• Social spending, business tax hike drive $6T Biden budget

    Social spending, business tax hike drive $6T Biden budget
    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s $6 trillion budget proposal for next year would run a $1.8 trillion federal government deficit despite a raft of new tax increases on corporations and high-income people designed to pay for his ambitious spending plans. The whopping deficit projections are being driven by Biden’s costly plans for infrastructure and social spending, along with major new investments in domestic Cabinet agencies. The budget incorporates the administration&rs
  • Safety ratings yanked after Tesla pulls radar from 2 models

    Safety ratings yanked after Tesla pulls radar from 2 models
    DETROIT (AP) — Two key groups that offer automobile safety ratings have yanked their top endorsements of some Tesla vehicles because the company has stopped using radar on its safety systems. Consumer Reports pulled its “Top Pick” status for Tesla’s Model 3 and Y vehicles built after April 27, while the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety plans to remove the vehicles’ “Top Safety Pick Plus” designation. Consumer Reports says that removing radar and re
  • Arizona charge sought for woman accused in Idaho killings

    Arizona charge sought for woman accused in Idaho killings
    PHOENIX (AP) — Police say a woman charged in Idaho with murder in the deaths of her two children should face an additional charge in Arizona in her estranged husband’s killing. Investigators recommended a conspiracy to commit murder charge against Lori Vallow Daybell in Charles Vallow’s death. He was killed in suburban Phoenix months before his son, 7-year-old Joshua Vallow, and stepdaughter, 17-year-old Tylee Ryan, went missing. Prosecutors haven’t set a deadline for dec
  • VP Harris announces business investments in Central America

    VP Harris announces business investments in Central America
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris has announced commitments from a dozen companies and organizations to invest in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador as part of the Biden administration’s efforts to address the root causes of migration from the region. Participants include corporate giants Mastercard and Microsoft as well as Pro Mujer, a nonprofit that focuses on providing aid to low-income women in Latin America, along with the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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  • The Latest: Idaho’s lieutenant gov. bans mask mandates

    The Latest: Idaho’s lieutenant gov. bans mask mandates
    BOISE, Idaho — With the governor out of the state, Idaho’s lieutenant governor issued an executive order Thursday banning mask mandates in schools and public buildings, saying the face-covering directives threatened people’s freedom.Republican Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin is acting governor while Gov. Brad Little is at the Republican Governors Association conference in Nashville, Tennessee. He was expected to return Thursday evening.Last week, McGeachin announced her run for gover
  • Demolition resumes on Georgia shipwreck after big fire

    Demolition resumes on Georgia shipwreck after big fire
    BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Salvage crews on the coast of Georgia have resumed sawing apart the remains of an overturned cargo ship nearly two weeks after the wreck caught fire. A 400-foot anchor chain attached to a towering crane returned to work Thursday slowly cutting through the shipwreck’s steel hull. Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Himes said engineers inspecting the Golden Ray determined it was safe to continue demolition work for the first time since the wreck caught fi
  • GOP poised to block bipartisan probe of Jan. 6 insurrection

    GOP poised to block bipartisan probe of Jan. 6 insurrection
    Mitch McConnell (R)
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans are poised to block the creation of a special commission to study the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. That action would dash hopes for a bipartisan investigation amid a GOP push to put the violent insurrection by Donald Trump’s supporters behind them. Broad Republican opposition was expected even as Capitol Police officers and family of an officer who died went office to office asking GOP senators to support it. The siege
  • Lawsuit: Only Christians could apply for jail chaplain job

    Lawsuit: Only Christians could apply for jail chaplain job
    COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — A Muslim man’s religious discrimination lawsuit says applicants for a chaplain’s job at a Maryland county jail had to sign a statement affirming that they are Christians. Lawyers from the Council on American-Islamic Relations filed the federal lawsuit on Thursday against Prince George’s County on behalf of volunteer chaplain Edrees Bridges. The lawsuit says Bridges couldn’t complete the job application because it required all applicants to s
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  • Man probed in BB gun attacks on Southern California vehicles

    Man probed in BB gun attacks on Southern California vehicles
    RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California man is under investigation in connection with BB gun shootings that have shattered windows on about 100 vehicles traveling on freeways. Authorities arrested an Anaheim man late Tuesday in Riverside after two motorists reported being targeted by shots fired from a red sport utility vehicle. Riverside police and California Highway Patrol officers then apprehended the driver of a red Chevrolet Trailblazer at a shopping center. A CHP statement say
  • Arizona Senate plans budget vote amid outcome uncertaintly

    Arizona Senate plans budget vote amid outcome uncertaintly
    PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Senate President Karen Fann appears committed to pushing for a vote on a state budget package despite clear opposition from a lone Republican can cause its defeat. Republican Sen. Paul Boyer of Glendale remains opposed to the $12.8 billion budget deal hammered out between Fann, House Speaker Rusty Bowers and Gov. Doug Ducey. All 14 Senate Democrats opposed the plan in large part because of a massive income tax cut. So Fann can only lose one of the 16 Republican senat
  • PCSD vehicle involved in three-vehicle crash on north side

    PCSD vehicle involved in three-vehicle crash on north side
    TUCSON (KVOA) - A three-vehicle collision involving a Pima County Sheriff's Department vehicle caused traffic delays on the north side Thursday afternoon.According to PCSD, the incident took place near Craycroft and Sunrise roads.The department said only one person was injured in the incident. That individual was transported to the hospital with minor injuries.The deputy involved in the crash was not injured in connection to the collision.Details surrounding the crash are limited at this time.St
  • Man rescued from Colorado pass hours after women disappeared

    Man rescued from Colorado pass hours after women disappeared
    DENVER (AP) — On a snowy, frigid night in 1982, a man used his pickup truck headlights to signal SOS to a passing passenger plane overhead and was rescued from the snowdrift where he got stuck on a Colorado mountain pass. Down the mountain in a ski resort town about 50 miles away earlier that night, two women disappeared whose bodies were later found. For nearly 40 years, the case went cold and the incidents seemed to be unrelated. But modern forensic genealogy techniques unveiled a differ
  • Boeing to pay $17 million to settle plane production issues

    Boeing to pay $17 million to settle plane production issues
    Boeing is paying $17 million and promising to take steps to fix production problems with its popular 737 jets. The Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday that the settlement covers the installation of unapproved sensors and other parts on some Boeing 737 models including NGs and the Max. The problems were discovered on planes built between 2015 and 2019. Boeing could pay up to $10.1 million more if it doesn’t fix quality-control problems. The settlement isn’t large in dollar t
  • UA campus vaccination site to change hours next week, close for good June 25

    UA campus vaccination site to change hours next week, close for good June 25
    The University of Arizona's COVID-19 vaccination site will change its operating hours beginning Tuesday.…
  • Get vaccinated this weekend, maybe win $10,000

    Get vaccinated this weekend, maybe win $10,000
    If you get a COVID vaccination this weekend, you could win up to $10,000. …
  • Boy, 14, charged as adult in 13-year-old girl’s death

    Boy, 14, charged as adult in 13-year-old girl’s death
    ST. JOHNS, Fla. (AP) — A 14-year-old boy is being charged as an adult in the fatal stabbing of a 13-year-old cheerleader whose body was found in the northeast Florida woods earlier this month. Court records show the State Attorney’s Office in St. Johns County filed a notice Thursday to transfer Aiden Fucci’s case from juvenile to adult court after a grand jury indicted him on a first-degree murder charge. Tristyn Bailey was last seen early May 9 at the community center in the D
  • California to offer $116M in coronavirus vaccine prize money

    California to offer $116M in coronavirus vaccine prize money
    LOS ANGELES (AP) — Vaccinated Californians will be eligible for $116.5 million in prize money. Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the massive pot of money on Thursday as part of an effort to encourage more people to get their shots. The state estimates 12 million eligible Californians have not yet been vaccinated. Ten people will win $1.5 million each on June 15, the state’s planned reopening date. That’s the largest prize announced so far in any state. Another 30 people will win $50,
  • Arizona groups push to inoculate Central American migrants

    Arizona groups push to inoculate Central American migrants
    PHOENIX (AP) — A leader in the Central American community in Phoenix says local groups are banding together to ensure more hard-to-reach migrants are vaccinated against COVID-19 as Arizona struggles to improve its inoculation rates. The Rev. Antonio Velazquez said the push to vaccinate at least 5,000 migrants from Central America and Mexico will begin Sunday at a Spanish-language church. Just under half or 45.8% of Arizona’s eligible population has been vaccinated.  Arizona is r
  • Ford recalls small vans; shifter may not show correct gear

    Ford recalls small vans; shifter may not show correct gear
    DETROIT (AP) — Ford is recalling nearly 205,000 Transit Connect vans in the U.S. and Canada. The recall is to fix a problem that can stop the shift lever from moving the transmission to the correct gear. The recall covers vans from the 2013 through 2021 model years with 2.5-liter engines and Ford’s 6F35 transmissions. The company said Thursday that a bushing that attaches the shifter cable to the transmission can degrade or fall off. Ford says it’s not aware of any crashes or i
  • BLM’s Patrisse Cullors to step down from movement foundation

    BLM’s Patrisse Cullors to step down from movement foundation
    Patrisse Cullors, a co-founder of Black Lives Matter, is stepping down as executive director of the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation following what she called a smear campaign from a far-right group and recent criticism from other Black organizers. She will leave day-to-day management of the organization she has led for nearly six years to focus on other projects, including the upcoming release of her second book and a multi-year TV development deal with Warner Bros. Her departure fo
  • New clashes as wildcat miners attack Indigenous in Brazil

    New clashes as wildcat miners attack Indigenous in Brazil
    RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian federal prosecutors say hundreds of wildcat miners have clashed with police who were trying to halt illegal mining in the Amazon region. The prosecutors says the miners in the northern state of Para then raided an Indigenous village, setting houses on fire. The clashes came days after a Supreme Court justice ordered the government to protect Indigenous populations threatened in recent weeks by illegal miners. Critics say the miners appear to have been embold
  • Biden administration defends Trump-era Alaska oil decision

    Biden administration defends Trump-era Alaska oil decision
    JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — U.S. government attorneys are defending a decision made during the Trump administration to allow a major oil project on Alaska’s North Slope to proceed. Critics say the action flies in the face of President Joe Biden’s pledges to address climate change. U.S. Justice Department attorneys, in a filing Wednesday, wrote that opponents of the Willow project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska were seeking to stop development by “cherry-picking”
  • California offering $116 million in prize money to encourage more coronavirus vaccinations

    California offering $116 million in prize money to encourage more coronavirus vaccinations
    LOS ANGELES (AP) — California offering $116 million in prize money to encourage more coronavirus vaccinations.The post California offering $116 million in prize money to encourage more coronavirus vaccinations appeared first on KVOA.
  • NY bill would give sexual abuse survivors new chance to sue

    NY bill would give sexual abuse survivors new chance to sue
    ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — People sexually abused as adults would have a chance to sue the perpetrators even if the usual deadline to bring a lawsuit had expired under a bill gaining momentum in New York’s legislature. The bill is called the Adult Survivors Act. It would give abuse survivors a one-year window in which to bring lawsuits that would otherwise be barred by the state’s statute of limitations. A similar window created in 2019 for victims of childhood sexual abuse led to an
  • Florida sued over law to ban social media content blocking

    Florida sued over law to ban social media content blocking
    TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Two groups representing online companies are suing Florida over a new law that seeks to punish large social media businesses like Facebook and Twitter if they remove content or ban politicians. The lawsuit was filed Thursday, three days after Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill that will allow the state to fine large social media sites if they inactivate a statewide politician’s account and will let any Floridian sue those companies if they feel like t
  • Travis, Sexton to team for radio show in Limbaugh’s old home

    Travis, Sexton to team for radio show in Limbaugh’s old home
    NEW YORK (AP) — Premiere Radio Networks says it is teaming Clay Travis and Buck Sexton for a new show in the early afternoon time slot where the company syndicated Rush Limbaugh’s program. Travis has been host of the Fox Sports Radio morning program “Outkick the Coverage.” Sexton, a former CIA officer and counterterrorism expert, has had his own Premiere show. Since Limbaugh’s death on Feb. 17, the company has aired guest hosts and archival footage of the late enter
  • Fort Hood soldier arrested in death of a baby in Arizona

    Fort Hood soldier arrested in death of a baby in Arizona
    TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Police in Tempe  have arrested an Army soldier in connection with the 2019 death of his former girlfriend’s baby. They say Khairee Patton was taken into custody Tuesday at Fort Hood in Texas where he’s based. Authorities say Patton was booked into the Bell County jail as he awaits extradition to Arizona on suspicion of second-degree murder, child abuse and failure to provide care. Police were called to a Tempe hospital in January 2019 about an unrespons
  • AP FACT CHECK: Biden is off on his vaccine claims

    AP FACT CHECK: Biden is off on his vaccine claims
    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden misstated the record Thursday when he asserted that half of his country has been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus and when he suggested that the U.S. leads the world in protecting its population with the shots.
    BIDEN: “Now, 50% of all of America, more than in any other country, is fully vaccinated.” — remarks in Cleveland.
    THE FACTS: No, half the U.S. population has not been fully vaccinated. What’s true is that half of
  • Syria’s Assad wins a fourth term in a predictable landslide

    Syria’s Assad wins a fourth term in a predictable landslide
    DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian officials say President Bashar Assad has been re-elected for a fourth seven-year term in the war-torn country, following an election described as illegitimate and a sham by the West and his opposition. Assad’s win on Thursday was not in doubt, in an election where officials said 18 million were eligible to vote. But in the country torn by a 10-year-old conflict, areas controlled by rebels or Kurdish-led troops, where at least 8 million live, were not vot
  • Navajos voice concern over plan to transfer uranium waste

    Navajos voice concern over plan to transfer uranium waste
    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — U.S. nuclear regulators are considering a proposal to transfer 1 million cubic yards of waste from a former uranium mine in western New Mexico to a mill site less than a mile away as part of a cleanup effort. But indigenous activists and nuclear watchdogs say the proposal doesn’t go far enough in protecting the area and surrounding Navajo communities from more contamination. The deadline to comment on a draft environmental review of the proposal is Thursday.
  • The Latest: Idaho’s lieutenant gov. bans masks in schools

    The Latest: Idaho’s lieutenant gov. bans masks in schools
    BOISE, Idaho — With the governor out of the state, Idaho’s lieutenant governor issued an executive order Thursday banning masks in schools and public buildings, saying the face-covering directives threatened people’s freedom.Republican Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin is acting governor while Gov. Brad Little is at the Republican Governors Association conference in Nashville, Tennessee. He was expected to return Thursday evening.Last week, McGeachin announced her run for governor, cha
  • Former astronaut pleads guilty in traffic deaths of 2 girls

    Former astronaut pleads guilty in traffic deaths of 2 girls
    TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — A former NASA space shuttle commander indicted on reckless murder charges in the traffic deaths of two girls in Alabama has pleaded guilty to reduced charges nearly five years after the crash. One-time astronaut James Halsell Jr. of Huntsville pleaded guilty to two manslaughter and two assault charges during a hearing Thursday. Relatives of the victims wore shirts with images of 11-year-old Niomi Deona James and 13-year-old Jayla Latrick Parler. The girls were kille
  • US official: Homeland Security Department memo shows California shooter hated workplace years before rail yard massacre

    US official: Homeland Security Department memo shows California shooter hated workplace years before rail yard massacre
    WASHINGTON (AP) — US official: Homeland Security Department memo shows California shooter hated workplace years before rail yard massacre.The post US official: Homeland Security Department memo shows California shooter hated workplace years before rail yard massacre appeared first on KVOA.
  • Montana’s top prosecutor bans critical race theory programs

    Montana’s top prosecutor bans critical race theory programs
    HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana’s top prosecutor has issued an opinion calling critical race theory and some antiracism teaching programs and activities discriminatory. He says they violate federal and state law. Republican Attorney General Austin Knudsen’s opinion on Thursday bans the programs in the state. He made the decision after Republican Superintendent of Public Instruction Elsie Arntzen requested he look at the issue. Montana is the latest of several Republican-controlled
  • Stocks rise as the economy shows more signs of improvement

    Stocks rise as the economy shows more signs of improvement
    Stocks closed mostly higher on Wall Street following more signals that the economy is continuing to recover. The S&P 500 managed to rise 0.1% Thursday after giving up much of an earlier gain. Investors were encouraged to see that weekly unemployment claims fell to another pandemic low and that the U.S. economy grew at a solid rate during the first quarter. Banks and industrial stocks led the gains. Technology companies fell, pulling the Nasdaq slightly lower. Health care and household goods
  • Black leaders decry sentence for man who targeted protesters

    Black leaders decry sentence for man who targeted protesters
    ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — Black leaders are expressing outrage over probation and a suspended sentence for a white Missouri man who stockpiled explosives meant to target the Black Lives Matter movement and other protesters, and they urged federal prosecutors to take up the case. Cameron Swoboda pleaded guilty to three felonies earlier this month. A St. Charles County judge gave him a suspended seven-year sentence and placed him on probation for five years. Police in June seized explosive mat
  • Idaho lieutenant governor bans masks while governor away

    Idaho lieutenant governor bans masks while governor away
    BOISE, Idaho (AP) — With the governor out of state, Idaho’s lieutenant governor issued an executive order banning masks in schools and public buildings, saying the face-covering directives threatened people’s freedom. Republican Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin is acting governor while Gov. Brad Little is at the Republican Governors Association conference in Nashville, Tennessee. He was expected to return Thursday evening. Last week, McGeachin announced her run for governor, challengi
  • Bank CEOs tell Congress they’ll work to avoid foreclosures

    Bank CEOs tell Congress they’ll work to avoid foreclosures
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The chief executives of the nation’s largest banks have been back in front of Congress, facing questions ranging from bitcoin to their efforts to keep Americans in their homes after government aid to pandemic-hit mortgage holders expires this summer. The House hearing Thursday came after senators on Wednesday questioned the six CEOs on topics including climate change, voting rights and racial inequities. House members spent much of the hearing asking detailed policy
  • Ugenti-Rita announces campaign for top Arizona elections job

    Ugenti-Rita announces campaign for top Arizona elections job
    PHOENIX (AP) — Republican Sen. Michelle Ugenti-Rita is running for Arizona secretary of state. The Scottsdale lawmaker has been one of the Legislature’s top advocates for more stringent election laws. She announced her campaign plans on Wednesday night. Ugenti-Rita sponsored a controversial bill that will purge people from the permanent early voting list if they skip two election cycles. The measure was signed this month by Gov. Doug Ducey. Ugenti-Rita faces state Rep. Mark Finchem i
  • Victims of shooting recalled as loving, kind-hearted, heroic

    Victims of shooting recalled as loving, kind-hearted, heroic
    The nine people who were killed in a shooting Wednesday at a California rail yard were remembered by their families, colleagues and friends as loving, kind-hearted and heroic. The post Victims of shooting recalled as loving, kind-hearted, heroic appeared first on KVOA.
  • Children’s hospital patients, staff name baby orangutan

    Children’s hospital patients, staff name baby orangutan
    NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Patients and staff at Children’s Hospital New Orleans have chosen “Madu” as the name for an endangered Sumatran orangutan born in February at the city’s zoo. The word is Malay for “honey.” The Audubon Zoo said in a news release Thursday that Madu got more votes than Bani, an Indonesian word meaning “children,” or Matahari, a Malay word meaning “sun.” Zoo spokeswoman Annie Kinler Matherne says a few patients well
  • Louisiana lawmakers reject non-unanimous juries relief bill

    Louisiana lawmakers reject non-unanimous juries relief bill
    BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana lawmakers have blocked an effort to offer a path to release for about 1,500 prisoners convicted of felonies by juries that were not unanimous. The debate was spurred by the U.S. Supreme Court’s refusal to make its ban on such convictions retroactive. Only five lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee supported the proposal. Seven committee members voted against it Thursday. Criminal justice advocates pushed the measure after the Supreme Court ruled
  • Transgender sports ban bill headed to Louisiana governor

    Transgender sports ban bill headed to Louisiana governor
    BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The Louisiana House has given final passage to legislation prohibiting transgender athletes from competing on girls’ sports teams in schools. Thursday’s 78-17 House vote sent the measure to Gov. John Bel Edwards, who is expected to veto the bill. The proposal by Republican Sen. Beth Mizell passed both the House and Senate with veto-proof margins. It’s unclear if those coalitions would hold together to override a veto from Edwards. The Democratic go
  • Biden budget to run $1.8T deficit to finance spending plans

    Biden budget to run $1.8T deficit to finance spending plans
    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s $6 trillion budget proposal for next year would run a $1.8 trillion federal government deficit despite a raft of new tax increases on corporations and high-income people designed to pay for his ambitious spending plans. The whopping deficit projections are being driven by Biden’s costly plans for infrastructure and social spending, along with major new investments in domestic Cabinet agencies. The budget incorporates the administration&rs
  • The Latest: Summer travel begins with excitement, delays

    The Latest: Summer travel begins with excitement, delays
    TOLEDO, Ohio — After a year of coronavirus lockdowns, the start of summer beckons with vacation plans made possible by relaxed COVID-19 restrictions.But labor shortages mean some travelers should expect delays and pack a little patience. Lifeguards and hotel housekeepers are in short supply. So are rental cars.A survey of 4,000 travel and tourism workers this year showed many found jobs with higher pay, predictable schedules and more plan on leaving the industry soon, according to Peter Ri
  • USDA rejects request for faster pork slaughterhouse speeds

    USDA rejects request for faster pork slaughterhouse speeds
    DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has declined a request by the pork industry to increase the speed at which pigs can be processed into meat. The ruling is a victory to slaughterhouse workers who had raised safety concerns about the plan. The USDA announced Wednesday it would enforce a Minnesota judge’s order issued in March. The judge struck down plans finalized by the USDA under former President Donald Trump’s administration that would have lifted max
  • Auditors find no fraud in disputed New Hampshire election

    Auditors find no fraud in disputed New Hampshire election
    PEMBROKE N.H. (AP) — Auditors have found no evidence of fraud or political bias in a controversial New Hampshire election that has drawn the interest of Donald Trump. The audit, mandated by the legislature, is set to finish Thursday. It was called by lawmakers from both parties after a losing Democratic candidate in a legislative race in the town of Windham requested a recount. That recount showed Republican candidates getting hundreds more votes than were originally counted. Rather than f
  • Ex-Speaker Ryan to GOP: Reject Trump, `2nd-rate imitations’

    Ex-Speaker Ryan to GOP: Reject Trump, `2nd-rate imitations’
    Former House Speaker Paul Ryan is weighing in on the fight for the Republican Party’s future and he’s urging conservatives to reject Donald Trump and “second-rate imitations.” Ryan is making the remarks in a speech Thursday night at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California. The Associated Press has obtained the prepared remarks. The vast majority of Republicans in Washington and beyond remain loyal to Trump even while the former president continues to make wil
  • VP Harris to announce business investments in Central America

    VP Harris to announce business investments in Central America
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday will announce commitments from a dozen companies and organizations to invest in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, as part of the Biden administration’s efforts to address the root causes of migration from the region.
    Participants include corporate giants such as Mastercard and Microsoft as well as Pro Mujer, a nonprofit that focuses on providing aid to low-income women in Latin America, along with the Harvard T.H. Chan Sch
  • UN official slams Ethiopia’s arrests of displaced in Tigray

    UN official slams Ethiopia’s arrests of displaced in Tigray
    JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A U.N. official has condemned the arrests of scores of people displaced by the ongoing Tigray conflict, where fighting continues between the federal military and renegade forces. The arrests came amid widespread allegations of human rights violations, extrajudicial killings and rape by government soldiers and its allied forces in the region. U.N. officials and local residents have confirmed the arrests happened on May 24. The U.N. Commenting on the raids on the camps, t

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