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Month: March 2024

Iowa Republican shelves bill to criminalize death of an “unborn person” because of IVF concerns

By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A bill that would have criminalized the death of an “unborn person” has been shelved in Iowa after a Senate Republican joined Democrats in voicing concerns about the potential impact for in vitro fertilization after an Alabama court found frozen embryos can be considered children.

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‘Manhunt,’ about hunt for John Wilkes Booth, may make you wish you paid attention in history class

By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press A new series on Apple TV+, premiering Friday, tells the lesser-known aspects of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, focusing on the pursuit of his killer, John Wilkes Booth. Many don’t know that Lincoln’s killing occurred days after the end of the Civil War and that Booth acted with co-conspirators who

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Democratic senators have privately warned White House that votes aren’t there to confirm Biden’s Muslim judicial nominee

By MJ Lee, CNN Washington (CNN) — Multiple Democratic senators and their staff have privately warned the White House in recent days that there does not appear to be enough votes in the Senate to confirm Adeel Mangi, President Joe Biden’s Muslim-American judicial nominee, sources familiar with the conversations tell CNN – appearing to suggest

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¿Defensa aérea por US$ 13 el disparo? Cómo el arma láser DragonFire podría revolucionar la forma en que los ejércitos contrarrestan misiles y drones enemigos

Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Esta semana, el Reino Unido presentó una nueva arma láser que, según sus fuerzas armadas, podría proporcionar una defensa letal contra misiles o aeronaves a un precio aproximado de US$ 13 por disparo, lo que supondría un ahorro potencial de decenas de millones de dólares con respecto al costo de los interceptores

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A plane carrying the UK defense minister had its GPS jammed as it flew near Russian territory

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain says a plane carrying Defense Secretary Grant Shapps had its satellite signal jammed as it flew near Russian territory. The government said the Royal Air Force jet carrying Shapps, officials and journalists “temporarily experienced GPS jamming when they flew close to Kaliningrad” on a flight from

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Five hikers rescued on La Luz Trail

By Janelle Brisbine Click here for updates on this story     BERNALILLO COUNTY, New Mexico (KOAT) — Five hikers are now safe after calling for rescue on their way up La Luz Trail on Sandia Mountain. Bernalillo County Fire and Rescue says they got the group off the mountain around 1 a.m. Wednesday morning. The group

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Spain approves amnesty for Catalan separatists, but adiós to hopes it would bolster weak government

By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has kept his part of a bargain struck last year with Catalonia’s separatists to keep him in power by pushing through a divisive amnesty bill. The legislation aims to clear hundreds of secession supporters for their roles in an illegal breakaway

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Renta Ciudadana 2024 en Colombia: ¿cómo consultar con tu cédula si tu hogar es beneficiario de la ayuda económica?

Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — El Gobierno de Colombia puso en marcha un programa de transferencias para los ciudadanos que viven en pobreza extrema con el que busca entregar dinero en efectivo suficiente para que los hogares más vulnerables, que están por debajo de la línea de la pobreza, puedan satisfacer sus necesidades básicas.

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Lower house of Japan’s parliament passes bill to promote LGBTQ+ awareness, but not guarantee rights

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The powerful lower house of Japan’s parliament has passed a bill to promote awareness of LGBTQ+ issues amid protests by activists who say that last-minute revisions by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s conservative party favor opponents of sexual equality instead of guaranteeing equal rights. The passage followed only

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