California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoes bill to help Black families reclaim taken land
Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill Wednesday that would have helped Black…
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Russia’s adaptability to US sanctions stymied their effectiveness, economists say
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two researchers write in a new paper that Russia was able to brace for the financial penalties imposed after its…
Continue Reading 25 people killed in days of clashes between Shiites and Sunni Muslims in Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Authorities say at least 25 people have been killed in days of clashes between armed Shiites and Sunni Muslims over a…
Continue Reading Sri Lanka’s new president says he’ll restart talks with the IMF to find a way out of economic crisis
Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake says that he will soon resume discussions with the…
Continue Reading Trump says Ukraine is ‘demolished’ and dismisses its defense against Russia’s invasion
Associated Press Former President Donald Trump described Ukraine in bleak and mournful terms Wednesday, referring to its people as “dead” and the…
Continue Reading Garland says officers’ torture of 2 Black men was betrayal of community they swore to protect
Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland says the prosecution of six former law enforcement officers who tortured…
Continue Reading Ex-officer says he went along with ‘cover-up’ of fatal beating hoping Tyre Nichols would survive
Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A former Memphis police officer has testified under a plea deal that he told his supervisor the arrest of…
Continue Reading Judge orders a stop to referendum in Georgia slave descendants’ zoning battle
Associated Press A Georgia judge has ordered a halt to a special election initiated by residents of the one of the South’s last remaining…
Continue Reading A Black student punished for his hairstyle wants to return to the Texas school he left
Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A Black high school student in Texas who was punished for nearly all of his junior year over his hairstyle has left…
Continue Reading Judge directs NYC to develop plan for possible federal takeover of Rikers Island jail
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has directed New York City officials to work on a plan for a possible federal takeover of Rikers…
Continue Reading Speaker Johnson demands Zelenskyy remove Ukraine’s ambassador to US after Pennsylvania visit
AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson is calling on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to fire his…
Continue Reading Democrats try to censure Rep. Clay Higgins for slandering Haitians in social media post
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats attempted Wednesday to quickly censure a Republican congressman who slandered Haitian immigrants…
Continue Reading 10 homes have collapsed into the Carolina surf. Their destruction was decades in the making
Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A slow-motion catastrophe has been playing out in the coastal North Carolina village of Rodanthe, where 10…
Continue Reading Dominican president warns of ‘drastic measures’ if anti-gang mission in Haiti fails
Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The president of the Dominican Republic has warned that his administration would take “drastic…
Continue Reading Balmain’s whimsical show meets Courrèges’ minimalism in Paris
AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Olivier Rousteing opened Balmain’s Wednesday show at Paris Fashion Week with an audacious angular micro-gown — a…
Continue Reading Aging and ailing, ‘Message Tree’ at Woodstock concert site is reluctantly cut down
Associated Press Masses of people at the 1969 Woodstock festival stopped by the towering red maple tree a little ways off from the main stage. Many…
Continue Reading Senate approves criminal contempt resolution against Steward Health Care CEO
Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — The U.S. Senate has approved a resolution intended to hold Steward Health Care CEO Ralph de la Torre in criminal…
Continue Reading Biography of 18th century poet Phillis Wheatley is winner of George Washington Prize
NEW YORK (AP) — The author of a new biography of poet Phillis Wheatley has received a $50,000 history award. David Waldstreicher’s “The Odyssey…
Continue Reading Philadelphia police exhume 8 bodies from a potter’s field in the hope DNA testing can help ID them
Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Investigators in Philadelphia are exhuming eight bodies buried in a potter’s field this week in the hope…
Continue Reading Colorado man’s malicious prosecution lawsuit over charges in his wife’s death was dismissed
Associated Press A Colorado man’s malicious prosecution lawsuit has been dismissed, with the judge saying prosecutors acted badly in his case,…
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