Por THALIA BEATY WASHINGTON (AP) — Se espera que una pequeña agencia federal de Estados Unidos que invierte en pequeñas empresas africanas comparezca ante un tribunal el martes para luchar por el control de sus operaciones y su existencia. La Fundación para el Desarrollo de África de Estados Unidos (USADF, por sus siglas en inglés) […]
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El nuevo ministro de Defensa promete recuperar control territorial en una convulsa Colombia
Por ASTRID SUÁREZ BOGOTÁ (AP) — Vestido con traje de sastre y corbata, el exgeneral Pedro Sánchez se presentó el martes ante las tropas como el nuevo ministro de Defensa colombiano, dejando atrás el uniforme militar que vistió por décadas para asumir de civil la política de defensa, en la que priorizará la recuperación del […]
Insurgentes paquistaníes atacan un tren con cientos de personas a bordo y toman rehenes
Por ABDUL SATTAR QUETTA, Pakistán (AP) — Insurgentes paquistaníes atacaron el martes un tren de pasajeros que transportaba a varios cientos de personas mientras atravesaba un túnel y afirmaron haber tomado a más de 100 rehenes, aunque las autoridades dijeron más tarde que al menos 80 fueron rescatados. Hasta el momento se desconoce qué ocurrió […]
Benet’s Mac Doyle follows in cousin Kathleen’s footsteps, one arena at a time, but ‘nothing has come easy’
Mac Doyle, a senior getting his first varsity playing time, has earned a starting role.
Organizers cancel Elgin’s Juneteenth event after date it wanted was given to Michelada Festival
The annual Juneteenth Festival in Elgin’s Festival Park has been canceled this year because the date organizers wanted for the event was given to a different group, the African American Coalition of Kane County said.
‘An incredibly brazen attack’: More than 12 years after the slaying of Hadiya Pendleton, prosecutors are retrying alleged shooter
More than 12 years after 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton was shot and killed in a case that drew international attention, a judge Tuesday once again ordered her alleged shooter held in jail while awaiting trial.
Construction on Kennedy Expressway project to resume March 18
Phase three of the project will include structural rehabilitation for 19 bridges and pavement patching throughout the 7.5-mile corridor from the I-94 split south to downtown.
Skokie’s Illinois Holocaust Museum to close during expansion, will add downtown Chicago site
The Illinois Holocaust Museum in Skokie will close in July 2025 for expansion construction and will add a downtown Chicago site.
Gary to resume city trash pickup after 17 years and dump private waste hauler
The Gary Sanitary District isn’t renewing its trash pickup contract with Republic Services and is purchasing garbage trucks to launch its own pickup service next year.
Review: ‘Dummy in Diaspora’ is an immigrant story told with a young and authentic voice
Now in Chicago by Jackalope Theatre, writer and performer Esho Rasho’s solo play was currently part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.