As countries tighten anti-gay laws, more and more LGBTQ+ migrants seek safety and asylum...
RIETI, Italy (AP) — Ella Anthony knew it was time to leave her native Nigeria when she escaped an abusive, forced marriage only to...
Florida deputy’s killing of Black airman renews debate on police killings and race
WASHINGTON (AP) — In 2020, the top enlisted leader of the Air Force went public with his fear of waking up to the news...
Topeka was at the center of Brown v. Board. Decades later, segregation of another...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The lesson on diversity started slowly in a first-grade classroom in Topeka, where schools were at the center of the...
California college professor to stand trial in death of pro-Israel protester last year
VENTURA, Calif. (AP) — A judge decided Wednesday that a Southern California college professor will stand trial for involuntary manslaughter and battery in the...
All eyes are on Coppola in Cannes. Sound familiar?
CANNES, France (AP) — Francis Ford Coppola on Thursday will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival a film on which he has risked everything,...
The first Mexican taco stand to get a Michelin star is a tiny business...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Newly minted Michelin-starred chef Arturo Rivera MartÃnez stood over an insanely hot grill Wednesday at the first Mexican taco stand...
2 journalists in detention in Tunisia as authorities launch wave of arrests against critics
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Two journalists were kept under detention in Tunisia on Wednesday, following a raft of arrests targeting government critics including lawyers...
Yemen’s Houthi rebels acknowledge attacking a US destroyer that shot down missile in the...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen's Houthi rebels on Wednesday claimed targeting a U.S. Navy destroyer and a commercial ship in the Red...
Biden challenges Trump to 2 debates but won’t participate nonpartisan commission’s debates
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Wednesday on social media that he won’t participate in the campaign debates sponsored by a nonpartisan commission,...
United Methodists scrap their anti-gay bans. A woman who defied them seeks reinstatement as...
Twenty years ago, Beth Stroud was defrocked from her beloved job as a United Methodist pastor in Philadelphia. In a church trial, she was...