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The Voting Rights Act is turning 60. Civil rights marchers recall a hard-won struggle
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Facing a sea of state troopers, Charles Mauldin was near the…
Georgian journalist is convicted of slapping a police chief at a protest and gets 2 years in prison
A prominent Georgian journalist was convicted Wednesday of slapping a police chief during an anti-government…
Titan submersible disaster CEO could have been charged criminally if he survived, Coast Guard says
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The Titan submersible disaster could have been prevented, the U.S. Coast…
Family and colleagues mourn beloved Kyiv teacher killed in a Russian strike
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Natalia Haiova was a beloved kindergarten teacher in Kyiv known for…
4 people die in crash of medical transport plane on Navajo Nation in northern Arizona
A small medical transport plane crashed and caught fire Tuesday on the Navajo Nation in…
Separatist Bosnian Serb leader Dodik removed from office by Bosnian election authorities
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Bosnia’s electoral authorities on Wednesday stripped separatist Bosnian Serb leader Milorad…
Trump-backed Nawrocki assumes the Polish presidency and could steer a more nationalist course
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Conservative Karol Nawrocki was inaugurated Wednesday as Poland ’s new president,…
UK regulators criticize all sides in dispute over Prince Harry and Prince Seeiso’s charity
LONDON (AP) — British regulators criticized on Wednesday both sides in a dispute over the…
Burnt offerings, whispering to mountains: Inside Bolivians’ rituals for Mother Earth
LA CUMBRE, Bolivia (AP) — Neyza Hurtado was 3 years old when she was struck…
Oregon man accused of killing 3 women and dumping their bodies is indicted on fourth murder charge
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A man accused of killing three women in the Portland area…
Mary Sheffield to face Solomon Kinloch in November election for Detroit mayor
DETROIT (AP) — The race for Detroit’s next mayor is set to pit a longtime…
RFK Jr. pulls $500 million in funding for vaccine development
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Health and Human Services will cancel contracts and pull…
How one man’s dream led to 50,000 pilgrims honoring Our Lady of Copacabana in Bolivia
COPACABANA, Bolivia (AP) — More than 50,000 people from Bolivia and neighboring Peru make a…
Afghan women turn to online courses as the Taliban bans education
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — One after the other, the opportunities vanished. Like so many other…
Artifacts in US museums explain the outsized role of racism in the nation’s history
DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Museums across the U.S. are displaying artifacts that represent and reflect…
NYC gunman who blamed NFL for hiding brain injury dangers suffered from sports concussion, mom said
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The mother of the man who killed four people at a…
Tennessee man noted intense pain during lethal injection without deactivating defibrillator
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A man convicted of killing his girlfriend and her two young…
Division among Brazilians over Bolsonaro house arrest order could set the tone for next election
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilians were divided Tuesday over a house arrest order against former…
US won’t seek death penalty for Mexican drug lords Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada and Rafael Caro Quintero
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. prosecutors said Tuesday they won’t seek the death penalty in…
What’s known and not yet known about the Justice Department’s scrutiny of Trump-Russia probe origins
WASHINGTON (AP) — News that Attorney General Pam Bondi is advancing a criminal investigation into…
Israel says Hamas is starving hostages; Security Council members say Israel is starving Palestinians
Israel called an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday to demand the…
Confederate statues in DC area to be restored and replaced in line with Trump’s executive order
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Washington, D.C.-area statues commemorating the Confederacy will be restored and replaced,…
Attorneys seek federal probe of Los Angeles County sexual abuse allegations
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Attorneys representing over 200 women said Tuesday they want the federal…
Seattle NHL team’s mascot has a close encounter with a brown bear during video shoot in Alaska
SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle Kraken forward John Hayden and the team’s blue-haired troll mascot had…