El Salvador opposition warns it may ask to nullify congressional election results

El Salvador opposition warns it may ask to nullify congressional election results

SAN SALVADOR (AP) — As El Salvador’s electoral body begins a vote-by-vote count of last week’s election results, the political opposition warned Wednesday they could ask to nullify results of the legislative elections due to irregularities.No one questions the victory of highly popular President Nayib Bukele, who won re-election with 83% of the votes, leading

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Ecuador’s high court decriminalizes euthanasia, following a lawsuit by a terminally ill patient

Ecuador’s high court decriminalizes euthanasia, following a lawsuit by a terminally ill patient

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador’s high court on Wednesday decriminalized euthanasia and ordered lawmakers and health officials to draft rules and regulations for the procedure.The decision of Ecuador’s Constitutional Court came in response to a lawsuit from a terminally ill woman diagnosed with https://apnews.com/article/amyotrophic%20lateral%20sclerosis, commonly known as ALS, who had argued that she should be

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Official says police in Haiti killed 5 armed environmental protection agents during ongoing protests

Official says police in Haiti killed 5 armed environmental protection agents during ongoing protests

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Police killed five armed environmental protection agents in Haiti’s capital Wednesday during the third consecutive day of demonstrations that have paralyzed the country amid growing demands that Prime Minister Ariel Henry resign.The deadly shooting between police and agents with Haiti’s Security Brigade for Protected Areas occurred in the Laboule community of

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Panama ex-President Ricardo Martinelli receives political asylum from Nicaragua

Panama ex-President Ricardo Martinelli receives political asylum from Nicaragua

PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama’s former President Ricardo Martinelli has received political asylum from Nicaragua days after Panama’s Supreme Court denied his appeal over a money laundering conviction that carried a 10-year sentence.Martinelli’s attorney Shirley Castañeda said outside the Nicaraguan embassy Wednesday that “his political asylum had already been granted.” Asked why Martinelli had requested

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Record rainfall, triple-digit winds, hundreds of mudslides. Here’s California’s storm by the numbers

Record rainfall, triple-digit winds, hundreds of mudslides. Here’s California’s storm by the numbers

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The slow-moving atmospheric river that was finally moving out of California on Wednesday unleashed record rainfall, triple-digit winds and hundreds of mudslides. Here is the historic storm by the numbers: ___DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES READ MORE Christian Bale breaks ground on foster homes he’s fought for 16 years to see built First

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What to know about South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s banishment from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation

What to know about South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s banishment from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation

For the second time as governor of South Dakota, Kristi Noem has been banished from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Last week, the Oglala Sioux Tribe said the Republican governor was no longer welcome on tribal lands, and its leaders referred to her rhetoric linking immigration and crime as opportunistic and dangerous.“Our people are being

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