After UAE law change, out-of-wedlock babies still in shadows
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates has decriminalized premarital sex in a bold…
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‘A way we resist’: Quilts honor victims of racial violence
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A quilt exhibit at Jackson State University honors dozens of lives…
Continue ReadingGolden Globes announce nominations to a skeptical Hollywood
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Snoop Dogg has read the nominations for the 79th Golden Globes. After nine months of widespread…
Continue ReadingJan. 6 panel votes for contempt charges against Mark Meadows
By MARY CLARE JALONICK and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection has…
Continue ReadingBig California storm dumps snow, drenches parched regions
By JANIE HAR and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Motorists spun out on whitened mountain passes and residents wielded…
Continue Reading‘Y’all pray for Mayfield’: Town grieves in tornado aftermath
By CLAIRE GALOFARO AP National Writer MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) — Survivors of one of the devastating tornadoes that cut a long path of destruction…
Continue ReadingChina marks 84th anniversary of Nanking Massacre in WWII
BEIJING (AP) — China is marking the 84th anniversary of the 1937 Nanking Massacre, in which it says 300,000 civilians and disarmed soldiers were…
Continue ReadingThousands without heat, water after tornadoes kill dozens
By BRUCE SCHREINER and CLAIRE GALOFARO Associated Press MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s governor says at least 74 people were killed in the…
Continue ReadingSheriff: 1 dead, 13 injured in shooting at vigil in Texas
BAYTOWN, Texas (AP) — A sheriff says one person has died and at least 13 others were injured in a drive-by shooting during a candlelight vigil near…
Continue ReadingCourt weighs evidence against sailor in warship arson case
By JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Navy prosecutors say a sailor charged with setting the fire that destroyed the USS Bonhomme…
Continue ReadingWhite House group’s annual Christmas ornament honors LBJ
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House Historical Association is honoring President Lyndon Johnson with its 2021…
Continue ReadingCalifornia proposes reducing incentives for rooftop solar
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Californians who decide to install home solar panels and storage systems would get…
Continue ReadingJurors at Potter trial see differences between gun, Taser
By AMY FORLITI and STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prosecutors in the manslaughter trial of a Minnesota police officer charged…
Continue ReadingBoy charged in Michigan school deaths to stay in adult jail
By COREY WILLIAMS and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan judge has declined to move the 15-year-old charged…
Continue ReadingMiss Universe is India’s Harnaaz Sandhu, 70th winner
By ARIEL SCHALIT Associated Press EILAT, Israel (AP) — Harnaaz Sandhu of India was crowned the 70th Miss Universe, topping a field of some 80…
Continue ReadingAustralia and South Korea sign defense deal as leaders meet
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia and South Korea have signed a $720 million defense deal as South Korean President Moon Jae-in became the first…
Continue ReadingTop US diplomat says China needs more ambitious climate goal
BEIJING (AP) — The top U.S. diplomat in China says the countries had a very good year for collaboration on dealing with climate change, but…
Continue ReadingNorth Korea’s Kim at critical crossroads decade into rule
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Since taking power after his father’s death in 2011, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un…
Continue ReadingJudge, grandma, outdoorsman among those killed by twisters
By TRAVIS LOLLER and SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) — Among the dozens of people killed by twisters that ripped through the…
Continue ReadingIsraeli forces kill Palestinian during West Bank operation
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Israeli forces have shot dead a Palestinian man during clashes in the West Bank city of Nablus. The official Palestinian…
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