Month: May 2023

By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — When Yekaterina Maksimova can’t afford to be late, the journalist and activist avoids taking the Moscow subway, even though it’s probably the most efficient route. That’s because she’s been detained five times in the past year, thanks to the system’s pervasive security cameras with facial recognition.

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee is condemning an unusual rise in the number of withdrawal requests to the city’s organ donation system, saying police will investigate suspicious cases. The government has been looking into setting up an organ transplant mutual assistance program with mainland China.

By GANTRY MEILANA Associated Press DILI, East Timor (AP) — A final count of votes shows East Timor’s opposition party won Sunday’s parliamentary election. The result means independence fighter Xanana Gusmao is likely to return as prime minister in Asia’s youngest democracy. The results released Tuesday showed the National Congress of the Reconstruction of East

By JESSE BEDAYN and COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — The parents of a 22-year-old Colorado man killed by a sheriff’s deputy while suffering a mental health crisis will get $19 million from state and local agencies and changes to how officers are trained under a settlement. The shooting of Christian Glass after his

By ACHMAD IBRAHIM and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press BOGOR, Indonesia (AP) — Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has met with his Indonesian counterpart Joko Widodo during a two-day trip aiming to strengthen economic ties between the Muslim-majority nations. With a backdrop of heightened global geopolitical tensions, Widodo hosted Raisi at a ceremony Tuesday in the colonial-style

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Veteran Sherpa guide Kami Rita has scaled Mount Everest for the 28th time Tuesday, beating his own record less than a week after setting it, as two guides compete with each other for the title of most climbs of the world’s highest peak. Kami Rita, considered

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A top Russian official who faces sanctions in the West over Moscow’s war on Ukraine has visited Saudi Arabia and held talks with his counterpart in the kingdom. That’s according to a report by Saudi state media. Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev’s visit to

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s ongoing medical struggles have raised a sensitive political question with no easy answer: Who would California Gov. Gavin Newsom pick to replace her if the seat becomes vacant? Feinstein has given no indication that she is considering stepping down, despite

By KAT STAFFORD Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Angelica Lyons knew it was dangerous for Black women to give birth in America. As a public health instructor, she taught college students about racial health disparities, including the fact that Black women in the U.S. are nearly three times more likely to die during pregnancy

By KAT STAFFORD Associated Press From birth to death, Black Americans fare worse in measures of health compared to their white counterparts. They have higher rates of infant and maternal mortality, higher incidence of asthma during childhood, more difficulty treating mental health as teens, and greater rates of high blood pressure, Alzheimer’s disease and other

By JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Oakland Athletics broadcaster Glen Kuiper was let go by NBC Sports California after using a racial slur during a telecast while describing a trip to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. Kuiper was suspended by the network following his slur that aired during a pregame segment

By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Seven people, including four children, have died after strong winds from a rainstorm caused a metal roof on a school’s activity center to collapse in northern Thailand. Officials say 18 other people were hospitalized. They say some students had gone inside the activity center at the primary

By KAT STAFFORD Associated Press The Associated Press spent a year examining how racial health disparities have harmed generations of Black Americans. From birth to death, Black Americans fare worse in measures of health compared to their white counterparts. They have higher rates of infant and maternal mortality, higher incidence of asthma during childhood, more

AJO, Ariz. (AP) — U.S. Border Patrol agents answering reports of gunfire shot and killed a man on a tribal reservation in southern Arizona after he abruptly threw something and raised his arm, the agency said Monday. The FBI and Tohono O’odham Nation are investigating Thursday night’s fatal shooting of Raymond Mattia. Monday’s U.S. Customs

By KAT STAFFORD, AARON MORRISON and ANNIE MA Associated Press The health inequities for Black Americans, documented in a series of stories by The Associated Press, have their roots in a long history of medical racism. The AP has collected a small sample of that history related to every phase of life. BIRTH: GYNECOLOGY James

By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska’s push to become a bigger player in the clean energy market is in the spotlight this week at a conference convened by its Republican governor, even as the state continues to embrace new fossil fuel production, including the controversial Willow oil project on the petroleum-rich