Bill and Lisa Ford to raise $10M for Detroit youth nonprofit endowments
By THALIA BEATY Associated Press Bill Ford, executive chair of Ford Motor Co., and his wife Lisa Ford are raising $10 million to help ten Detroit…
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Over-the-counter birth control pill now available to Wisconsin Medicaid patients
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Medicaid recipients in Wisconsin are getting access to the first over-the-counter birth…
Continue ReadingSecond of 6 former Mississippi officers sentenced to more than 17 years in the torture of 2 Black men
CNN, NEWS 12 WESTCHESTER, WAPT, WLBT By Emma Tucker, Ryan Young, Jade Gordon and Shawn Nottingham, CNN Jackson, Mississippi (CNN) — Jeffrey…
Continue Reading‘Goon Squad’ leader and another deputy sentenced for torture of two Black men. Four other ex-officers still face sentencing
By Emma Tucker, Ryan Young, Jade Gordon and Shawn Nottingham, CNN Jackson, Mississippi (CNN) — Two White former Mississippi law enforcement…
Continue ReadingUN reports a 35% increase in people affected by violence in South Sudan
By DENG MACHOL Associated Press JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — The United Nations says the number of people affected by violence in South Sudan surged by…
Continue ReadingA newspaper says video of Prince William and Kate should halt royal rumor mill. That’s a tall order
By JILL LAWLESS and SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A British newspaper says Prince William and his wife Kate, the Princess of Wales,…
Continue ReadingIncoming Palestinian prime minister lays out plans for reform but faces major obstacles
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The incoming Palestinian prime minister says he will appoint a technocratic government and establish an independent…
Continue ReadingChinese envoy meets Hamas chief Haniyeh after first visit to Israel since Gaza war began
By Simone McCarthy and Wayne Chang, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Chinese diplomat Wang Kejian met Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Qatar,…
Continue ReadingChina’s stock watchdog fines property developer Evergrande, slaps lifetime ban on its chairman
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Troubled property developer China Evergrande Holding says Beijing’s stock watchdog has…
Continue ReadingThe average bonus on Wall Street last year was $176,500. That’s down slightly from 2022
By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press The average Wall Street bonus fell slightly last year to $176,500. New York state comptroller reported Tuesday that…
Continue ReadingBiden tells Latino voters they’re the reason he defeated Trump in 2020 and says, ‘I need you back’
By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — President Joe Biden is appealing to Latino voters, telling them they’re the reason he…
Continue ReadingUS officials say pact with strategically key Pacific island nations underscores American commitment
By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — U.S. officials say newly-approved legislation providing billions of dollars in funding for three…
Continue ReadingImages taken deep inside melted Fukushima reactor show damage, but leave many questions unanswered
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Images taken by miniature drones from deep inside a badly damaged reactor at the Fukushima nuclear…
Continue ReadingSex trade to slavery: A UN agency says criminals reap $236B a year in profits from forced labor
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Illegal profits from forced labor worldwide have risen to the “obscene” amount of $236 billion…
Continue ReadingIsraeli Supreme Court temporarily halts plan to return Palestinian hospital patients to Gaza after doctors appeal
CNN By Jeremy Diamond, Kareem Khadder, Mick Krever and Abeer Salman, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israel’s Supreme Court has temporarily halted a…
Continue ReadingStock market today: Asian shares follow Wall St higher as markets await a rate decision by the Fed
By ZIMO ZHONG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Asian markets were mostly higher Wednesday ahead of expected guidance by the Federal Reserve on the…
Continue ReadingCricket Australia postpones another tour over human rights concerns for women in Afghanistan
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Cricket Australia says it has postponed a three-match men’s Twenty20 international series against Afghanistan due to…
Continue ReadingWindshield cracks on Boeing plane during Alaska Airlines flight from D.C. landing in Portland
PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW/KTVZ) — An Alaska Airlines flight landed safely in Portland after the plane’s inner windshield cracked during descent Sunday…
Continue ReadingFamine in northern Gaza is imminent as more than 1 million people face ‘catastrophic’ levels of hunger, new report warns
By Helen Regan, Niamh Kennedy and Louis Mian, CNN (CNN) — Famine is imminent in northern Gaza where 70% of the population are already suffering…
Continue ReadingHong Kong lawmakers unanimously approve security law giving government more power to curb dissent
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s lawmakers unanimously passed a new national security law that grants the government…
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