UN commission calls for closing the gender digital divide
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N.’s premiere global body fighting for gender equality is calling for…
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By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N.’s premiere global body fighting for gender equality is calling for…
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By Eric Cheung, CNN Avai Yata’uyungana was just 12 when the soldiers dragged his father away to be executed. More than 70 years later, he…
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LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan police say up to 100 vehicles were involved in a massive pileup on Interstate 96 during white-out conditions. State…
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By Heather Chen, CNN With its balmy beaches, laid back lifestyles and holiday vibe, the tropical paradise of Bali has much to offer any world weary…
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is holding a massive rally in Mexico City’s main plaza with tens of…
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By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press DOWNEY, Calif. (AP) — The state of California and a generic drug manufacturer have entered a 10-year…
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By TERRY TANG Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Tourists hoping to see world-famous waterfalls on the Havasupai Tribe Reservation in northern Arizona…
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GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Taylor Swift opened her U.S. concert series with a three-hour tour of her career. Swift kicked off the first concert of the…
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By Paradise Afshar, CNN Republican lawmakers in Kentucky have passed a bill that prohibits transgender minors from receiving gender-affirming care,…
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By Paradise Afshar, CNN A shooting during spring break celebrations in Miami Beach left one person dead and another injured Friday evening, according…
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DINWIDDIE, Va. (AP) — Prosecutors plan next week to release the video that led authorities in Virginia to charge seven deputies and three state…
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By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press Mysterious streaks of light were seen in the sky in the Sacramento area Friday night, shocking St. Patrick’s…
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HILL CITY, Kan. (AP) — Military officials say a Kansas man who died in Germany during World War II has been identified and his remains will be…
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By Jaide Timm-Garcia and Isabel Rosales, CNN The family of a Black man who died in a Memphis jail in October is making a public plea for justice and…
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As the fight over abortion pills heats up nationally, Wyoming on Friday prohibited the medication in what NARAL Pro-Choice America called a “first of…
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TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israelis on Saturday took to the streets in protests, now in their 11th week, against plans by Benjamin Netanyahu’s…
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By JILL COLVIN and MEG KINNARD Associated Press NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Top Republicans, including some of Donald Trump’s potential…
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Legislation moving in the Florida House would ban discussion of menstrual cycles and other human sexuality topics in…
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — After much public outcry, state officials now say they will let a Louisiana couple keep a 22-pound nutria — a…
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel says Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired a rocket toward its southern territories. The rocket fell and exploded…
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LONDON (AP) — BBC presenter Gary Lineker has made a low-key return to live TV as he led the broadcaster’s coverage of FA Cup soccer. But he opted…
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By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — The head of Italy’s opposition Democratic Party has blasted a bureaucratic crackdown on LGBTQ…
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By Melissa Alonso and Zoe Sottile, CNN A five-year-old was killed and two other juveniles were hurt after a drive-by shooting in Tempe, Arizona, late…
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit that says detainees at an Arkansas jail were given the drug ivermectin…
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. State Department has issued a travel warning about dangerous counterfeit pills being sold at pharmacies in Mexico that…
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By GIANFRANCO STARA Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis met Saturday with thousands of refugees and charity groups hosting them in…
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By GONZALO SOLANO Associated Press QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — A strong earthquake shook southern Ecuador and northern Peru on Saturday, killing at least…
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By Melissa Alonso and Zoe Sottile, CNN California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on Saturday that the state will cut insulin costs by 90% and that it…
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By Zoe Sottile, CNN A Florida man was bitten on the leg by an unexpected visitor: An alligator waiting right outside his door. The Florida Fish and…
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By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina school district said a ninth grader walking in a hallway was stopped…
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Memphis police supervisor on scene when Tyre Nichols was beaten to death by officers retired with his benefits the day…
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By KEN MILLER Associated Press A federal judge is giving Oklahoma and nearly a dozen poultry companies, including the world’s largest poultry…
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Authorities in Ohio say a predawn shooting at a Columbus nightclub left two people dead and four wounded. Dispatchers said…
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MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Gunfire erupted in an area of Miami Beach crowded with people on spring break, killing one person, wounding another and…
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By KARL RITTER Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — An unprecedented wartime deal that allowed grain to flow from Ukraine to countries in Africa,…
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By NICOLE WINFIELD and GABRIELA SELSER Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican said Saturday it had closed its embassy in Nicaragua after…
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By Uliana Pavlova and Tim Lister, CNN The chief of Russia’s Wagner private military group Yevgeny Prigozhin announced on Saturday that he plans…
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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Millions of fish have washed up dead in southeastern Australia in a die-off that authorities and scientists say is…
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By Zoe Sottile, CNN A Florida man was bitten on the leg by an unexpected visitor: An alligator waiting right outside his door. The Florida Fish and…
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By MEG KINNARD Associated Press NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Republicans who are seeking to lead their party in the 2024 presidential race…
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By Sara Smart and Rebekah Riess, CNN A suspect is facing charges of attempted murder and felony assault after authorities say he shot and injured an…
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By MICHELLE L. PRICE, JILL COLVIN and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump claimed on Saturday that his arrest is imminent and…
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By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Soon after a train derailed and spilled toxic chemicals in Ohio last month, anonymous…
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By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Bills were filed, hearings were planned and blame was cast as Congress reacted this past week…
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By DENG MACHOL Associated Press JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan’s National Security Service has released the remaining journalists who had…
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By Duarte Mendonca and Christian Edwards, CNN British Home Secretary Suella Braverman arrived in Rwanda on Saturday to discuss a controversial…
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By Duarte Mendonca and Christian Edwards, CNN British Home Secretary Suella Braverman arrived in Rwanda on Saturday to discuss a controversial…
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LONDON (AP) — Britain’s interior minister has arrived in Rwanda for a visit aimed at reinforcing the U.K. government’s commitment to a…
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By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press The bright lights of Philadelphia’s famous Boathouse Row — long one of the city’s signature nighttime…
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By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Turkey’s foreign minister is in Cairo for talks with Egyptian officials as the regional powers seek…
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By THOMAS ADAMSON and NICOLAS GARRIGA Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A smattering of protests against President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to raise…
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By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Security guards at London’s Heathrow Airport will walk off their jobs for 10 days over the…
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By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Voters in Kazakhstan will cast ballots Sunday after a short but active campaign for seats in the lower…
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin traveled to Crimea to mark the ninth anniversary of the Black Sea peninsula’s annexation…
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By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Saturday held the first…
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By BABAR DOGAR Associated Press LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Police in Pakistan have stormed former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s residence in the…
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By FLORENT BAJRAMI Associated Press OHRID, North Macedonia (AP) — EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says the leaders of Serbia and Kosovo have…
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CORONADO, Calif. (AP) — A California military base has been put in lockdown after a vehicle went through the facility’s main gate without…
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By John Blake, CNN Few scholars have experienced the fickle nature of fame as dramatically as Ibram X. Kendi in the past three years. Kendi, author…
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By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Millions of Nigerians have headed back to the polls for gubernatorial elections following a…
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By Shimon Prokupecz, Matthew J. Friedman and Rachel Clarke, CNN Chilling details of the chaotic and bloody aftermath of the Uvalde school massacre…
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By Paradise Afshar, CNN Two people on board a single-engine plane were injured Friday after a collision with another plane during an aerial…
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By Zoe Sottile, CNN No, this isn’t a sequel to “Cocaine Bear” — it’s the real-life story of a wild cat rescued in…
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By EDITH M. LEDERER Asspcoated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States, its Western allies and experts shone a spotlight on the dire human…
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By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press FRANKLIN, Tenn. (AP) — One by one, the presenters inside the crowded hotel ballroom shared their computer…
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By GISELA SALOMON and FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Yecenia Lazcano Soriano left behind a 4-year-old daughter in her home…
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By Nick Valencia, CNN A lieutenant in the Memphis Police Department has now been identified as being at the scene after the arrest of Tyre Nichols,…
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By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon has signed into law the nation’s first explicit ban on abortion pills since they…
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By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors investigating the potential mishandling of classified documents at former…
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska board of education has unanimously approved a resolution that urges the state to limit the participation of…
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By MICHAEL PHILLIS and AMANCAI BIRABEN Associated Press Minnesota regulators knew four months ago that radioactive waste had leaked from a nuclear…
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HOUSTON (AP) — Tejano musician Fito Olivares, known for songs that were wedding and quinceanera mainstays including the hit “Juana La Cubana,”…
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By Chris Boyette, CNN Police body camera footage shows an Oklahoma City police captain who was pulled over for suspected drunk driving asking the…
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By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A coalition of advocates dedicated to stemming the tide of violence…
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By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s governor has signed legislation that calls for banning the…
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By Jessie Yeung and Moeri Karasawa, CNN Japan’s population has fallen for the 12th consecutive year, as deaths rise and the birth rate…
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By Will Ripley, Junko Ogura and Natsumi Sugiura, CNN When Kentaro Yokobori was born almost seven years ago, he was the first newborn in the Sogio…
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By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — On the eve of the expiration of a deal enabling Ukraine to export grain, the United…
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MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico legislators are racing against a deadline to advance proposals to safeguard abortion…
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By Rob Picheta and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday issued an arrest warrant for Russian President…
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By SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Donating a small reservoir’s worth of water rights to Utah’s Great Salt Lake.…
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WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Former Vice President Mike Pence; Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. __ NBC’s “Meet the Press” —…
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By Chris Boyette, CNN Police body camera footage shows an Oklahoma City police captain who was pulled over for suspected drunk driving asking the…
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By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has returned to Facebook after a more than two-year ban. “I’M…
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By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump will be holding the first rally of his 2024 campaign later this month…
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A Florida man has been sentenced to four years and seven months in federal prison for three felony charges related to the…
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PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama has buried the last 13 unclaimed bodies from a Feb. 15 bus crash that killed over three dozen migrants from several…
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EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Canadian police say a 16-year-old killed two police officers in the hall of his apartment, then struggled with his mother…
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By GARY GERARD HAMILTON Associated Press New York (AP) — KANGDANIEL is one of K-pop’s brightest stars, but at just 26 years old, he’s already…
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By The Associated Press Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming…
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By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A former Tennessee state senator accused of violating federal campaign finance laws is…
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By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Colorado lawmakers are considering legislation that would reduce barriers for…
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By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press The Kansas Court of Appeals has reinstated a lawsuit challenging a law that opponents say restricts…
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By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas bill banning transgender athletes in girls’ and women’s sports has been vetoed…
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By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes on Friday made what might be her final…
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By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s attorney general has released hours of police body-camera footage in the…
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By Joseph Ataman, CNN Impromptu protests broke out in Paris and across several French cities Thursday evening following a move by the government to…
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By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Lance Reddick, a character actor who specialized in intense, icy and possibly sinister…
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By COLLEEN LONG and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Law enforcement officials in New York are making security preparations for the…
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By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The parents of a Black man who was having a psychotic episode and died in custody last…
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