Month: April 2023

By PAUL J. WEBER and AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The swift punishment brought down on Zooey Zephyr, a transgender lawmaker in Montana, began over words that others in American politics have used without hesitation or consequence: saying opponents have “blood” on their hands. The governor of Texas. A GOP congressman

By LISA BAUMANN and STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Democratic governors in Washington state and Minnesota on Thursday enacted legal protections for people who travel to those states seeking reproductive and gender-affirming procedures and treatment. The actions added to the list of blue states enacting safeguards against bans or limits on transgender and

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta has a new monument and garden celebrating and honoring the legacy of civil rights activist Coretta Scott King. The Coretta Scott King Peace and Meditation Garden and monument were dedicated on Thursday, which would have been her 96th birthday. They sit on the grounds of The

By HILLEL ITALIE and AARON MORRISON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Harry Belafonte, who died Tuesday at age 96, left behind generations of admirers and proteges. Although first known to many for his dedication to the Civil Rights Movement and his close friendship with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., he has continued to

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s lawyer is going on the attack against writer E. Jean Carroll’s claims that she was raped by Trump in the 1990s. The former president’s attorney used cross examination Thursday to try to discredit the longtime advice columnist before a jury

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers have begun a second round of debate on a bill that would ban abortion once cardiac activity can be detected in an embryo. That generally occurs around the sixth week of pregnancy. Supporters advanced the ban from the first round of debate earlier

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The white woman who accused Black teenager Emmett Till of making improper advances before he was lynched in Mississippi in 1955 has died in hospice care in Louisiana, a coroner’s report shows. Carolyn Bryant Donham was 88. Donham died Tuesday night in Westlake, Louisiana, according

By LAURA UNGAR AP Science Writer By comparing the genetic blueprints of an array of animals, scientists are gaining new insights into our own species and all we share with other creatures. One of the most striking revelations is that certain passages in the instructions for life have persisted across evolutionary time, representing a through

By SUZAN FRASER and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan inaugurated a nuclear power plant via video Thursday in his first public appearance since falling ill on live TV and canceling campaign stops, as he sought to dispel concerns about his health weeks before a crucial election. The

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A missing yacht with three Russians and two Egyptians onboard has reached safety in Djibouti in east Africa, after going missing for days following a reported attack off the coast of Yemen. Owner Dmitriy Chuguevskiy told The Associated Press that the vessel reached Djibouti on Thursday after being held

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Authorities say Israeli security forces have shot and killed a suspected Palestinian assailant in the West Bank. Thursday’s incident stirred tensions in the occupied territory at a time of unusually high violence. The Israeli military said it received reports that a Palestinian had tried to carry out a car-ramming attack

By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer A diabetes drug being tested for weight loss is poised to further upend obesity care. Drugmaker Eli Lilly reported Thursday that tirzepatide helped people with diabetes who were overweight or had obesity lose up to 16% of their body weight over 17 months in a late-stage trial. For those

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s navy has seized a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman amid wider tensions over Tehran’s nuclear program. Thursday’s seizure represents the latest-such capture in a waterway crucial for global energy supplies. The Navy’s Mideast-based 5th Fleet identified the vessel as