The Supreme Court rules against California woman whose husband was denied entry to US (apnews.com)
Judge rules that federal agency can't enforce abortion rule in Louisiana and Mississippi (apnews.com)
A federal judge on Monday granted the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, as well as employers in two Southern states, temporary relief from complying with a federal rule that would have required them to provide workers with time off and other workplace accommodations for abortions....
Malawi's vice president and 9 others have died in a plane crash, the president says (apnews.com)
Malawi’s vice president, Saulos Chilima, was among 10 people killed when a small military plane crashed in a mountainous region in the north of the country, the the president said Tuesday. Chilima was 51....
Anchorage Alaska police won't release bodycam video of 3 shootings. It's creating a fight over transparency (apnews.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/anchorage-police-body-cameras-k…
Biden's asylum halt leaves migrants unsure and rattled (apnews.com)
Israel maintains a shadowy hospital in the desert for Gaza detainees. Critics allege mistreatment (apnews.com)
South Africa’s ruling ANC is on the brink of losing its majority in a landmark election result (apnews.com)
Ship attacked by Yemen's Houthi rebels was full of grain bound for Iran, the group's main benefactor (apnews.com)
Georgian parliament committee rejects presidential veto of the divisive 'foreign agents' legislation (apnews.com)
And now we’ll see who’s funding all the NGOs in Georgia.
How cockroaches spread around the globe to become the pest we know today (apnews.com)
They’re six-legged, hairy home invaders that just won’t die, no matter how hard you try....
Judge admonishes defense witness for his behavior after prosecution rests in Trump hush money trial (apnews.com)
Employer of visiting nurse who was killed didn't protect her and should be fined, safety agency says (apnews.com)
A home health care company failed to protect a visiting nurse who was killed during an appointment with a convicted rapist at a Connecticut halfway house and should be fined about $161,000, federal workplace safety officials said Wednesday....
The unprecedented destruction of housing in Gaza hasn't been seen since World War II, the UN says (apnews.com)
Chinese scientist who first published COVID sequence protests after being locked out of his lab (apnews.com)
The first scientist to publish a sequence of the COVID-19 virus in China was staging a sit-in protest after authorities locked him out of his lab....
Members of self-proclaimed anti-government group ‘God’s Misfits’ held in killings of Kansas women (apnews.com)
Two Kansas women who vanished as they tried to pick up children for a birthday party two weeks ago were killed over a custody dispute involving a group of anti-government Oklahomans calling themselves “God’s Misfits,” authorities said Monday....
Search continues in Maine as officer is charged with lying about taking missing person to hospital (apnews.com)
Washburn Police Sgt. Chandler Cole resigned after being charged with aggravated forgery, tampering with public records or information, falsifying physical evidence, and unsworn falsification, according to court records. He was arrested on March 29....
The Associated Press: A mission of mercy, then a fatal strike: How an aid convoy in Gaza became Israel's target (apnews.com)
Kansas GOP lawmakers revive a plan to stop giving voters 3 extra days to return mail ballots (apnews.com)
Republican legislators in Kansas have revived a proposal to stop giving voters three extra days after polls close to return mail ballots after making key concessions in a bid to get enough votes from rural GOP lawmakers to overcome the Democratic governor’s potential veto....
Texas appeals court overturns voter fraud conviction for woman on probation (apnews.com)
$3 billion deal with the UK gets Australia closer to having a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines (apnews.com)
Peter Navarro is 1st Trump White House official to serve prison time related to Jan. 6 attack (apnews.com)
Former White House adviser Peter Navarro reported to prison Tuesday for a contempt of Congress conviction, becoming the first senior Trump administration official to be locked up for a crime related to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack....
Sex trade to slavery: A UN agency says criminals reap $236B a year in profits from forced labor (apnews.com)
Illegal profits from forced labor worldwide have risen to the “obscene” amount of $236 billion per year, the U.N. labor agency reported Tuesday, with sexual exploitation to blame for three-fourths of the take from a business that deprives migrants of money they can send home, swipes jobs from legal workers, and allows the...
Russians cast ballots on Day 2 of an election preordained to extend Putin's rule (apnews.com)
Voters across Russia cast ballots Saturday on the second day of an election set to formalize six more years of power for President Vladimir Putin, who faces no serious challengers after crushing political dissent over his nearly 25 years of rule....
Prosecutors: A 'network' of supporters helped fugitives avoid capture after Capitol riot (apnews.com)
A Florida man charged with interfering with police during the Jan. 6, 2021, siege at the U.S. Capitol is connected to a “network” of supporters who have helped other Capitol riot defendants avoid capture by the FBI, prosecutors said in a court filing this week....
Philippine and Chinese vessels collide in disputed South China Sea and 4 Filipino crew are injured (apnews.com)
