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Month: April 2024

LGBTQ+ foster youths could expect different experiences as Tennessee and Colorado pass opposing laws

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — The Tennessee and Colorado legislatures have passed bills that would have vastly different impacts on LGBTQ+ foster children. The Republican supermajority in Tennessee passed a measure that would allow children to be placed with families that hold anti-LGBTQ+ beliefs. Colorado’s Democratic majority

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Cárcel, inhabilitación política y disolución de organizaciones: ¿qué propone la ley “antifascista” que impulsa el Gobierno de Venezuela?

Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — La Asamblea Nacional de Venezuela recibió el martes el proyecto de “Ley contra el fascismo, neofascismo y expresiones similares” impulsado por el Gobierno de Nicolás Maduro. El documento quedó aprobado en primera discusión el mismo martes y se espera que en las próximas semanas pase a segunda discusión,

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Federal report finds 68,000 guns were illegally trafficked through unlicensed dealers over 5 years

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 68,000 illegally trafficked firearms in the U.S. came through unlicensed dealers who aren’t required to perform background checks over a five-year period, according to new data released Thursday by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives. That represents 54% of

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State Bar of Wisconsin agrees to change diversity definition in lawsuit settlement

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin association representing attorneys has agreed to change the definition of “diversity” to settle a federal lawsuit brought by a conservative law firm. The lawsuit brought by the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty in December argued the internship program unconstitutionally discriminates based on race.

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Myanmar’s worst violence since the military takeover is intensifying the crisis, the UN says

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. officials say that Myanmar’s escalating conflict and worst violence since the military takeover in 2021 are having a devastating impact on human rights, fundamental freedoms and basic needs of millions of people. It’s also having “alarming spillover effects” in neighboring countries. Assistant Secretary-General for

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Trump sufre reveses en sus esfuerzos por cerrar dos de las causas penales en su contra

urielblanco (CNN) — El expresidente Donald Trump sufrió dos importantes reveses el jueves en sus esfuerzos por hacer descarrilar los casos penales en su contra: los jueces del caso de interferencia electoral en Georgia y del caso federal de documentos clasificados rechazaron sendas peticiones del posible candidato presidencial del Partido Republicano para 2024 que pidió

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Callaway County Sheriff’s Office uses crowdfunding tool to help identify dead man found in 2019 on Missouri River

FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) The Callaway County Sheriff’s Office is still investigating the identity of a man whose body was found floating in the Missouri River in May 2019 near Tebbetts. But, it’s trying to get extra help by using the crowdfunding website DNASolves to raise funds for the remaining casework costs, according to a social

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