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Chilean ex-President Piñera drowned after a crash in a helicopter he was piloting, prosecutors say 02/07/2024 03:26pm • VIÑA DEL MAR, Chile (AP) — Chilean prosecutors on Wednesday released more details about the death of former President Sebastian Piñera, saying he drowned after the helicopter he was piloting crashed into a lake. Piñera, 74, died on Tuesday after a flight over Lake Ranco, more than 560 miles (90 Former Chilean President Sebastián Piñera dies in a helicopter crash. He was 74 02/06/2024 09:18pm • VIÑA DEL MAR, Chile (AP) — Sebastián Piñera, the two-time former president of Chile who faced social upheaval followed by a pandemic in his second term, died Tuesday in a helicopter crash. He was 74. Chile Interior Minister Carolina Tohá confirmed the death of the former president. No further How private equity is changing the global soccer landscape with big investments in clubs and leagues 02/06/2024 06:58pm • MADRID (AP) — Atletico Madrid is revamping its training facilities. Sevilla and Valencia are rebuilding their stadiums. Sporting Gijon is expanding its youth academy. Spanish clubs this week are meeting to showcase and discuss projects funded by their shares of the $2.1 billion that private equity GOP says Biden has all the power he needs to control the border. The reality is far more complicated 02/06/2024 04:34pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Build more wall. Reinstate Trump-era immigration policies. Or simply shut down the U.S.-Mexico border. Congressional Republicans argue that President Joe Biden already has all the authority he needs to halt the flow of migrants through the U.S.-Mexico border. They're making the c AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Nevada's presidential primary and caucuses 02/06/2024 02:55pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Nevada again holds the coveted first-in-the-West slot in the presidential campaign calendar, but this year’s showdown in the Silver State won’t look like it did in previous years. State lawmakers opted to move away from the Iowa-style presidential caucuses that Nevada had hel Japan's Toyota raises its profit outlook after solid earnings helped by a weak yen 02/06/2024 02:39am • TOKYO (AP) — Toyota raised its full fiscal year profit forecast Tuesday after reporting its profit in the October to December quarter nearly doubled from the year before. Toyota Motor Corp.’s third quarter profit totaled 1.36 trillion yen ($9 billion), up from 727.9 billion yen in the same peri Where to get a free cup of coffee in DC 02/05/2024 06:32pm • In need of a jolt during the workweek? Some downtown D.C. coffee shops are handing out a free cup of joe. Here's where to get one. It's part of the ongoing efforts to drive people to visit and spend time in the downtown area, which has been slow to rebound since the pandemic sent people working f What we know about King Charles III's health history, from COVID-19 to polo injuries 02/05/2024 05:03pm • LONDON (AP) — The announcement Monday that King Charles III has been diagnosed with cancer has come as a shock to many in Britain, largely because the 75-year-old monarch has generally enjoyed good health through the years. Palace officials did not specify what kind of cancer the king has, or how 'Coolest dictator' to 'philosopher king,' Nayib Bukele's path to reelection in El Salvador 02/05/2024 03:35pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele has called himself the “world’s coolest dictator” or as his X profile read on election day, the “Philosopher King.” Now he’ll likely have five more years to provoke, surprise and raise concerns, after appearing to win a landslide reelecti Here's how 2 sentences in the Constitution rose from obscurity to ensnare Donald Trump 02/05/2024 12:14pm • DENVER (AP) — In the summer of 2020, Gerard Magliocca, like many during the coronavirus pandemic, found himself stuck inside with time on his hands. A law professor at Indiana University, Magliocca emailed with another professor, who was writing a book about overlooked parts of the Constitution's How two sentences in the Constitution rose from obscurity to ensnare Donald Trump 02/05/2024 08:25am • DENVER (AP) — In the summer of 2020, Gerard Magliocca, like many during the coronavirus pandemic, found himself stuck inside with time on his hands. A law professor at Indiana University, Magliocca figured he would research the history of two long-neglected sentences in the Constitution’s 14th A Library of Congress collecting COVID-19 pandemic stories, calling for many different voices 02/05/2024 04:52am • The world's largest library has launched a new campaign to record and archive millions of COVID-19 pandemic stories. The Library of Congress is calling for many different American voices to share their experiences for posterity. "You can read something in a history book, but to hear someone's Today in History: February 4, Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin begin World War II Yalta conference 02/04/2024 12:01am • Today in History Today is Sunday, Feb. 4, the 35th day of 2024. There are 331 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 4, 1945, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin began a wartime conference at Yalta. Los Angeles Opera to present Puccini's 'Madama Butterfly' reimagined on film soundstage 02/03/2024 07:20pm • The Los Angeles Opera opens its 2024-25 season Sept. 21 with Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” reimagined in a film studio and said Saturday it will present the company premiere of Osvaldo Golijov’s “Ainadamar" while reducing its offerings from six main-stage productions to five. Mario Gras's � Controversial podcast host Joe Rogan signs a new deal with Spotify for up to a reported $250 million 02/03/2024 12:17pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Spotify has penned a new multi-year partnership deal with controversial podcast host Joe Rogan, whose enormously popular show will soon also be available on competing platforms, including YouTube and Apple Podcasts. Spotify announced the renewed partnership in a post on the comp