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#Peace & Community #European #Middle East #Asia #UN #North America #Oceanian #AfricanGisèle Pelicot's daughter alleges her father, the convicted rapist, abused her, too
The explosive mass rape trial of Dominique Pelicot and 50 other French men may have come to an end Dec. 19, but for his daughter, Caroline Darian, the story was nowhere near over. She shares what the ordeal has been like for her mother and herself in a new memoir, I’ll Never Call Him Dad Again.
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Wisconsin judge blocks suit against Musk over $2M Supreme Court race handout; AG appeals
A Wisconsin judge on Saturday declined the state attorney general’s request for an emergency injunction to prevent Elon Musk from paying two voters $1 million for opposing “activist judges” in the upcoming Supreme Court election. The billionaire has voiced his support for Republican candidate Brad Schimel, who's running against liberal opponent Susan Crawford. Musk is...
Published on: March 29, 2025 | Source:What is the legal process for deporting U.S. green card and visa holders?
Immigration experts said people with visas and green cards have been deported under other administrations, but some of the Trump administration’s actions have been unprecedented.
Published on: March 29, 2025 | Source:Rescuers in Myanmar and Thailand race to find survivors as earthquake death toll soars
Myanmar’s ruling military government now says more than 1,600 people have died in a devastating earthquake as more bodies are being pulled from rubble. The epicenter of the 7.7 magnitude quake was near Mandalay, Myanmar’s second-largest city, and it rocked neighboring countries, including Thailand. Debi Edward of Independent Television News reports.
Published on: March 29, 2025 | Source:News Wrap: Overnight airstrikes hit Houthi rebels in Yemen’s capital
In our news wrap Saturday, suspected U.S. airstrikes hit Houthi rebels in Yemen, southern Texas is getting a much-needed break from torrential downpours that caused flooding, a judge ruled against the dismantling of Voice of America, Elon Musk is shifting ownership of the social media platform X, and the Oxford English Dictionary added dozens of new words to its pages.
Published on: March 29, 2025 | Source:How new job cuts at the nation’s leading health agency affect Americans
The FDA’s top vaccine official has resigned. On Friday, Dr. Peter Marks wrote that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.” That follows this week’s announcement that the Department of Health and Human Services would fire around 10,000 of its workers. Ali Rogin speaks with two former HHS leaders about what this means for the country.
Published on: March 29, 2025 | Source:The women lighthouse keepers who saved countless lives from coast to coast
For generations, women have been operating lighthouses across the country, saving lives and keeping history. John Yang reports from the oldest continuously operating lighthouse on the U.S. Pacific coast.
Published on: March 29, 2025 | Source:Shouted questions at Trump have consequences: New actions by White House
"Mr. President! You talked about some of the violence that’s been going on at dealerships,” a reporter yelled to President Trump as he stood next to Elon Musk and a Tesla parked near the White House lawn earlier this month. “Some say they should be labeled domestic terrorists.” “I’ll do that,” Trump interjected. “We’re going to...
Published on: March 29, 2025 | Source:Sunday shows preview: Trump dismisses Signal chat fallout; Tariff trade war heats up
President Trump navigated his response this week to bombshell reports of Cabinet members conversing about the United States’ strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen via Signal, an online messaging platform, after it was revealed that The Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg was inadvertently added to the chain, where sensitive information was shared. The journalist shared the...
Published on: March 29, 2025 | Source:Maher rails against NPR CEO, calls for public media funding cuts
Talk show host Bill Maher railed against NPR CEO Katherine Maher, characterized the radio outlet as “crazy far-left” and called for public media funding cuts, arguing the country is "past the age" of subsidizing them. “I also read my namesake, Katherine Maher — head of NPR — and, you know, she said, ‘We're completely unbiased.’...
Published on: March 29, 2025 | Source:Ukraine expects Russia to launch fresh offensive to strengthen its negotiating position
Russian forces are preparing to launch a fresh military offensive in the coming weeks to maximize pressure on Ukraine and strengthen the Kremlin's negotiating positionin ceasefire talks, Ukrainian government and military analysts said.
Published on: March 29, 2025 | Source:White House correspondents’ dinner to no longer feature comedian
The annual White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) dinner will no longer feature a headline performance from comedian Amber Ruffin as tensions between the White House and the press group have escalated ahead of next month’s ritzy event. The WHCA President Eugene Daniels said in a Saturday email to members that the board unanimously decided that...
Published on: March 29, 2025 | Source:Pope Francis shows ‘surprising improvement’ after surviving life-threatening crises, doctor says
Pope Francishas shown ‘’a truly surprising improvement’’ sincereturning to the Vaticanto convalesce after surviving a life-threatening bout with double-pneumonia, the doctor who coordinated the pontiff’s five-week hospitalization said Saturday.
Published on: March 29, 2025 | Source:ICE detains University of Minnesota international student
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained a University of Minnesota international graduate student earlier this week, according to the institution, calling it a “deeply concerning situation.” The university said that an international graduate student was arrested by ICE officials at an off-campus residence Thursday. The student was enrolled in the school’s Twin Cities...
Published on: March 29, 2025 | Source:Signalgate shows the importance of the 'one standard' rule
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and national security advisor Mike Waltz have been accused of violating military standards by releasing top-secret information about an impending strike against Houthi rebels, and should resign to avoid sending a message that they are held to a lower standard than the troops they serve.
Published on: March 29, 2025 | Source:U.S. launches new strikes against Houthis in Yemen, apparently killing at least 1 person
Suspected U.S. airstrikes pounded Yemen overnight into Saturday, reportedly killing at least one person as the American military acknowledged earlier bombing a major military site in the heart of Sanaa controlled by theHouthi rebels.
Published on: March 29, 2025 | Source:U.S. Naval Academy ends affirmative action in admissions following Trump order
The U.S. Naval Academy will no longer consider race, ethnicity or sex as a factor for admission to the service institution, a response to an executive order by President Donald Trump, according to federal court documents made public Friday.
Published on: March 29, 2025 | Source:Trump issues key endorsements ahead of Florida special election
President Trump took to social media Saturday to wade into the upcoming Florida special election, which will fill the seats left vacant after Trump returned to office and nominated lawmakers to his administration. Trump doubled down on his support for Florida State Sen. Randy Fine (R), who is running to replace national security adviser Mike...
Published on: March 29, 2025 | Source:Trump’s denial of Mexico’s Colorado River request sparks concerns over future water negotiations
The Trump administration’s unprecedented decision to deny a delivery of water to Mexico is raising alarm among experts, who fear it could jeopardize future cross-border negotiations in an increasingly thirsty region. The refusal, which marked the first such rejection in 81 years, pertained to a special request from Mexico for the transfer of additional Colorado River water to the...
Published on: March 29, 2025 | Source:Make American good again
Is this what it means to “make America great again”?
Published on: March 29, 2025 | Source:Big Soda tries to buy influencers, has a national meltdown
Comparing a soda ban to COVID authoritarianism might make for a catchy tweet, but it’s intellectually dishonest — and dangerously misleading.
Published on: March 29, 2025 | Source:Analysis: Trump order targets agency that provides crucial funding for libraries and museums
The Institute of Museum and Library Services provides financial support to a wide array of cultural and educational institutions, including art, science and history museums, zoos, aquariums, botanical gardens, historic sites and libraries of all types – public, academic, school and research.
Published on: March 29, 2025 | Source:Trump commutes Ozy Media founder's criminal fraud sentence
President Trump commuted the prison sentence of Carlos Watson, a co-founder of now-defunct digital media company Ozy Media, shortly before the entrepreneur was set to start serving a nearly decade-long jail term. “I am profoundly grateful to President Trump for correcting this grave injustice. His decision reflects his unwavering commitment to fairness and justice for...
Published on: March 29, 2025 | Source:Detained Tufts student can’t be deported to Turkey without court order, judge says
ATufts University doctoral studentwho was detained this week can’t be deported to Turkey without a court order, a federal judge in Massachusetts said on Friday.
Published on: March 29, 2025 | Source:South Korea committed rights violations during overseas adoptions, truth commission finds
South Korean adoption agencies sent children abroad like "luggage" for decades, labelling some as orphans when they had parents, and sending alternative babies when infants had died before heading overseas, a truth commissionhas said.
Published on: March 29, 2025 | Source:US Naval Academy latest school to nix affirmative action in admissions
The United States Naval Academy in Anapolis, Md., recently joined a growing list of schools that will no longer consider race, ethnicity or sex as a factor for admission, court documents made public Friday show. The move follows an executive order issued by President Trump earlier this year that called for the shuttering of federal...
Published on: March 29, 2025 | Source:Was the Atlantic’s Goldberg wrong in not immediately leaving the chat?
The question is a nuanced one, without a simple answer.
Published on: March 29, 2025 | Source:Signal chat shows isolationist Vance as Trump flexes control abroad
The war plans group chat uncovered by a journalist at The Atlantic exposed some daylight between Vice President Vance and others in the administration, showing Vance’s hesitance about launching a military strike that President Trump has hailed this week as necessary and successful. It did little to stymie the relationship between the president and his...
Published on: March 29, 2025 | Source:Myanmar’s earthquake death toll soars over 1,600 as resistance announces partial ceasefire
Myanmar’s ruling military said Saturday on state television that the confirmed death toll from adevastating 7.7 magnitude earthquakerose to 1,644, as more bodies were pulled from the rubble of the scores of buildings that collapsed when it struck near the country’s second-largest city.
Published on: March 29, 2025 | Source:Food dwindles in Gaza as Muslims prepare to mark end of Ramadan
As Muslims in Gaza prepare to mark Eid this weekend and the end of the holy month of Ramadan, families say they're barely making ends meet with no food entering the territory for nearly a month.
Published on: March 29, 2025 | Source:Trump considers axing FEMA grants over immigration
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story DHS considers axing disaster, counterterrorism grants The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will consider axing billions of dollars in grants for programs that seek to prevent terrorism or help communities respond to disasters based on immigration policy in the recipient areas. Greg Nash...
Published on: March 28, 2025 | Source:Noem's vow to 'eliminate' FEMA raises alarms
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's vow to “eliminate” the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is raising the alarm from experts on disaster assistance, who say it could leave vulnerable communities at risk. Noem this week said she was planning to eliminate the agency but did not elaborate on what that meant. Spokespeople for FEMA and...
Published on: March 28, 2025 | Source:Buildings collapse as 7.7 magnitude earthquake rocks Myanmar and Thailand
A major earthquake in Southeast Asia rocked Myanmar and surrounding countries, collapsing multiple buildings and complicating rescue efforts. The 7.7 magnitude quake's epicenter was near Myanmar’s second-largest city and was followed by a strong 6.4 magnitude aftershock. The disaster has killed at least 150 people. Debi Edward of Independent Television News reports.
Published on: March 28, 2025 | Source:News Wrap: Israel strikes Beirut for first time since Hezbollah ceasefire took effect
In our news wrap Friday, Israel struck Beirut for the first time since a ceasefire with Hezbollah took effect last November, Utah is the first state to ban fluoride in public drinking water and President Trump signed an order to wipe out what he calls "divisive narratives" and “improper ideology” at the Smithsonian Institution.
Published on: March 28, 2025 | Source:Vance lands in Greenland as Trump reiterates desire to take territory
President Trump again reiterated his desire to take over Greenland, which is a self-governed part of Denmark. Vice President Vance, along with his wife and the president's national security advisor, traveled to the U.S. military base there to again make their case. It has enraged the governments of Greenland and Denmark and driven another wedge between the U.S. and Europe. Stephanie Sy reports.
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