‘Widespread’ sexual and gender-based crimes committed during Hamas attack, Israeli officials say
JERUSALEM (AP) — A man hiding in a pit during the Oct. 7 Hamas assault on an outdoor music festival in Israel said he...
Denny Laine, founding member of the Moody Blues and Paul McCartney’s Wings, dead at...
NEW YORK (AP) — Denny Laine, a British singer, songwriter and guitarist who performed in an early, pop-oriented version of the Moody Blues and...
Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai urges world to confront Taliban’s ‘gender apartheid’ against women
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai said Tuesday that the world needs to recognize and confront the “gender apartheid” against women...
Lawyer picked to prosecute Army sexual assault is fired over an old email doubting...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The lawyer selected to be the Army's first top prosecutor of sexual assaults under an overhaul of the military justice system...
Biden administration pledges $6 billion to a pair of high-speed electric rail routes in...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Biden administration on Tuesday said it will give more than $6 billion to a pair of high-speed electric rail...
Biden calls reports of Hamas raping Israeli hostages ‘appalling,’ says world can’t look away
BOSTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday forcefully denounced the reported rape and sexual violence against Israeli girls and women by Hamas militants...
Patients of color more often brace for unfair treatment in health care, survey finds
A trip to the doctor’s office comes with a bit of preparation for most, maybe even an internal pep talk to prepare for being...
With George Santos out of Congress, special election to fill his seat is set...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A special election to pick a successor to George Santos, the New York Republican who was expelled from the U.S....
Illinois scraps plan for building migrant winter camp due to toxic soil risk
CHICAGO (AP) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration announced Tuesday that it is scrapping plans for a temporary winter camp for migrants in Chicago, citing...
Peruvian constitutional court orders release of former President Alberto Fujimori
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru’s constitutional court ordered an immediate humanitarian release Tuesday for imprisoned former President Alberto Fujimori, 85, who was serving a...