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Trump co-defendant asks judge to dismiss charges against him in Mar-a-Lago classified documents case

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Carlos De Oliveira, one of former President Donald Trump’s co-defendants in the classified documents criminal case, asked a judge to dismiss the charges against him Thursday because he had “no clue” what was in the boxes he moved around Mar-a-Lago. Lawyers for De Oliveira, who was the property manager

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California man arrested and accused of threatening Arizona election worker after 2022 vote

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a San Diego man has been arrested on suspicion of leaving threatening messages on the personal cellphone of an Arizona election worker he accused of rigging the 2022 election results. The U.S. Attorney’s office says the 52-year-old was charged with one count of communicating an interstate threat and

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Two more candidates file papers to run for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Two more candidates are filing paperwork to appear on Pennsylvania’s primary ballots for U.S. Senate as Democratic Sen. Bob Casey seeks a fourth term. Brandi Tomasetti, a Republican from Lancaster County, and William Parker, a Democrat from Allegheny County, both filed paperwork Thursday before a court-ordered deadline. Both Parker and Tomasetti

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Utah man sues Maduro over trauma caused by nearly two years of imprisonment in Venezuela

By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A Utah man imprisoned for nearly two years in Venezuelan has sued President Nicolás Maduro for allegedly heading a “criminal enterprise” that kidnaps, tortures and unjustly imprisons American citizens. The complaint filed Thursday in Miami federal court by Joshua Holt seeks compensation for damages Holt and his

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La histórica misión Odysseus devuelve a EE.UU. a la superficie de la Luna

Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — El módulo IM-1 de Intuitive Machines, también llamado Odysseus u “Odie”, se encuentra en la superficie lunar después de experimentar problemas inesperados horas antes del alunizaje. “Sé que esto fue motivo de morderse las uñas, pero estamos en la superficie y estamos transmitiendo”, anunció el director ejecutivo de Intuitive

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Google suspende función de Gemini para generar imágenes de personas con inteligencia artificial tras recibir críticas

urielblanco (CNN) — Google suspenderá la función de su herramienta de inteligencia artificial Gemini para generar imágenes de personas, después de que recibiera críticas en redes sociales por producir imágenes históricamente inexactas que mostraban en gran medida a personas negras en lugar de blancos. El vergonzoso error demuestra que las herramientas de IA siguen teniendo

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Georgia bill aims to protect religious liberty. Opponents say it’s a license to discriminate

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia lawmakers are revisiting a nearly decade-old fight over whether the state needs to protect religious rights from being trampled by state and local governments. But opponents say the measure would provide a legal shield for people and groups to discriminate against LGBTQ+ people in the name

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Biden ally meets Arab American leaders in Michigan and tries to lower tensions over Israel-Hamas war

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Arab American leaders in Michigan have met with Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna of California to discuss backlash towards President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign. Khanna is a Biden surrogate who organized the meeting independently from the campaign to hear community concerns. Leaders shared stories about how they

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Federal Reserve officials caution against cutting US interest rates too soon or too much

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Several Federal Reserve policymakers are warning against cutting U.S. interest rates too soon or by too much in the wake of recent data showing inflation stayed unexpectedly high in January. Their comments Thursday echoed the minutes from the Fed’s last meeting in January, released Wednesday. The

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County executive in New York bans transgender athletes from competing on girls’ sports teams

By Ashley R. Williams and Nic F. Anderson, CNN (CNN) — An executive order issued in a New York county will ban transgender athletes from competing on girls or women’s sports leagues and teams at county facilities, effective immediately, Nassau County executive Bruce Blakeman announced Thursday. The announcement marks the latest restriction in the United States on transgender athletes’

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Four charged in connection with trying to smuggle Iranian missile components to Houthis

By Hannah Rabinowitz and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — Four mariners who were caught by Navy sailors while attempting to deliver Iranian-made missile components to the Houthis are now facing federal charges, according to a new indictment unsealed Thursday. In a nighttime operation last month, the US Navy seized ballistic missile and cruise missile components from a vessel

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