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Month: March 2024

A fifth Albuquerque, New Mexico, police officer has resigned amid probe of unit

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Authorities say a fifth Albuquerque police officer has resigned during an investigation into alleged wrongdoing by officers assigned to a unit charged with stopping impaired drivers. Albuquerque TV station KRQE reports that City Police Chief Harold Medina said Joshua Montaño submitted his resignation Wednesday after he failed to appear for multiple

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Antitrust lawsuits accuse major US sugar companies of conspiring to fix prices

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Three antitrust lawsuits filed by food businesses in federal court in Minnesota this week accuse some of the largest U.S. sugar-producing companies of conspiring to fix prices. The lawsuits name United Sugars, which includes American Crystal Sugar; Domino Sugar; Cargill; other producers, and a commodity data company. The Star Tribune of Minneapolis

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Senate rival Frank LaRose joins other GOP Ohio officeholders in endorsing Bernie Moreno

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Secretary of State Frank LaRose has joined other Ohio officeholders in backing his former rival, Republican Senate nominee Bernie Moreno. LaRose’s endorsement Thursday followed a bruising and expensive primary in which he repeatedly attacked Moreno as untrustworthy. In a post on X, formerly Twitter, LaRose

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US calls for vote Friday on UN resolution declaring that immediate Gaza cease-fire is `imperative’

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States called for a vote Friday on a newly revised and tougher U.N. resolution declaring that “an immediate and sustained cease-fire” in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza is “imperative” to protect civilians and enable humanitarian aid to be delivered to more than 2

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Judge tosses DOJ suit against social media influencers in alleged pump-and-dump scheme

By Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge has dismissed a criminal indictment against seven Twitter users and a podcaster accused of running a $100 million stock manipulation scheme over social media. The Justice Department did not do enough to describe the influencers’ activities as a “scheme to defraud,” wrote District Judge Andrew Hanen of the US

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Gobierno de Milei busca ampliar la participación de las Fuerzas Armadas en la lucha contra el narcotráfico y el delito organizado

mondemanola (CNN) — El Gobierno de Javier Milei, en Argentina, busca ampliar la participación de las Fuerzas Armadas en materia de seguridad interior para la lucha contra grupos del narcotráfico y el delito organizado. Así lo anunció este jueves la ministra de Seguridad, Patricia Bullrich, en una conferencia de prensa conjunta con el ministro de

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México advierte sobre “tensión significativa” con EE.UU. si la polémica ley de inmigración de Texas entra en vigor

macamilarincon (CNN) –– México le advirtió a una corte federal de Estados Unidos que si sus jueces permiten la implementación de la controvertida ley de inmigración de Texas, los dos países enfrentarán una “tensión significativa” con consecuencias de largo alcance para las relaciones entre ambas naciones. López Obrador reitera que México no aceptará migrantes deportados

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Embattled Sen. Bob Menendez says he won’t run in Democratic primary for Senate seat but leaves open running as an independent

By Haley Talbot, Melanie Zanona, Annie Grayer and Clare Foran, CNN Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey announced Thursday he will not run for reelection in the Democratic primary for his US Senate seat, but left open the possibility that he could run as an independent candidate. “I will not file for the Democratic

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