two years ago this month. …

NEW YORK (AP) — When New York City officials got wind of the major winter storm headed their way, they rewound the clock four years, reopened their coronavirus pandemic playbook, and announced that instead of canceling school, teachers and students would once again meet online. No snow day. Mayor Eric Adams said it was important to give children enrolled in …

CIUDAD DE MÉXICO (AP) — Aquella tarde de invierno en que Alejandro Roemmers se despidió de su caballo, el aire fresco y las caminatas a la orilla del río, la tristeza le obsequió la poesía. El poeta y empresario argentino nacido en 1958 apenas tenía 8 años, pero la melancolía de dejar atrás unos días felices en la sierra provocaron …

BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — About 10,000 children are still fighting alongside armed groups in Central African Republic more than a decade after civil war broke out, the government said Monday. Marthe Kirima, the minister for family and gender, said in a statement that children are still being recruited as fighters, spies, messengers, cooks and even used as sex …

TESALÓNICA, Grecia (AP) — Expertos antiexplosivos en el norte de Grecia desactivaron un paquete-bomba que había sido enviado al despacho de una jueza, informó la policía. La jueza en Tesalónica consideró sospechoso el paquete y no lo abrió, sino que llamó a la policía del tribunal que evacuó el edificio. Había pocos miembros del público en el tribunal en ese …