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With Abortion in Jeopardy, Minority Women Have Most to Lose
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — If you are Black or Hispanic in a conservative state that already ...

Lawmakers in 19 States Want Legal Refuge for Trans Youth
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Democratic lawmakers in more than a dozen states are following California's lead ...

Key Players Urge Accountability for Atrocities in Ukraine
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — For the first time, key players seeking accountability for atrocities during the ...

Proposal to Expand Units Allowed on Housing Lots Becomes Law
Maine Gov. Janet Mills on Wednesday signed into law a bill that expands the number of ...

High Court Could Free Biden to End Trump Asylum Policy
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned lower-court orders that have blocked the Biden ...

California Inmates Study at 1st College Based Behind Bars
SAN QUENTIN, Calif. (AP) — Behind a fortress wall and razor wire and a few feet ...

Nets Donate $50,000 to Recovery After Subway Shooting
NEW YORK (AP) — The Brooklyn Nets held a moment of silence before their play-in game ...

California May Empower Citizens to Sue Over Illegal Firearms
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Stung by a deadly mass shooting Sunday mere blocks from the state ...

New Rules Aim to Decide US Asylum Cases in Months, Not Years
The Biden administration on Thursday unveiled new procedures to handle asylum claims at the U.S. southern ...

Russia-Ukraine War: Key Things to Know About the Conflict
The battle for Ukraine's strategic port of Mariupol raged on Monday, as Ukraine rejected a Russian ...

Disney Workers Plan Walkout to Protest ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Disney workers are planning walkouts during their breaks every day this week ...

Bomb-Threatened Black Schools Eligible for Security Grants
WASHINGTON (AP) — Historically Black colleges and universities victimized by recent bomb threats are now eligible ...

VA Proposal to Close Rural Health Clinics Spurs Opposition
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has released a list of community-based ...

Russian Attack on Hospital Stirs Outrage as Talks Stall
MARIUPOL, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian airstrike on a Mariupol maternity hospital that killed three people ...

Native Americans Fret as Report Card Released on 2020 Census
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Plans for the 2020 census were set well in advance to ensure ...

Russia-Ukraine War: Some Key Developments in the Conflict
Two million people — half of them children — have fled Ukraine in the less than ...

In Selma, Foot Soldier’s Kin Boosts Youth Voting Rights Role
For longer than Elliott Smith can recall, annual commemorations of the historic voting rights marches from ...

Newsom Proposes to Force Some Homeless People Into Treatment
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's governor proposed a plan Thursday to offer more services to homeless ...

Sorting Fact, Disinformation Amid Russian War on Ukraine
Associated Press journalists around Ukraine and beyond are documenting military activity during Russia's invasion. With disinformation ...

Russia-Ukraine War: What to Know as Russians Advance on Kyiv
A Russian military convoy threatening Kyiv is far bigger than initially thought, with satellite images from ...

Volunteers Extend Help to Thousands of Refugees From Ukraine
SIRET, Romania (AP) — Sitting with her teenage daughter in a hotel foyer in northern Romania, ...

Timeline of Events Since George Floyd’s Arrest and Murder
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A timeline of key events beginning with George Floyd's arrest on May 25, ...

Foundation Named for Late Civil Rights Pioneer John Lewis
ATLANTA (AP) — A foundation named for U.S. Rep. John Lewis and his wife has been ...

Parkland Victim’s Dad Scales Crane Near White House
WASHINGTON (AP) — Four years after 17 students and others were gunned down at Stoneman Douglas ...

Young Workers Give Unions New Hope
After decades of decline, U.S. unions have a new reason for hope: younger workers ...

Utah Senator Blocks Internment Camp Designation, Draws Ire
DENVER (AP) — On the eve of the 80th anniversary of the forced internment of 120,000 ...

Virginia GOP Blocks Gay Marriage, Voting Rights Proposals
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Republicans in the Virginia House defeated measures Tuesday that would have let ...

Muscogee Dismayed by Nearly Naked Statue of Georgia Ancestor
ATLANTA (AP) — There's a problem with putting someone on a pedestal: Exposed on all sides, ...

Alabama Building to Share Names of KKK Leader, Black Student
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — A University of Alabama building named for a former governor who led ...

Minority Women Most Affected if Abortion is Banned, Limited
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — If you are Black or Hispanic in a conservative state that already ...

California Moves to Dismantle Nation’s Largest Death Row
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who three years ago placed a moratorium on ...

EXPLAINER: New Federal Law Targets Medical Bill Surprises
Patients worried about getting hit with an unexpected bill after emergency care gained a layer of ...

US Pushes for Better Tap Water but Must Win Over Wary Public
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Angela Stamps won't drink water from her faucet, showers less and no ...

Mississippi Mayor Withholds Library Funds Over LGBTQ Books
RIDGELAND, Miss. (AP) — The director of a Mississippi library system says a mayor is withholding ...

More Migrants Seek Asylum Through Reopened Canadian Border
CHAMPLAIN, N.Y. (AP) — Whenever a bus arrives at the Greyhound station in Plattsburgh, New York, ...

World Remembers Holocaust As Antisemitism Rises in Pandemic
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Survivors recalled their agony to a world they fear is forgetting, Israel's ...

Unionized Starbucks Workers Walk Out, Citing Health Concerns
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Employees of a Starbucks store in upstate New York who voted to ...

Veterans Day Legislation Targets GI Bill Racial Inequities
In honor of Veterans Day, a group of Democratic lawmakers is reviving an effort to pay ...

US Food Banks Struggle to Feed Hungry Amid Surging Prices
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — U.S. food banks already dealing with increased demand from families sidelined by ...

Chappelle Special Spurs Netflix Walkout and Counter Protests
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Netflix employees who walked out Wednesday in protest of Dave Chappelle's special ...