Vermont governor signs 1st-in-nation shield bills that include medicated abortion
By LISA RATHKE Associated Press Vermont’s Republican governor has signed abortion and gender affirming shield bills into law that are the first in…
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Greek police rescue new group of migrants from border islet
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greek police say 17 migrants have been rescued from a tiny islet in the river that runs along Greece’s northeastern…
Continue ReadingOhio Constitution change aimed at thwarting abortion rights push appears headed to August ballot
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio Constitution change aimed at thwarting an abortion rights push this fall has…
Continue ReadingMissouri lawmakers ban gender-affirming care, trans athletes; Kansas City moves to defy state
By SUMMER BALLENTINE and JOHN HANNA Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Transgender minors in Missouri won’t have access to puberty…
Continue ReadingDaughters without moms find support in each other’s grief
By TRACEE M. HERBAUGH Associated Press When my mother died suddenly 30 years ago, I was 13. I’d spend the next 20 years attempting to…
Continue ReadingSpain plans to ban outdoor work in extreme heat
MADRID (AP) — Spain plans to ban outdoor work during periods of extreme heat. Second Deputy Prime Minister Yolanda Díaz told reporters Wednesday…
Continue ReadingIndia’s Modi to visit White House in June as Biden seeks stronger ties amid competition with China
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will host Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the…
Continue ReadingArchbishop of Canterbury: UK migration bill is morally wrong
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The head of the Church of England has made a rare intervention in Parliament to condemn the British…
Continue ReadingAP source: Harris postpones MTV event over writers’ strike
By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Hollywood writers’ strike that’s snarling the television and movie industries…
Continue ReadingOprah teams with Arthur C. Brooks on book about happiness
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Oprah Winfrey’s latest book project is one she helped write. Winfrey has teamed with the…
Continue ReadingEU commissioner nominated to lead Bulgaria’s next government
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — A European Union commissioner from Bulgaria has been nominated for the post of prime minister as the Balkan country…
Continue ReadingSaudi Arabia invites Syrian president to Arab summit
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Saudi Arabia has invited Syrian President Bashar Assad to the upcoming Arab League summit in the…
Continue ReadingItaly smashes cross-border migrant smuggling ring
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italian police say they have arrested 29 people and smashed a transnational operation that…
Continue ReadingUkraine’s occupied nuke plant faces possible staffing crunch
By SUSIE BLANN and YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s atomic energy company is claiming that Russia plans to relocate…
Continue ReadingSwiss villagers told to evacuate over Alpine rockslide alert
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Authorities in eastern Switzerland ordered residents of the tiny village of Brienz to evacuate by…
Continue ReadingHong Kong amends law to limit foreign lawyers in some cases
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong lawmakers have passed an amendment to a law granting the city’s leader the power to…
Continue ReadingLong popular in Asia, floating solar catches on in US
By ISABELLA O’MALLEY Associated Press When Joe Seaman-Graves, the city planner for the working class town of Cohoes, New York, Googled the term…
Continue ReadingGermany to allow audio recording of some criminal trials
BERLIN (AP) — Germany plans to allow sound recording of some criminal trials, ending the decades-long practice of requiring judges, prosecutors and…
Continue ReadingHuge number of asylum seekers at US-Mexico border as COVID-19 restrictions end, new rules begin
By MARIA VERZA, COLLEEN LONG and MORGAN LEE Associated Press CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) — The Biden administration on Thursday will begin denying…
Continue ReadingASEAN leaders to agree to cooperate in fighting cyber scams
By EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press LABUAN BAJO, Indonesia (AP) — Southeast Asian leaders have agreed to tighten border controls and law enforcement…
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