EXPLAINER: What do new Alabama laws say on transgender kids?
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama has become the first state to criminalize the use of puberty blockers and hormones to treat transgender people under age 19. In line with some other Republican-led states, legislators here also passed a law
National Urban League finds State of Black America is grim
ATLANTA (AP) — The National Urban League released its annual report on the State of Black America on Tuesday, and its findings are grim. This year’s Equality Index shows Black people still get only 73.9% of the American pie white
Biden waiving ethanol rule in bid to lower gasoline prices
MENLO, Iowa (AP) — With inflation at a 40-year high, President Joe Biden journeyed to corn-rich Iowa on Tuesday to announce a modest step aimed at trimming gasoline prices by about a dime a gallon at a limited number
Putin vows to press invasion until Russia’s goals are met
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Vladimir Putin vowed Tuesday that Russia's bloody offensive in Ukraine would continue until its goals are fulfilled and insisted the campaign was going as planned, despite a major withdrawal in the face of stiff Ukrainian oppositio...
South Dakota attorney general impeached over fatal crash
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota House on Tuesday impeached state Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg over a 2020 car crash in which he killed a pedestrian but initially said he might have struck a deer or another large animal.
Brazil election body invites EU observers for October’s vote
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s electoral authority said Monday that it has for the first time invited European Union representatives to observe upcoming elections. It said the
Alberta judge mulls options after ex-justice minister threatens defamation in trial
EDMONTON — A judge who is to rule on a defamation threat sent in the middle of a civil trial by Alberta’s former justice minister has been told the warning reignited fear and anxiety in the plaintiff and led another
Trump-backed Alaska hopeful officially files for Senate run
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Kelly Tshibaka, who has received the endorsement of former President Donald Trump, on Monday officially filed to run as a candidate for U.S. Senate in the race against the incumbent Republican.
Murder charge over self-induced abortion dismissed in Texas
DALLAS (AP) — A Texas judge formally dismissing a murder charge Monday against a 26-year-old woman over a self-induced abortion did not quiet outrage or questions surrounding the case, including why prosecutors ever brought it to a grand jury.
Yukon’s record snowpack adds potential for flooding during ice breakup: territory
WHITEHORSE — Yukon's snow survey shows record-high snowpacks in many of the basins the territory monitors. The bulletin says eight of 11 basins have the highest snowpack ever recorded, while the remaining three have above-average snow. The Yukon gove...
