Month: November 2021

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER, SETH BORENSTEIN and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Tens of thousands of climate activists are marching through Glasgow, Scotland, for a second day of protests outside the U.N. climate summit.  Climate protests were also held Saturday in other cities across Europe, including London, Amsterdam, Paris, Dublin, Copenhagen, Zurich and

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Crowds have gathered in Warsaw any in many other Polish cities Saturday to protest restrictive abortion law that critics say has led to a recent death of a woman with troubled pregnancy. The protesters are holding portraits of the woman, 30-year-old Iza, who died in hospital from septic shock. Her family

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press MISSION, Kan. (AP) — School board candidates opposing mask mandates and lessons about racism in U.S. history won in red states and some politically divided districts, but often came up short in their bids to shape policy for school districts over the newest culture war issue., The

By ZEKE MILLER and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says families of children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border during the Trump administration should be compensated. He was responding to a question Saturday about settlement talks underway between his Department of Justice and the affected families. Raising his

By CLARENCE ROY-MACAULAY and KRISTA LARSON Associated Press FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Authorities say at least 98 people are dead and 30 others critically wounded after an oil tanker truck exploded near Sierra Leone’s capital. Large crowds had gathered to collect fuel that was leaking from the tanker after a collision with another vehicle.