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Takeaways from an AP investigation of Russia recruiting Africans to make drones for use in Ukraine
About 200 women ages 18-22 from across Africa have been recruited to work in a factory alongside Russian vocational students assembling thousands of Iranian-designed attack drones to be launched into Ukraine. In interviews with The Associated Press, some of the women said they were...
Vermont college chapel renamed over eugenics link can keep new title, judge says
A private liberal arts college in Vermont that changed the name of its chapel over ties to eugenics will not be ordered to restore the title, according to a ruling in a lawsuit against the school. Middlebury College announced in 2021 that it had stripped John Mead's name because of...
Nazi-looted Monet artwork returned to family generations later
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — On the eve of World War II, Nazis in Austria seized a pastel by renowned impressionist artist Claude Monet, selling it off and sparking a family’s decadeslong search that culminated Wednesday in New Orleans. At an FBI field office, agents lifted a blue veil...
Hmong Minnesotans who support Tim Walz hope to sway fellow Hmong communities in swing states
As co-founder and executive director of the Hmong American Farmers Association in Minnesota, Janssen Hang has met Gov. Tim Walz several times. It's usually been on farmland with Walz in his trademark red flannel shirt. “I’ve seen that red flannel multiple times.” Hang said,...
Tennessee officials dispute a ruling that restored voting rights to 4 people who can't have guns
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee election officials are objecting to a judge's ruling that restored the voting rights of four people who can't have guns under their specific felony offenses, citing a new state law that makes resolving gun and other “citizenship rights” of convicted felons a...
Rights groups ask Filipinos to reject ex-Pres Duterte and detained preacher in upcoming elections
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Human rights activists called on Filipino voters Wednesday to reject former President Rodrigo Duterte and detained televangelist Apollo Quiboloy in next year’s mid-term elections, citing the criminal allegations they’re facing. Duterte registered...
How Tucson police handled a death like George Floyd’s when leaders thought it would never happen
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Leaders of the Tucson Police Department had heard a little about the video. Now, for the first time, they would judge for themselves how grim it was. As the top brass gathered in a conference room at headquarters, Tucson was, like much of America, protesting...
South Carolina death row inmate told to choose between execution methods
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina prison officials told death row inmate Richard Moore on Tuesday that he can choose between a firing squad, the electric chair and lethal injection for his Nov. 1 execution. State law gives Moore until Oct. 18 to decide or by default he will be...
Dominican Republic starts mass deportations of Haitians and expels nearly 11,000 in a week
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — The Dominican Republic said Tuesday it has deported or repatriated nearly 11,000 Haitians in the past week, fulfilling a pledge to do so weekly as neighboring Haiti scrambles to handle the influx while besieged by gang violence and poverty. ...
Bring your pets to church, Haitian immigrant priest tells worshippers. 'I am not going to eat them.'
CONCORD, N.H. (RNS) — As pet lovers gathered in a church garden here Saturday (Oct. 5) with dogs and photographs for the annual Blessing of the Animals, they were greeted with an assurance unlike any in years past. “I say: Bring your pet. Bring your dog and cat. I am a Haitian,...
