Argentine court suspends labor changes in a blow to President Milei’s economic plan | AP News

Argentine court suspends labor changes in a blow to President Milei’s economic plan | AP News

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — President Javier Milei suffered a judicial blow Wednesday as a court suspended labor rule changes he recently announced as part of sweeping deregulation and austerity measures aimed at reviving Argentina’s struggling economy.The ruling by a three-judge court came on a legal challenge brought by the main union group, the General

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Prosecutors accuse Rays’ Wander Franco of commercial sexual exploitation, money laundering | AP News

Prosecutors accuse Rays’ Wander Franco of commercial sexual exploitation, money laundering | AP News

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Dominican prosecutors on Wednesday accused Wander Franco of commercial sexual exploitation and money laundering following allegations that the Tampa Bay Rays shortstop had a relationship with a minor whose mother also faces the same charges.Prosecutors requested that a judge hold Franco on an $86,000 bond, bar him from leaving

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Harvard seeks to move past firestorm brought on by school President Claudine Gay’s resignation | AP News

Harvard seeks to move past firestorm brought on by school President Claudine Gay’s resignation | AP News

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Harvard University on Wednesday sought to move beyond the firestorm brought on by the plagiarism allegations, congressional testimony and resignation of Claudine Gay, the school’s first Black president, as it seeks a new leader and tries to heal divisions at the elite Ivy League school.But Gay, in a column published online

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Osprey ‘black box’ from fatal Japan crash that killed 8 recovered with data intact, Air Force says | AP News

Osprey ‘black box’ from fatal Japan crash that killed 8 recovered with data intact, Air Force says | AP News

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force has recovered the flight data recorder from a CV-22B Osprey that crashed off the coast of Japan in late November with its data intact, which could provide valuable clues for investigators as to what caused the fatal accident. Eight Air Force Special Operations Command service members were killed in

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