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Longtime music director at Michigan church fired for same-sex marriage

Oct. 30, 2024 17:30 PM EDT

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The longtime music director at a northern Michigan church said he was fired just a few months before retirement after officials learned that he was in a same-sex marriage, a dismissal that has angered members and led to sidewalk protests by the choir. ...

A second high court rules that Japan's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional

Oct. 30, 2024 07:58 AM EDT

TOKYO (AP) — A second Japanese high court ruled Wednesday that the government's policy against same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, the latest in a series of decisions upholding plaintiffs' demands for marriage equality. The Tokyo High Court called the ongoing ban “a...

'Take our lives seriously,' Michelle Obama pleads as she rallies for Kamala Harris in Michigan

Oct. 26, 2024 21:08 PM EDT

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — Michelle Obama challenged men to support Kamala Harris ' bid to be America's first female president, warning at a rally in Michigan on Saturday that women's lives would be at risk if Donald Trump returned to the White House. The former first lady described...

Ruben Gallego divorce records unsealed but reveal little about Democratic Senate candidate

Oct. 17, 2024 19:35 PM EDT

PHOENIX (AP) — Divorce records for Arizona Democratic Senate candidate Ruben Gallego and his ex-wife, Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego, were made public Thursday after an Arizona court unsealed most of the seven-year-old case file. The records offer little insight into the high-profile...

Unions face a moment of truth in Michigan in this year's presidential race

Oct. 16, 2024 10:22 AM EDT

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris rallies in Michigan’s union halls, standing alongside the state’s most powerful labor leader, while former President Donald Trump fires back from rural steel factories, urging middle-class workers to trust him as the true champion of...

Entertainment and lifestyle titan Barry Diller will have memoir out next spring

Oct. 16, 2024 08:02 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Barry Diller has a memoir coming out next spring, covering a life that could fill multiple volumes. Simon & Schuster announced Wednesday that Diller's “Who Knew” will be released May 20, following his rise from the mail room of the William Morris Agency to...

In Michigan, Harris doesn't get hoped-for firefighters endorsement amid shifting labor loyalties

Oct. 04, 2024 20:43 PM EDT

REDFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — It was the perfect place to welcome the endorsement of the firefighters union — a gleaming new firehouse in a blue-collar town just outside of Detroit in the key battleground state of Michigan. But by the time Kamala Harris showed up in Redford...

Book Review: 'John Lewis: A Life' further humanizes a civil rights giant

Sep. 30, 2024 19:12 PM EDT

In “John Lewis: A Life,” David Greenberg recounts how the late Democratic congressman reacted after Republicans scored a landslide victory in the 1994 election. A staffer hoped Lewis would buoy her spirits and tell her there was a silver lining. Lewis instead told her, “There...

‘I love you but I hate you.’ What to do when you can’t stand your long-term partner

Sep. 28, 2024 00:09 AM EDT

It’s often said there is a thin line between love and hate, but is it OK to sometimes hate your long-term partner? If you ask actress Jamie Lee Curtis, it’s practically necessary. Asked about the secret to her 40-year marriage to actor Christopher Guest, she recently said the key...

Money Gambians send home from Europe is a lifeline for their families but the sacrifices take a toll

Sep. 28, 2024 00:08 AM EDT

KWINELLA, Gambia (AP) — Binta Bah met her husband last year on a dating app and instantly fell in love. They spent hours every day glued to their mobile phones and soon got married on a video call. But they've met in person only once, when Suleyman Bah came home to Gambia for a...