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Month: February 2024

Slovak president challenges the government’s move to eliminate the special anti-graft prosecutor

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s president says she will challenge at the Constitutional Court an amendment to the country’s penal code that eliminates the office of the special prosecutor dealing with major crimes and corruption. President Zuzana Caputova said she was also asking Slovakia’s top court to freeze the legislation, which was approved by lawmakers

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Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

Mueren 4 militares colombianos y 7 quedan heridos en un ataque del Clan del Golfo en Antioquia

Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — Cuatro militares colombianos murieron y siete más resultaron heridos este viernes luego de un ataque del grupo criminal Clan del Golfo en el departamento de Antioquia, informó el Ejército Nacional de Colombia en su cuenta en la red social X. Los cuatro militares fallecidos, todos con rango de soldado, fueron

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Nicaragua shuts down scouting association and several other social and religious groups

Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Nicaragua’s government has shut down the country’s scouting organization and seven other nongovernmental organizations, state media La Gaceta reported Friday, capping a crackdown that has seen the government toss out religious orders, charities and civic groups. Since mass social protests erupted in 2018, Ortega’s government has shut down or

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Ukrainian man pleads guilty in cyberattack that temporarily disrupted major Vermont hospital

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice says a Ukrainian man has pleaded guilty to involvement in two separate malware schemes, including a cyberattack that temporarily shut down some vital services at a major hospital in Vermont. Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court in Nebraska to conspiracy to commit racketeering

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Nevada issues first license to a lounge in Las Vegas where cannabis can be consumed recreationally

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada regulators have issued the first license to operate a lounge where cannabis can be consumed recreationally, marking the first of what are expected to be dozens of such operations. The state Cannabis Compliance Board announced Thursday that the license was awarded to a business in Las Vegas following an inspection

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Kansas City vive duelo tras tiroteo en celebración del Super Bowl; dos adolescentes están detenidos

Paulina Nares (CNN) —  Dos adolescentes se encuentran detenidos en relación con el tiroteo del miércoles tras mitin de celebración del Super Bowl de los Chiefs de Kansas City, —que dejó una mujer muerta y más de 20 heridos— fueron acusados el jueves, de acuerdo con funcionarios judiciales de Missouri. La Oficina de Justicia Juvenil

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Rep. Matt Gaetz’s ex-girlfriend subpoenaed by House Ethics Committee and is expected to plead the Fifth later this month

By Paula Reid, CNN (CNN) — The House Ethics Committee investigating Rep. Matt Gaetz has subpoenaed his ex-girlfriend who was a key witness in the federal investigation into the Florida lawmaker, according to her lawyer Tim Jansen. She is scheduled to testify, via a video call, on February 29, and Jansen said she will invoke the Fifth

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Billy Joel says he’s ‘thought about putting together a band’: ‘Me, Don Henley and Sting, and maybe John Mayer’

By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — To file under the fantasy music collaborations category, Billy Joel has been toying with the idea of joining forces with some contemporary music greats. The “Piano Man” crooner – who recently performed his first new music in decades at the Grammys – appeared on the “Howard Stern Show” this

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