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Ariana Grande and Dalton Gomez are officially divorced

Mar. 19, 2024 00:07 AM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ariana Grande and Dalton Gomez are now divorced. A Los Angeles Superior Court judgment dissolving their marriage of nearly three years became official Tuesday, six months after the 30-year-old pop star file a petition to divorce the 28-year-old real estate...

Marriages in the US are back to pre-pandemic levels, CDC says

Mar. 15, 2024 18:06 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. marriages have rebounded to pre-pandemic levels with nearly 2.1 million in 2022. That's a 4% increase from the year before. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the data Friday, but has not released marriage data for last year. ...

Japanese table tennis star reaches an agreement with ex as parliament considers a joint custody bill

Mar. 15, 2024 09:43 AM EDT

TOKYO (AP) — A once-beloved Japanese table tennis star said Friday she has reached a settlement with her ex-husband, a Taiwanese star in the sport, ending a high-profile battle over custody of their 4-year-old son. The move comes at a time when Japan's parliament is discussing...

A Japanese court says denying same-sex marriage is unconstitutional and calls for urgent change

Mar. 15, 2024 01:29 AM EDT

TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese high court ruled Thursday that denying same-sex marriage is unconstitutional and called for urgent government action to address the lack of any law allowing for such unions. Plaintiffs and the LGBTQ+ community in Japan cheered it as giving them hope for change toward...

New Jersey lawmakers pause open records bill overhaul to consider amendments

Mar. 14, 2024 14:53 PM EDT

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey legislative leaders hit the brakes Thursday on a fast-moving bill that would have overhauled the state's open records law, following an outpouring of opposition from civil rights groups, unions and others. Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin and Senate...

Japan high court says denying same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, calls for urgent government action for redress

Mar. 14, 2024 04:20 AM EDT
TOKYO (AP) — Japan high court says denying same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, calls for urgent government action for redress.

Former Missouri child brides call for outlawing marriages of minors

Mar. 13, 2024 17:44 PM EDT

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Adult women who left marriages they entered as children on Wednesday called on Missouri lawmakers to outlaw child marriage, a practice currently legal in most states. Missouri lawmakers in 2018 prohibited marriages of children 15 and younger, only...

Natalie Portman and Benjamin Millepied divorce after 11 years of marriage

Mar. 08, 2024 11:16 AM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Natalie Portman and Benjamin Millepied have divorced after 11 years of marriage and two children. The Oscar-winning actor and Millepied, a choreographer and director, finalized the divorce last month in France, where they live, People magazine reported, citing a...

A Greek novelist and a lawyer are the first same-sex couple to wed at Athens city hall

Mar. 08, 2024 05:08 AM EST

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A Greek novelist and his partner became the first same-sex couple to be married in Athens' city hall, three weeks after the legalization of same-sex marriage in Orthodox Christian Greece. The Greek capital's mayor officiated at the civil wedding on Thursday of...

Church authorities in Greece slap religious ban on local politicians who backed same-sex marriage

Mar. 06, 2024 12:37 PM EST

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Backlash from the Orthodox Church of Greece against a landmark law allowing same-sex civil marriage intensified Tuesday, with a regional bishopric imposing a religious ban on two local lawmakers who backed the reform. Church authorities on the northwestern...