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Hillary Clinton takes stock of life's wins and losses in a memoir inspired by a Joni Mitchell lyric

Sep. 16, 2024 00:11 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — At the end of her new memoir, Hillary Clinton offers up what sounds like a far-off wish: “I hope I’m alive to see the United States elect a female president.” Turns out her book went to the printers a tad too soon. Clinton wrote that sentence before Kamala...

Long before gay marriage was popular, Kamala Harris was at the forefront of the equal rights battle

Sep. 15, 2024 10:41 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two decades ago, when a Democratic presidential nominee wouldn't dream of endorsing gay marriage, a newly elected district attorney named Kamala Harris was performing one of the first same-sex unions in the United States. It was the so-called Winter of Love in San...

Dave Grohl says he's father to a new daughter outside his 21-year marriage

Sep. 10, 2024 17:58 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dave Grohl says he recently fathered a daughter outside his 21-year marriage to Jordyn Blum, with whom he has three older daughters. “I’ve recently become the father of a new baby daughter, born outside of my marriage. I plan to be a loving and supportive...

Hawaii voters asked to ensure protection of same-sex marriage

Sep. 10, 2024 15:15 PM EDT

In November 1998, Hawaii adopted a constitutional amendment giving the Legislature the power to restrict marriage to opposite-sex couples after it received a clear majority in the election. Twenty-six years later, voters will have an opportunity to reverse that decision, which has...

Iraqi women fear rise in child marriages as lawmakers consider giving conservative clerics more say

Sep. 04, 2024 01:18 AM EDT

IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — Shaimaa Saadoun is haunted by her memory of being forced into an abusive marriage to a 39-year-old man just after she turned 13. Her impoverished family near the southern Iraqi city of Basra hoped that the dowry of gold and money would help improve their...

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson discusses new memoir, 'Lovely One,' at Apollo Theater

Sep. 03, 2024 23:21 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — In one of her first public appearances on behalf of her newly published memoir, “Lovely One,” Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson didn't make a lot of news, but she did make a little history: She can add her name to James Brown, Stevie Wonder and Smokey Robinson among...

Gaudreau's wife thanks him for 'the best years of my life' in Instagram tribute to fallen NHL player

Aug. 31, 2024 16:33 PM EDT

The widow of Johnny Gaudreau called her husband “the absolute best dad in the world” and thanked him for “the best years of my life” in two Instagram posts paying tribute to the NHL player who was killed when his bicycle was struck by a car on the eve of his sister’s wedding. ...

She's a Norwegian princess. He's an American self-professed shaman. Their wedding is this weekend

Aug. 30, 2024 09:53 AM EDT

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Norwegian king’s eldest child, Princess Märtha Louise, will marry American self-professed shaman Durek Verret on Saturday in a picturesque corner of southern Norway. The wedding comes amid widespread criticism of the couple's actions and waning...

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck may not have had a prenuptial agreement, but you should consider one

Aug. 29, 2024 13:56 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Longtime celebrity watchers may not have been shocked when Jennifer Lopez filed for divorce from Ben Affleck, but what was surprising was that Lopez's divorce petition did not include any mention of a prenuptial agreement. A prenup is a legal document for...

Australian penguin Sphen, one half of famed same-sex couple, dies at 11 years old

Aug. 23, 2024 00:37 AM EDT

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Sphen, the elder partner in a world famous same-sex penguin couple celebrated in Australian schoolbooks and an annual gay rights parade, has died at 11 years old, a Sydney aquarium said on Thursday. Sphen and his male gentoo penguin partner Magic, now...