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By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press A conservative Roman Catholic media outlet is seeking a court order to stage a rally during a U.S. bishops’ meeting in Baltimore. U.S. District Judge Ellen Hollander presided over a hearing Thursday for the lawsuit that rally planners St. Michael’s Media filed against the city. The judge heard testimony from

By STEPHEN GROVES and JILL COLVIN Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is cutting ties with political adviser Corey Lewandowski after the longtime confidant to former President Donald Trump was accused of making unwanted sexual advances toward a GOP donor. Lewandowski had been key to the Republican governor’s political

By SIGAL RATNER-ARIAS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Gloria Estefan has revealed that, at the age of 9, she was sexually abused by someone her mother trusted. The Cuban-American superstar spoke for the first time publicly about the abuse and its effects on her during an episode of the Facebook Watch show “Red Table

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona firefighters have rescued a man stuck inside a suburban Phoenix storm drain after people passing by saw the man waving his arm from the drain. The Glendale Fire Department said the person called 911 after the man said he was stuck. Department spokeswoman Ashley Losch said the man appeared OK

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and ROBERT BURNS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of military suicides jumped by 15% in 2020, fueled by significant increases in the Army and Marine Corps that senior leaders said were troubling and require more effort to prevent. Data released by the Pentagon showed there were 580 suicides last

By JAMEY KEATEN and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The U.S. and Russia have agreed to press ahead with arms control and related strategic security talks despite significant differences between the two sides. In high-level discussions in Geneva, senior U.S. and Russian diplomats signed off on setting up two working groups to pursue

By ALEX DANIELS of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy Less than 20% of the assets held by major foundations is invested by outside firms run by women or people of color, according to a report released Thursday. Commissioned by the Knight Foundation, the report found that 30 of the largest grantmakers deployed a

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — With President Joe Biden’s government overhaul agenda at stake, Democrats are confronting high-stakes trouble. Thursday’s promised vote on the first piece, a slimmer $1 trillion public works bill, is faltering amid stalled talks on his more ambitious package. Attention is focused on Sens. Joe Manchin of

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress took a big step toward avoiding a partial federal shutdown on Thursday when the Senate passed a bill to keep the government funded through Dec. 3. The House is expected to soon follow suit. The votes will help avert one crisis, but efforts to stave off

MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom is expected to sign legislation to enable a transfer of ownership of prime beachfront property to heirs of a couple who built a resort for Black people in the early 1900s but were stripped of the land by local city leaders. The legislation awaiting Newsom’s signature

By ADRIAN SAINZ and REBECCA REYNOLDS Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities say a teenage boy was shot and wounded at a school in Memphis, Tennessee, and they have detained a second boy believed to be the shooter. Memphis Police said in a statement that the shooting was reported Thursday morning at the Cummings

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A human rights group in Belarus says more than 50 people have been detained in the wake of a shootout that left an opposition supporter and a KGB officer dead. The Viasna group said Thursday that the detentions appeared to be connected to comments made on social media about the incident.