South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has sent back to the legislature a hotly contested bill on transgender athletes, asking lawmakers for changes and startling those…
Thai police use tear gas, rubber bullets to break up protest
BANGKOK (AP) – Police in the Thai capital used water cannons, tear gas and rubber bullets Saturday night to break up a rally by pro-democracy…
Mississippi siblings contribute to Civil Rights TV series
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) – Last Sunday was a day of rest for Sharo and Bill Perry. The multi-talented siblings from Oxford were exhausted from putting…
Egypt receives 2nd shipment of vaccine as gift from China
CAIRO (AP) – Egypt on Saturday received a second shipment of coronavirus vaccine donated by China, officials said, as the Arab country tries to speed…
Chorale shows how colleges keep song alive during COVID
INDIANA, Pa. (AP) – They arrived in street clothes, ready to perform in a century-and-a-half-old hall at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, their faces covered by…
Dianne Feinstein joins push to change filibuster rules
Sen. Dianne Feinstein on Friday said she was open to changing the Senate’s filibuster rules, joining President Biden and a growing chorus of Democrats in…
Prosecutor: Seymour officers justified in fatal shooting
SEYMOUR, Ind. (AP) – A prosecutor has determined that the use of deadly force in the fatal police shooting of a man who pointed a…
Brazil security law being turned on president’s critics
SAO PAULO (AP) – Protesters against Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro defied police in the capital Friday, a day after the latest round of arrests of…
State: Water may be unsafe at Texas site for migrant teens
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas’ environmental regulator on Friday barred most uses of the water at an oilfield camp converted into a holding center for…
Newsom reflects on California history of anti-Asian bigotry
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday the bigotry and violence sparking fear in Asian-American communities “infuriates” him and that it is…