Amid firestorm created by Austin’s cancer secrecy, missed opportunities to build trust and educate
WASHINGTON (AP) — The secrecy surrounding Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s set off a launched and triggered calls for his ouster.
To some, the uproar may be puzzling or even offensive. An individual’s right to privacy, particularly about medical issues, is sacred. And most people have that right to privacy. But not all.
As a member of President Joe Biden’s Cabinet, a key national security adviser and a guardian of the use and maintenance of the country’s nuclear arsenal, Austin gives
Nelson Mandela’s support for Palestinians endures with South Africa’s genocide case against Israel
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Barely two weeks after he was released from prison in 1990, flew to Zambia to meet with African leaders who had supported his fight against South Africa’s apartheid system of forced racial segregation.
One figure stood out among the men in dark suits eagerly waiting to greet Mandela on the airport tarmac: , wearing his black and white checkered keffiyeh headdress, had traveled to see the newly freed Mandela.
He grabbed Mandela in a bear hug and kissed him on each
Top UN court opens hearings on South Africa’s allegation that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza
A continent away from the fighting between Israel and Hamas, South Africa told judges at the United Nations’ top court on Thursday that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza and pleaded with the court to urgently order Israel to halt its military operation. Israel has vehemently denied such arguments.
South African lawyers said the latest Gaza war is part of a decades-long oppression of the Palestinians by Israel.
Israel has vehemently denied such arguments even ahead of the opening arguments at the U.N. court in The Hague.
Lawyers for
Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial in New York heads to closing arguments, days before vote in Iowa
NEW YORK (AP) — Barred from giving a formal closing argument, wrested an opportunity to speak in court at the conclusion of his New York Thursday, unleashing a barrage of attacks in a six-minute diatribe before being cut off by the judge.
In an extraordinary move for any defendant, Trump not only sought to make his own summation but then brushed past a question from the judge about whether he would follow rules requiring him to keep his remarks focused on matters related to the trial.
“I am an innocent
Online sports betting arrives in Vermont
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont sports fans can now wager online as mobile launched in the state on Thursday.
DraftKings, FanDuel and Fanatics Sportsbook were selected to operate mobile sports betting platforms in Vermont, Republican Gov. Phil Scott said last month. He added that the regulated marketplace comes with important consumer protections and will generate revenue for the state.
The sports betting operation is expected to bring in up to $7 million in revenue to Vermont during the first full year, Scott said. He signed a bill
In his 1st interview, friend who warned officials of Maine shooter says ‘I literally spelled it out’
LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Sean Hodgson watched and worried as his best friend of nearly two decades unraveled. His former roommate and fellow U.S. Army reservist’s anger and paranoia were mounting, he had access to guns, and he refused to get help. So Hodgson did the hardest thing of his life: He sent a text about to their Army supervisor.
“I believe he’s going to snap and do a ,” he wrote on Sept. 15.
Six weeks later,
What we know about ‘Fito,’ Ecuador’s notorious gang leader who went missing from prison
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — José Adolfo Macías Villamar, leader of Los Choneros, one of the Ecuadorian gangs considered responsible for was discovered missing from his prison cell where he was serving a sentence for drug trafficking.
Macías began serving a 34-year sentence in 2011, but his prison stays have been in style and comfort.
His led the government to declare a state of emergency that involved sending the military into prisons, which sparked a wave of at least 30
In his 1st interview, friend who warned officials of Maine shooter says ‘I literally spelled it out’
LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Sean Hodgson watched and worried as his best friend of nearly two decades unraveled. His former roommate and fellow U.S. Army reservist’s anger and paranoia were mounting, he had access to guns, and he refused to get help. So Hodgson did the hardest thing of his life: He sent a text about to their Army supervisor.
“I believe he’s going to snap and do a ,” he wrote on Sept. 15.
Six weeks later,
A British postal scandal ruined hundreds of lives. The government plans to try to right those wrongs
LONDON (AP) — Lawmakers trying to get to the bottom of one of Britain’s gravest injustices were questioning bosses of the Post Office and Fujitsu on Tuesday as momentum grew to compensate and clear the names of more than wrongly convicted of theft or fraud because of the Japanese company’s faulty computer system.
The Commons’ Business and Trade Committee is trying to determine how to speed up compensation for the victims. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has vowed to introduce unprecedented legislation to reverse the convictions, following a television docudrama that
Efforts to restrict transgender health care endure in 2024, with more adults targeted
Republican-led state legislatures are considering a new round of bills restricting medical care for transgender youths — and in some cases, adults — returning to the issue the year after a wave of high-profile bills became law and sparked lawsuits.
As legislatures begin their work for the year, lawmakers in several states have proposed enacting or strengthening restrictions on puberty-blocking drugs and hormone treatments for minors. Bills to govern the pronouns kids can use at school, which sports teams students can play on, and the bathrooms they can