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Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai urges world to confront Taliban's 'gender apartheid' against women
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai said Tuesday that the world needs to recognize and confront the “gender apartheid” against women and girls imposed by the Taliban since they seized power in Afghanistan more than two years ago. She urged the...
The next Republican debate is in Alabama, the state that gave the GOP a road map to Donald Trump
ATLANTA (AP) — Republican presidential candidates will debate Wednesday within walking distance of where George Wallace staged his “stand in the schoolhouse door” to oppose the enrollment of Black students at the University of Alabama during the Civil Rights Movement. The state...
Biden is heading to Hollywood for a major fundraiser featuring Steven Spielberg and Shonda Rhimes
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will head to Los Angeles next week for a big-dollar event that will be his first since strikes by writers and actors effectively ground his fundraising to a halt in the heart of the entertainment industry, which has long served as the ATM for the Democratic...
Retired Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman on the Supreme Court, has died at age 93
WASHINGTON (AP) — Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, an unwavering voice of moderate conservatism and the first woman to serve on the nation’s highest court, died Friday. She was 93. O’Connor died in Phoenix, of complications related to advanced dementia and a...
Today in History: November 30, actor Paul Walker dies in Porsche crash at age 40
Today in History Today is Thursday, Nov. 30, the 334th day of 2023. There are 31 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Nov. 30, 2013, actor Paul Walker star of the “Fast & Furious” movie series, died with his friend, Roger...
Rosalynn Carter honored by family, friends, first ladies and presidents, including husband Jimmy
ATLANTA (AP) — Rosalynn Carter was remembered Tuesday as a former U.S. first lady who leveraged her fierce intellect and political power to put her deep Christian faith into action by always helping others, especially those who needed it most. A gathering of first ladies and...
Today in History: November 19, Abraham Lincoln speaks at Gettysburg cemetery dedication
Today in History Today is Sunday, Nov. 19, the 323rd day of 2023. There are 42 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Nov. 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln dedicated a national cemetery at the site of the Civil War battlefield of...
Progressive Minnesota US Rep. Ilhan Omar draws prominent primary challenger
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar got a prominent Democratic primary challenger Sunday when former Minneapolis City Council member Don Samuels announced he'll try once again to unseat her after coming close in 2022. Omar, a charter member of "the squad” of progressive House...
Biden and Xi are set to meet next week at the APEC summit. No detail is too small to sweat
WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Joe Biden meets Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Wednesday, there will be no such thing as a small detail. How they greet? If they eat? Where they sit? Will there be flowers? Bottled water or in a glass? “Pretty intense,” senior administration...
Sen. Manchin is the last in a line of formidable West Virginia Democrats who promoted coal interests
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Joe Manchin’s impending departure from the U.S. Senate marks the end of an era for West Virginia's conservative Democrats, who for decades held outsize influence in Washington. It's the latest sign of the party's steady decline in the state that often has paralleled the...
