Kenyan activists are on a mission to end gender-based violence as attacks on women surge
By TOM ODULA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Njeri Migwi’s phone buzzes incessantly. Phone calls and messages keep coming in from women…
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The US is springing forward to daylight saving. For Navajo and Hopi tribes, it’s a time of confusion
By TERRY TANG Associated Press TUBA CITY, Ariz. (AP) — Melissa Blackhair is not eager to spring forward Sunday. “I’m dreading it. I just…
Continue ReadingA lonely radio nerd. A poet. Vladimir Putin’s crackdown sweeps up ordinary Russians
By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A lonely man jailed for criticizing the government on his ham radio. A poet assaulted…
Continue ReadingItaly’s migrant detention centers in spotlight after death of Guinean and calls to close them down
By PAOLO SANTALUCIA Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pressure is building on authorities in Italy to close a notorious Rome migrant detention center…
Continue ReadingFemale representation remains low in US statehouses, particularly Democrats in the South
By LEAH WILLINGHAM and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Nearly 130 years since the first three women were elected to…
Continue ReadingUN chief: Legal equality for women could take 300 years as backlash rises against women’s rights
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Legal equality for women could take centuries as the fight for gender equality is…
Continue ReadingHow the US military is scrambling to build a floating dock for urgently needed aid to Gaza
By LOLITA C. BALDOR and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Even before President Joe Biden announced in his State of the Union address…
Continue ReadingBiden, Trump issue dire warnings of the other, as rematch comes into view in Georgia
By JOSH BOAK and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump warned of dire…
Continue ReadingHawaii firefighters get control of fire at a biomass power plant on Kauai
LIHUE, Hawaii (AP) — Firefighters in Hawaii have gotten control of a large fire at a biomass plant on Kauai Island. KITV Island News reports crews…
Continue ReadingAP Decision Notes: What to expect in Mississippi’s presidential and state primaries
By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has his hopes set that Republican voters in Mississippi and three…
Continue ReadingMexico-bound plane lands in LA in 4th emergency this week for United Airlines
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A United Airlines jetliner headed to Mexico City from San Francisco has made an…
Continue ReadingA student from Mexican teachers’ college where 43 disappeared dies in a confrontation with police
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A student from a rural Mexican teachers’ college where 43 youths disappeared in 2014 has died in a confrontation with police.…
Continue ReadingRoswell police have new patches that are out of this world, with flying saucers and alien faces
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press Famous for being the spot where a spacecraft purportedly crashed in 1947, Roswell, New Mexico, is a mecca for…
Continue ReadingWWE strikes deal with Logan Paul and KSI’s Prime, will feature brand on center of ring mat
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer WWE has struck a deal with Prime, the beverage brand of YouTube stars Logan Paul and KSI, that will see its…
Continue ReadingHelicopter carrying National Guardsmen and Border Patrol agent crashes in Texas, killing 3
LA GRULLA, Texas (AP) — The military says a helicopter flying over the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas has crashed, killing two National Guard soldiers…
Continue ReadingNathan Hochman advances to Los Angeles County district attorney runoff against George Gascón
By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former federal prosecutor Nathan Hochman and progressive incumbent George Gascón have…
Continue ReadingMaui officials aim to accelerate processing of permits to help Lahaina rebuild
By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Local officials in Hawaii plan to open an office that will speed up Maui County’s notoriously…
Continue ReadingVeteran Miami prosecutor quits after judge’s rebuke over conjugal visits for jailhouse informants
By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI, Florida (AP) — A veteran prosecutor in Miami has quit after a judge found that state investigators…
Continue ReadingHow Black women coined the ‘say her name’ rallying cry before Biden’s State of the Union address
By GRAHAM LEE BREWER Associated Press Hard-line Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia wore a T-shirt to Thursday night’s State…
Continue ReadingMicrosoft says it hasn’t been able to shake Russian state hackers
By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer BOSTON (AP) — Microsoft said Friday it’s still trying to evict the elite Russian government hackers who…
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