DOJ says First National Bank discriminated against Black, Latino borrowers in North Carolina (apnews.com)
First National Bank of Pennsylvania discriminated against Black and Latino homebuyers in North Carolina for a period of at least four years, the Justice Department said Monday, the latest in a long list of banks who have been caught redlining....
Dial it up to Category 6? As warming stokes storms, some want a bigger hurricane category (apnews.com)
A handful of super powerful tropical storms in the last decade and the prospect of more to come has a couple of experts proposing a new category of whopper hurricanes: Category 6....
Judge rejects a claim that New York's marijuana licensing cheats out-of-state applicants (apnews.com)
A federal judge has rejected a challenge to New York state’s licensing program for selling legal marijuana, a system two California applicants say unconstitutionally discriminates against out-of-state residents....
Far-right Israeli minister's criticism of Biden sparks anger at a sensitive time for US ties (apnews.com)
The Biden administration has skirted Congress to rush weapons to Israel and shielded its ally from international calls for a cease-fire in the four months since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack that triggered the war. But the White House has also urged Israel to take greater measures to avoid harming civilians and to facilitate the...
Heavy snow hits Tokyo area, halting trains and grounding more than 100 flights (apnews.com)
Heavy snow hit the Tokyo area on Monday, disrupting trains and grounding more than 100 flights, with transport officials cautioning drivers to avoid nonessential travel....
A Minnesota town used its anti-crime law against a protected class. It’s not the only one (apnews.com)
Hundreds of communities across the U.S. have for several decades tried to reduce crime, fight gangs and tackle noise and other neighborhood problems through the use of “crime-free” or “public nuisance” laws encouraging and allowing landlords to evict renters when police or emergency crews are repeatedly called to the...
Pennsylvania statewide court agency's website hit by disabling cyberattack, officials say (apnews.com)
The Pennsylvania state courts agency’s website was hit by a cyberattack that did not appear to compromise any data, but left some online systems disabled, officials said Sunday night....
The RNC chairwoman calls for unity as the party faces a cash crunch and attacks by some Trump allies (apnews.com)
McDaniel spoke at the RNC’s winter meeting in Las Vegas behind closed doors on Friday, addressing a gathering of state chairmen and other top party members in what’s expected to be a critical swing state in the November election....
Claims that Jan. 6 rioters are 'political prisoners' endure. Judges want to set the record straight (apnews.com)
U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth condemned the depiction by Trump and Republican allies of Jan. 6 defendants as “political prisoners” and “hostages.” Lamberth also denounced attempts to undermine the legitimacy of the justice system for punishing rioters who broke the law when they invaded the Capitol....
Namibia president and anti-apartheid activist Hage Geingob dies. He pushed for Africa on world stage (apnews.com)
WINDHOEK, Namibia (AP) — Namibia’s president and founding prime minister Hage Geingob died Sunday at age 82 while receiving treatment for cancer, and the southern African nation quickly swore in his deputy to complete the term in office....
A stolen digital memory card with gruesome recordings leads to a double murder trial in Alaska (apnews.com)
Now, more than four years later, what she found on that card is key to a double murder trial set to begin this week: gruesome photos and videos of a woman being beaten and strangled at a Marriott hotel, her attacker speaking in a strong accent as he urged her to die, her blanket-covered body being snuck outside on a luggage...
South Dakota tribe bans governor from reservation over US-Mexico border remarks (apnews.com)
“Due to the safety of the Oyate, effective immediately, you are hereby Banished from the homelands of the Oglala Sioux Tribe!” Tribe President Frank Star Comes Out said in a Friday statement addressed to Noem. “Oyate” is a word for people or nation....
Half of US adults say Israel has gone too far in war in Gaza, AP-NORC poll shows (apnews.com)
Wisconsin Democrats inch closer to overturning Republican-drawn legislative maps (apnews.com)
Wisconsin Democrats are inching closer to overturning Republican-drawn legislative maps that the GOP has used over the past 13 years to grow their majorities and advance their agenda....
Kosovo's block on the Serbian currency raises alarm in the EU and US (apnews.com)
The European Union and the United States expressed their deep concern Sunday after Kosovo banned the use of the Serbian currency and police raided the premises of organizations working with the Serb minority in the north of the country....
Viktor Orbán's anti-woke resistance has made him the 'splinter under the fingernail' of the EU (apnews.com)
Hungary’s parliament will convene an emergency session on Monday to do something its western partners have waited for, often impatiently, for more than a year: to hold a vote, finally, on approving Sweden’s bid to join the NATO military alliance....
Can Trump be on the ballot? It's the Supreme Court's biggest election test since Bush v. Gore (apnews.com)
In arguments Thursday, the justices will, for the first time, wrestle with a constitutional provision that was adopted after the Civil War to prevent former officeholders who “engaged in insurrection” from reclaiming power....
Too pretty? Easter poster depicting a handsome, fresh-faced Jesus prompts criticism in Spain (apnews.com)
A poster in the southern Spanish city of Seville that depicts a young, handsome Jesus wearing only a loincloth has unleashed a storm on social media, with some calling it an affront to the figure of Christ and others posting lewd remarks and memes poking fun at the image....
13-year-old boy fatally shot man whose leg was blocking aisle of bus, Denver police say (apnews.com)
Denver police have arrested a 13-year-old boy accused of fatally shooting a man whose leg was blocking the aisle on a public bus.
Dozens detained as Russian soldiers' wives call for their return from Ukraine (apnews.com)
More than two dozen people, mostly journalists, were detained Saturday at a protest in central Moscow, as wives and other relatives of Russian servicemen mobilized to fight in Ukraine called for their return, according to independent Russian news reports....
UK lawmakers are annoyed that Abramovich’s frozen Chelsea funds still haven’t been used for Ukraine (apnews.com)
U.K. lawmakers expressed frustration Wednesday that funds from the sale of the Chelsea soccer club have not yet gone to support Ukrainian war victims as had been promised nearly two years ago by the former owner, Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich....
Oklahoma's oldest Native American school, Bacone College, is threatened by debts and disrepair (apnews.com)
Students aren’t attending classes here this semester, but work still needs to be done. In the college’s historic buildings, there are leaks to plug, mold to purge and priceless works of Native American art to save from ruin. Not to mention devising a plan to keep the college from shuttering for good. It’s a daunting task...
6 activists convicted of illegally blocking abortion clinic in Tennessee (apnews.com)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee jury has convicted six anti-abortion protesters of violating federal laws after they blocked the entrance of a reproductive clinic outside Nashville nearly three years ago....
A Vermont mom called police to talk to her son about stealing. He ended up handcuffed and sedated (apnews.com)
What happened next that evening in May 2021 is the basis for a lawsuit by the mother alleging that Burlington police used excessive force and discriminated against her unarmed son, who is Black and has behavioral and intellectual disabilities....