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By ALAN FRAM and HOPE YEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is hosting two pivotal senators for meetings  in hopes of resolving lingering disputes over Democrats’ long-stalled effort to craft an expansive social and environment measure. The White House says the session with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and West Virginia Sen.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Rick is headed for Mexico’s southern Pacific coast and is forecast to reach land by Monday morning. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Rick had winds as high as 85 miles per hour (140 kph) and was expected to hit somewhere around the seaport of Lazaro Cardenas or the resort

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has called for an end to the practice of returning migrants rescued at sea to Libya and other unsafe countries. The pope on Sunday said priority must be given to saving lives in the Mediterranean Sea and assuring their disembarkation in port. Italy and

By LORI HINNANT, MARIA CHENG and ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A team of young scientists in South Africa is assembling the equipment needed to reverse engineer Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine. The scientists are effectively making an end run around an industry that has vastly prioritized rich countries over poor in

By BRYAN ANDERSON and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — After lawsuits alleging racial gerrymandering, Republicans drawing new legislative maps in Texas, Ohio and North Carolina this year say they won’t use racial or partisan data in the process. Still, the political maps they’re proposing would tilt heavily toward their party.

VIENNA (AP) — Zimbabwean writer and filmmaker Tsitsi Dangarembga has accepted a prestigious German prize in honor of her work in Frankfurt. In her speech, she called for a “new Enlightenment,” saying a fundamental shift is needed to overcome the structures of racial hierarchy that have led to violence in her home country and across

By AAMER MADHANI, ERIC TUCKER, and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — White House counsel Dana Remus made a lasting impression on her colleagues with her calm during the chaotic time after last year’s election when Donald Trump challenged the legitimacy of Joe Biden’s victory. But Remus’ toughest task might lie ahead. She’s guiding

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has called for an end to the practice of returning migrants rescued at sea to Libya and other unsafe countries. The pope on Sunday said priority must be given to saving lives in the Mediterranean Sea and assuring their disembarkation in port. Italy and Malta have come under criticism

By SYLVIE CORBET and ARNO PEDRAM Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Thousands of French women have denounced in an online campaign the response of police officers victim-blaming them or mishandling their complaints as they were reporting sexual abuse. The hashtag #DoublePeine (#DoubleSentencing) was launched last month after reports that a 19-year-old woman who filed a

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — An earthquake has shaken Taiwan’s capital, Taipei, and caused falling rocks that injured a woman and damaged a car. No deaths have been reported. The government says the 6.5-magnitude quake Sunday was centered near Yilan, a city about 22 miles east of Taipei near the northeastern coast. It was followed seconds