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NEW YORK (AP) — While the U.S. economy is broadly healthy, pockets of Americans have run through their savings and run up their credit card balances after battling inflation for more than two years. Experts worry that members of these groups — mostly lower- and middle-income Americans, who tend to be renters — are falling behind on their debts and …

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Monday at the start of his fifth visit to the Middle East since the outbreak of the war in Gaza, hoping to press ahead with a potential cease-fire deal and postwar planning while tamping down regional tensions. But on all three fronts he …

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The first publicly known cases have emerged of Russian authorities penalizing people under a court ruling that outlawed LGBTQ+ activism as extremism, Russian media and rights groups have reported, with at least three people who displayed rainbow-colored items receiving jail time or fines. The Supreme Court ruling in November banned what the government called the LGBTQ+ …

LONDON, Ontario (AP) — The police chief of London, Ontario, issued a public apology on Monday to a woman who says she was sexually assaulted by five hockey players on Canada’s 2018 world junior team — including four now currently in the NHL — for the length of time it took to complete an investigation of a case that has …

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — More than 100 members of Myanmar’s Border Guard Police have fled their posts and taken shelter in Bangladesh to escape fighting between Myanmar security forces and an ethnic minority army, an official with Bangladesh’s border agency said Monday. It is the first time that Myanmar forces have been known to flee into Bangladesh since an alliance …

IDLIB, Syria (AP) — Aya al-Sudani, a bubbly toddler with a toothy smile, will mark her first birthday on Tuesday, but there will be no celebration with cake and presents. The day also marks a dark memory. On Feb. 6, 2023, a massive earthquake hit Syria and Turkey and the baby girl was pulled alive from the rubble of her …

LONDRES (AP) — El rey Carlos III ha sido diagnosticado con una forma de cáncer y ha comenzado el tratamiento, informó el lunes el Palacio de Buckingham. A menos de 18 meses de su reinado, suspenderá sus funciones públicas, pero continuará con los asuntos estatales y no cederá sus funciones constitucionales como jefe de Estado. El palacio dijo que el …

WASHINGTON (AP) — El gobierno del presidente Joe Biden anunció el lunes que implementará una nueva política que le permitirá imponer restricciones de visa a extranjeros involucrados en el uso indebido de software espía comercial. La medida se aplicará a personas que hayan estado involucradas en el uso indebido de este tipo de software en contra de individuos, incluidos periodistas, …

WASHINGTON (AP) — While sentencing a North Carolina man to prison for his role in the U.S. Capitol riot, a Republican-appointed judge issued a stark warning: Efforts to portray the mob of Donald Trump’s supporters as heroes and play down the violence that unfolded on Jan. 6, 2021, pose a serious threat to the nation. U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth …

LOS ÁNGELES (AP) — Un segundo río atmosférico consecutivo azotó el domingo el norte de California, donde dejó caminos inundados y a decenas de miles sin electricidad, además provocó una inusual advertencia de fuerzas con vientos de huracán mientras el estado se preparaba para lo que podrían ser varios días de lluvias intensas. La tormenta inundó calles y derribó árboles …