By MICHAEL R. SISAK NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein ‘s #MeToo retrial next month will largely be an abridged version of the original, with one big addition: a charge based on an allegation from a woman who wasn’t a part of the first case. Related Articles National News | How Mahmoud Khalil became the…
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By MIKE CORDER THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Philippine ex-President Rodrigo Duterte landed Wednesday in the Netherlands a day after he was arrested in Manila on an International Criminal Court warrant accusing him of crimes against humanity over deadly anti-drugs crackdowns he oversaw while in office. Rights groups and families of victims hailed Duterte’s arrest. Within days, he will…
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¡El museo es fantastico! In Colombia’s bling-bathed hallways, I gaped at sacred gold funerary masks once stacked atop ashen faces of ancient dead chieftains; if only my español would come alive. My 10 more proficient Spanish immersion classmates moved alongside me in Bogota’s world-famous four-story Gold Museum (Museo del Oro), which houses more glittery pre-Hispanic gold artifacts —…
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By CLAIRE BRYAN of The Seattle Times and SHARON LURYE of The Associated Press One student asked a search engine, “Why does my boyfriend hit me?” Another threatened suicide in an email to an unrequited love. A gay teen opened up in an online diary about struggles with homophobic parents, writing they just wanted to…
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By JONEL ALECCIA, Associated Press In the Trump administration’s quest to “Make America Healthy Again,” there may be no bigger target than ultraprocessed foods. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s new health secretary, has cited “highly chemically processed foods” as a chief culprit behind an epidemic of chronic disease in the U.S., including ailments such…
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By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER WASHINGTON (AP) — Prosecutors in the Justice Department section that handles public corruption cases have been told the unit will be significantly reduced in size, and its cases will be transferred to U.S. attorney’s offices around the country, two people familiar with the matter said Tuesday. Related Articles…
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By JONEL ALECCIA, Associated Press BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — Sam Srisatta, a 20-year-old Florida college student, spent a month living inside a government hospital here last fall, playing video games and allowing scientists to document every morsel of food that went into his mouth. From big bowls of salad to platters of meatballs and spaghetti…
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By MAE ANDERSON, AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Egg prices again reached a record high in February, as the bird flu continues to run rampant and Easter and Passover approach. Related Articles Business | In his own words: Trump takes credit for stock market rises but casts aside blame for sell-off Business |…
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By MICHELLE L. PRICE WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump in recent days has dismissed fears of a recession and brushed aside the stock market sell-off, going so far as to say, “You can’t really watch the stock market.” That’s a new message from a leader who has frequently pointed to the market’s ups and…
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By TERRY TANG and LINLEY SANDERS, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Most Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders do not agree with the strategy of putting entire federal agencies on the chopping block, nor are they broadly on board with mass layoffs of federal workers, according to a new poll. The survey, released Wednesday…
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