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In a prod to Gov. Kathy Hochul, Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik has introduced federal legislation that would entice New York and other states to change their laws to “hold repeat offenders accountable and bolster public safety.” The measure — which seeks to give judges the authority to impose bail and detain dangerous defendants pending trial — would offer a federal bounty, of sorts, to states that comply. Stefanik’s “Stop Enabling Repeat Violence and Endangering Our Communities Act” is a response to Hochul’s public safety agenda released in her State of the State address Tuesday that critics said offered little change…

John Tortorella is taking away the Flyers’ toys. The famously crusty coach revealed after Wednesday’s 5-3 win over the Capitals he banned iPads from the Philadelphia bench in an attempt to help his players focus on their next shift, not looking back at their last. “I think it’s a major problem with us, understanding the momentums of the game,” Tortorella told reporters. “You can’t understand momentums of the game if you’re looking at the iPad all the time. We took them off and aren’t even going to use them, so that they watch the game and see what’s next.” John…

The worst cholera outbreak to affect Malawi in two decades has now claimed 750 lives, a government minister said, while the World Health Organization chief described the southeast African country as among the hardest-hit amid ongoing global epidemics that are “more widespread and deadly than normal.”Malawi’s Health Minister Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda on Thursday ordered the closure of many businesses that lack safe water, toilets and hygienic refuse disposal facilities, and announced restrictions on the sale of pre-cooked food.”We continue to record rising number of cases across the country, despite signs of reduced transmission and deaths in a few areas,” Chiponda…

The mayor of Mexico’s capital has announced that 6,060 National Guard officers will be posted in the city’s subway system after a series of mechanical problems and accidents that officials suggested could be due to sabotage. Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum said, in recent months, “incidents have been occurring that we categorize as not normal.” She appeared to suggest, but did not say, that it could involve some form of sabotage. Sheinbaum added that she had asked President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to dispatch the quasi-military National Guard and he agreed. The officers would be posted at subway stations “and…

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Thursday said it has charged Genesis Global Capital LLC and Gemini Trust Company LLC with illegally selling securities to hundreds of thousands of investors through their crypto lending program. Genesis, a part of Digital Currency Group, entered into a deal with Gemini in December 2020 to offer Gemini customers the chance to loan their crypto assets to Genesis in exchange for earning interest, the SEC said. Beginning in February 2021, they raised billions of dollars’ worth of crypto assets from investors, the SEC said. The firms violated securities laws through the offer…

A woman walks between signs denoting food prices in a street in Buenos Aires on Thursday © Luis Robayo/AFP/Getty Images Argentina closed the year with annual inflation accelerating to 95 per cent, bringing the South American country narrowly outside the five triple-digit inflation nations globally.Prices rose by 5.1 per cent in the month of December, increasing slightly after three consecutive months of decline and bringing the 12-month figure to 94.8 per cent, according to the government statistics agency Indec. That was the highest rate since 1991, when the country was emerging from a hyperinflation crisis. Soaring prices have largely been attributed to…

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins is preparing for a playoff matchup with the New York Giants on Sunday, but he seems to already have an idea of what he wants to do when he retires from football.Cousins said that once he stops growing as an NFL player, he could see himself walking away from the game.”I think every time you go out there and play and learn and get better, you build as a player. … I do think the continuous improvement has happened. The day that I don’t think that’s happening anymore is when I’ll probably walk away,” Cousins…

As many as a dozen of firefighters who entered the burning Grenfell Tower have since developed terminal cancer. It’s feared many of the residents who survived the fire were exposed to toxic fumesThe Grenfell Tower firefighters showed remarkable bravery but their dedication may have come at a terrible cost. As many as a dozen of those who entered the burning building have since developed terminal cancer, linked to exposure to contaminates in the smoke-filled air. It is feared that many of the residents who survived the fire, which took 72 lives, were also exposed to toxic fumes and asbestos. A…

Australia will have a new security pact with Papua New Guinea by June after high-level talks between Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and PNG’s Prime Minister James Marape.The leaders announced negotiations would be completed by April 30 and will come into effect before July. The treaty will focus on training cooperation and increasing personnel capacities, raising the possibility for joint exercises. Source: Sky News

An abortion survivor said it’s “traumatizing and disgusting” that Democrats collectively opposed legislation that would require abortion providers to give medical care to infants who survive the procedure. “It’s almost indescribable for me to say what that’s like to see the people who are in opposition of truly who I am and what I have suffered and the population I serve – what they’re still suffering today,” said Melissa Ohden, the founder of the Abortion Survivors Network, an advocacy organization that offers support to people who survive abortions.Ohden survived a saline infusion abortion in 1977. She said her birth mother’s family…