AP TOP NEWS Vatican says health of retired pope Benedict XVI ‘worsening’ By FRANCES D’EMILIOan hour ago VATICAN CITY (AP) — The health of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has worsened due to his age, and doctors are constantly monitoring the 95-year-old’s condition, the Vatican said Wednesday. Vatican spokesperson Matteo Bruni said Pope Francis, who asked […]

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By Micaiah Morgan Five Jamaican men are in custody after a firearm and several rounds of ammunition were seized on Monday after a motor vehicle was stopped at a vehicular checkpoint. Their identities are being withheld as investigations are ongoing. The incident occurred at the intersection of Spanish Town and West Roads in Kingston 12. […]

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LONDON, CMC –The London-based Death Penalty Project is urging Guyana to declare the death penalty unconstitutional. The organisation made the call after the Court of Appeal in Guyana on Thursday overturned three death sentences and replaced them with life sentences, but declined to strike down the death penalty as unconstitutional. In a statement regarding its […]

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By Benson Toti Avraham Eisenberg was arrested on Monday in Puerto Rico. The Department of Justice is charging Eisenberg with fraud and market manipulation over the Mango attack. Eisenberg withdrew roughly $110 million in crypto, but returned about $67 million.  Avraham Eisenberg, who openly confirmed his exploit of cryptocurrency platform Mango Markets (MNGO/USD) in October, […]

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By Globe Staff Ten of the 13 people accused of attempting to murder former Red Sox slugger David Ortiz were convicted in a Dominican court Tuesday, according to ESPN. Rolfi Ferreyra Cruz and Eddy Vladimir Feliz Garcia were sentenced to 30 years each in prison. Theirs is the longest sentences among the defendants. Cruz was […]

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By Tom Hals and Dietrich Knauth An FTX logo and a representation of cryptocurrencies are seen through broken glass in this illustration taken December 13, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Dec 27 (Reuters) – FTX customers filed a class action lawsuit against the failed crypto exchange and its former top executives including Sam Bankman-Fried on Tuesday, seeking […]

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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico Dec 28 (Reuters) – Even before the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday opted to keep in place a measure aimed at deterring illegal border crossings, hundreds of migrants in northern Mexico were taking matters into their own hands to slip into the United States. The contentious pandemic-era measure known as Title 42 […]

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CHUMBIVILCAS, Peru, Dec 27 (Reuters) – Most Christmas ceremonies would be ruined if attendees threw a punch. But in Peru’s mountainous south, participants of one Dec. 25 festival have exactly that in mind. On Christmas Day, hundreds of residents of Chumbivilcas province in Peru’s Cusco region gather to take part in an ancient fighting ritual […]

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By Alexander Villegas AYACUCHO, Peru, Dec 27 (Reuters) – Edgar Prado, 51, a mechanic and driver from the city of Ayacucho in southern Peru, spent most of the day on Dec. 15 in his garage tinkering on his white Toyota Hilux pickup, even as protests began to build in the airport just a block away. […]

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AP Afternoon Wire Good afternoon. Here’s the latest on today’s top stories. If you’d like to update your subscription settings, you can do that here. Supreme Court keeps immigration limits in place indefinitely WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is keeping pandemic-era limits on immigration in place indefinitely, dashing hopes of immigration advocates who had […]

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