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Minnesota toddler dies after fall from South Dakota hotel window
By The Associated Press on April 17th, 2024
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – A Minnesota toddler who fell from a South Dakota hotel’s third-floor window has died. Kathryn and Alex Hein of Lakefield, Minnesota, wrote in a Facebook post that their year-old son, Madden, died Monday, two days after falling at Club House Hotel & Suites in Sioux Falls. “It is with heavy ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Swedish Parliament votes to make it easier for people to legally change their gender
By The Associated Press on April 17th, 2024
The Swedish parliament passed a law Wednesday lowering the age required for people to legally change their gender from 18 to 16. Young people under 18 will still need approval by a guardian, a doctor, and the National Board of Health and Welfare. The vote was 234 for and 94 against with 21 listed as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Myanmar’s ousted leader Suu Kyi moved from prison to house arrest due to heat, military says
By Grant Peck, The Associated Press on April 17th, 2024
BANGKOK (AP) – Myanmar’s jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest as a health measure due to a heat wave, the military government said as it freed more than 3,000 prisoners under an amnesty to mark this week’s traditional New Year holiday. Suu Kyi, 78, and Win ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ousted Myanmar leader Suu Kyi moved from prison to house arrest due to heat, military says
By Grant Peck, The Associated Press on April 17th, 2024
BANGKOK (AP) – Myanmar’s jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest as a health measure due to a heat wave, the military government said. On Wednesday it also granted amnesty for over 3,000 prisoners to mark this week’s traditional New Year holiday. Suu Kyi, 78, and Win ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from a Myanmar prison to house arrest due to heat wave
By The Associated Press on April 16th, 2024
BANGKOK (AP) – Myanmar’s jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest as a health measure due to a heat wave, the military government said. Suu Kyi, 78, and Win Myint, the 72-year-old former president of her ousted government, were among the elderly and infirm prisoners moved from ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Myanmar’s military says Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest
By The Associated Press on April 16th, 2024
BANGKOK (AP) – Myanmar’s military said Wednesday that ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest as a health measure due to a heat wave. A nationwide conflict in Myanmar began after the army in 2021 ousted the elected government, imprisoned Suu Kyi and began suppressing nonviolent protests that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bob Graham, ex-US senator and Florida governor, dies at 87
By The Associated Press on April 16th, 2024
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – Former U.S. Sen. and two-term Florida Gov. Bob Graham, who gained national prominence as chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee in the aftermath of the 2001 terrorist attacks and as an early critic of the Iraq war, has died. He was 87. Graham’s family announced the death Tuesday in a statement ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New leader of Jesse Jackson’s civil rights organization steps down just months on the job
By Sophia Tareen, The Associated Press on April 16th, 2024
CHICAGO (AP) – A Dallas pastor who took over leadership of the Rev. Jesse Jackson’s longtime civil rights organization resigned Tuesday just months after he took the job. The Rev. Frederick Haynes III told The Associated Press that he submitted a letter with his resignation as head of the Chicago-based Rainbow PUSH Coalition, effective immediately. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Caroleene Dobson wins the Republican nomination for Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District
By The Associated Press on April 16th, 2024
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Caroleene Dobson has won the Republican nomination in a runoff for Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District. The attorney defeated former state legislator Dick Brewbaker and will face the Democratic nominee in November. The Democratic nomination is also being decided by a runoff. Democrats are aiming to flip the seat after the district ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New leader of Jesse Jackson’s civil rights organization steps down less than 3 months on the job
By Sophia Tareen, The Associated Press on April 16th, 2024
CHICAGO (AP) – A Dallas pastor who took over leadership of the Rev. Jesse Jackson’s longtime civil rights organization resigned Tuesday after less than three months on the job. The Rev. Frederick Haynes III told The Associated Press that he submitted his resignation as president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition on Tuesday. Jackson announced in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!First 7 jurors are chosen for Trump’s hush money criminal trial; 11 more still needed
By Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, Jake Offenhartz And Alanna Durkin Richer, The Associated Press on April 16th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – The first seven jurors for Donald Trump’s hush money trial were seated Tuesday after lawyers grilled the jury pool about their social media posts, political views and personal lives to decide who can sit in fair judgment of the former president. The panelists who were selected are an information technology worker, ... Read More »
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