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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Hundreds of protesters poured into the streets of a northwestern Iranian city on Wednesday to mark the watershed 40 days since the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, whose tragedy sparked Iran’s biggest antigovernment movement in over a decade.
Deaths are commemorated in Shiite Islam — as in many other traditions — again 40 days later, typically with an outpouring of grief. In Amini’s Kurdish hometown of Saqez, the birthplace of the nationwide unrest now roiling Iran, crowds snaked through the local cemetery and thronged her grave.
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Pivotal elections in Brazil and the United States are likely to pose the first big challenges to Elon Musk and his promise to relax content moderation on Twitter. The platform’s new owner has said he wants to relax rules created by Twitter to stop the flow of misinformation. Disinformation experts say a torrent of misinformation is already hitting voters in both Brazil and the U.S. If Musk makes good on his promise quickly, they say, that torrent could become a flood. One of Musk’s first moves was to fire the executive in charge of content moderation. He says a new committee will review the platform’s policies before any changes are made.
As a Brazilian living in Argentina, Luciana Taddeo says she spends ever-more effort rebutting ever-crazier rumors. There are claims that Argentines have to leave keys in their car ignition so the government could use them at any time. Or that the government has abolished the right to inherit properties. Many of those rumors have been fanned by the presidential election in neighboring Brazil. Incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro has turned Argentina into a sort of political boogeyman, a warning of the claimed horrors his nation could face if it elects leftist former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Kevin de Bruyne’s perfectly-struck free kick was enough to overcome the absence of Erling Haaland as Manchester City went top of the Premier League with a 1-0 win at Leicester. De Bruyne curled in a set piece from 25 yards that went over the Leicester wall and in via the post in the 49th minute to secure a victory that lifted City one point above Arsenal ahead of the Gunners’ game against Nottingham Forest on Sunday. City had dominated the first half but lacked a clear focal point in attack after Haaland was ruled out with an ankle problem, the first time the Norway striker has missed a game this season.
A former presidential candidate who led a political party in Haiti has been shot to death in the capital. The slaying of Eric Jean Baptiste has stunned many in a country already facing a profound crisis. A party spokesman says Baptiste was killed late Friday along with his bodyguard. He was the leader of Haiti’s Rally of Progressive National Democrats, a party founded by former President Leslie Manigat. Baptiste also also owned one of the biggest lottery companies in Haiti. No one has been arrested.
DUMFRIES, Va. — Hundreds of Virginia Republicans filled a church parking lot as the party bus turned down the long driveway.
Permitless carry laws in states including Kentucky, Idaho and Texas are creating a dilemma for police officers working the streets: They now have to decide, sometimes in seconds, if someone with the right to carry a gun is a danger. Advocates of the laws say they make people safer, because the best way to stop a bad guy with a gun is to have a good guy with a gun. Opponents say that allowing anyone to carry a gun anywhere makes it more dangerous for ordinary people, and for police officers. The debate is unfolding as gun violence is on the rise nationwide.
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Courtland High School graduate Kendall Levinsohn started the nonprofit Helping Wheel, which provides financial aid to students from low-income households to pay for fees associated with after-school activities, such as sports and clubs, and to take AP exams.
Wes Moore could soon make history if elected Maryland’s first Black governor, and he’s not alone: Rep. Anthony Brown would be the state’s first Black attorney general. Aruna Miller, Moore’s running mate who immigrated from India, would be the first Asian-American elected statewide. Moore has led by more than 30 percentage points in a state where registered Democrats outnumber Republicans 2-1. If Moore and Brown win, Black politicians will make further gains in holding top offices in state government. Only two Black politicians have been elected governor before in the nation’s history — Virginia’s Douglas Wilder and Deval Patrick of Massachusetts.
Police tell Somali state media there are “scores” of casualties after 2 blasts at a busy junction in Somalia’s capital.
The Portland Thorns and the Kansas City Current have been preparing this week for the National Women’s Soccer League championship game. The Thorns defeated the San Diego Wave in the semifinals while the Current surprised OL Reign, winners of the Supporters Shield. But the game is being played amid the continued fallout from a report earlier this month that found misconduct was systemic in the league. The NWSL and its union are also looking into allegations leveled at several of the league’s coaches last season.
Some 120,000 people paraded in the streets of Taipei despite the rainy weather in the city’s 20th annual Pride event celebrating the LGBTQ community Saturday. The Taiwan Pride Parade began in 2003 with just 700 participants gathering in a park in central Taipei. Most of them had worn face masks to avoid stigmatization. Taiwan has since become the first place in Asia to recognize same-sex marriage in 2019. It’s seen as one of the most LGBTQ-friendly places in Asia. Although Taiwan recognizes same-sex marriage for its nationals, it does not allow foreigners to have same-sex marriages legalized.
SHISHMAREF, Alaska (AP) — “Home sweet home.” That’s how Helen Kakoona calls her Alaska Native village of Shishmaref when asked what it means to live on a remote barrier island near the Arctic Circle.
Two explosions have rocked Somalia’s capital in what appears to be an ongoing attack at the ministry of education in a high-traffic area that houses key government offices. Authorities said many people were killed or wounded Saturday in the midday blasts but they had no official count yet. The attack in Mogadishu occurred on a day that the president, prime minister and other senior officials were meeting to discuss combating violent extremism, especially by the al-Qaida-affiliated al-Shabab group. Al-Shabab often targets the capital with attacks on high-profile locations. The group stormed the education ministry in 2015. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for Saturday’s attack.
Authorities say a shootout with militants in northwestern Pakistan killed two soldiers. Also on Saturday in Pakistan, counterterrorism officers arrested a suspect involved in the recent killing of a former top judge of the restive southwestern Baluchistan province. According to a military statement, the shootout took place in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which for many years had been a stronghold of various Islamic militant groups. The statement said that after an intensive exchange of fire, in which two soldiers were fatally wounded, a military action was undertaken to eliminate the fleeing militants. The suspect arrested in Baluchistan meanwhile is wanted in the killing of Baluchistan’s former chief justice, Noor Mohammad Meskanzai.
The University of North Carolina was once a bastion of segregation. Today, the school takes account of race to make up for that history and to increase the number of Black students and other underrepresented minorities on campus. Its affirmative action program, using race among many factors to build a diverse student body, is similar to plans in place at other selective public and private institutions. But a Supreme Court that’s twice blessed race-conscious college admissions programs in the past 19 years now seems poised to restrict their use or outlaw them altogether. The court is hearing two such cases on Monday, involving UNC and Harvard. They’re the nation’s oldest public and private universities, respectively.
Few Americans remember when polio-stricken children relied on seven-foot-long iron cylinders to breathe. At its peak in early 1950s, polio caused more than 15,000 cases of paralysis a year and over 3,000 deaths in the U.S. alone. In the decades that followed, a massive vaccination campaign n…
The art and entertainment form of drag has been cast in a false light in recent months by right-wing activists and politicians who complain about the “sexualization” or “grooming” of children. Opponents often coordinate protests at drag events that feature or cater to children, sometimes showing up with guns. Performers and organizers of events like drag story hours say the protesters are the ones terrorizing children and making them political pawns. The recent headlines about disruptions of drag events and their portrayal as sexual and harmful to children can obscure the intent of the art form and its rich history.
A Swiss railway company will try to set a record for the world’s longest passenger train during a trip on one of the most spectacular tracks through the Alps. The Rhaetian Railway company plans to run the 1.9-kilometer-long (1.2-mile-long) train with 100 coaches and fours engines along the Albula/Bernina route from Preda to Berguen on Saturday. The route was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2008 and leads through 22 tunnels and across 48 bridges, including the famed Landwasser Viaduct. The entire journey of about 25 kilometers (15.5 miles) will take about an hour. Rhaetian Railway director Renato Fasciati said going for the record was intended to highlight some of Switzerland’s engineering achievements.
Striker Erling Haaland has been left out of Manchester City’s squad for the Premier League game at Leicester after picking up an ankle problem. Haaland has started every game this season following his off-season move, scoring 22 goals in all competitions. But he was taken off at halftime of City’s midweek Champions League game against Borussia Dortmund and was seen limping the day after the match. Julian Alvarez has come in for his second league start of the season at Leicester to replace the Norwegian forward. City manager Pep Guardiola had said on Friday that Haaland’s status for the game was doubtful.
Ukrainian military officials say Russian troops are moving moved large numbers of sick and wounded comrades from hospitals in southern Ukraine’s Kherson region. Ukraine’s forces are fighting to retake the region, which invading Russia soldiers occupied early in the war. Kremlin-installed authorities in the region previously urged civilians to leave the city of Kherson, the region’s capital, and were reported to have fled the city themselves. The military’s claims could not be independently verified. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a nightly video address Friday that the Russians were “dismantling the entire health care system” in Kherson and other occupied areas.
Pakistan’s foreign ministry says that a 74-year-old from Pakistan who was the oldest prisoner at the Guantanamo Bay detention center has been released and returned to his home country. The ministry says Saifullah Paracha was reunited with his family on Saturday, after spending more than 17 years in custody in the U.S. base in Cuba. Paracha had been held on suspicion of ties to al-Qaida since 2003, but was never charged with a crime. Last year in May, he was notified that he had been been approved for release. He was cleared by the prisoner review board, along with two other men in November 2020.
The head of Britain’s Royal Navy says he is “deeply disturbed” by allegations that female submariners were bullied and sexually harassed. He says he has ordered an investigation. The Daily Mail newspaper carried claims on Saturday by former a former navy lieutenant who said she faced “a constant campaign of sexual bullying” as well as physical assaults. She alleged that male crew members kept a “crush depth rape list” ranking female colleagues in the order they should be raped in case of a catastrophic submarine event. The head of the navy, Adm. Ben Key, said “these allegations are abhorrent.” Women make up about 10% of full-time Royal Navy personnel.
Hong Kong customs seized nearly 2 tons of liquid methamphetamine in the city’s biggest-ever meth bust. Officials say the drugs had been concealed in bottles labeled as coconut water in a cargo shipment that arrived in Hong Kong from Mexico by sea. The haul was seized Oct. 23 and is estimated to be worth $140 million. Officials said Saturday that the bust is the largest on record among meth cases in terms of the amount and market value. Authorities are still investigating the case, and no arrests have been made.
One of Jewish diarist Anne Frank’s best friends has died at age 93. The foundation that runs the Amsterdam museum named for Frank paid tribute to Hannah Pick-Goslar for helping to keep Anne’s memory alive. Pick-Goslar grew up with Anne after both their families left Germany as Adolf Hitler’s Nazi party rose to power. They were separated as Anne’s family went into hiding in 1942. The friends met again in February 1945 at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp shortly before Anne died there of typhus. In 1947, Pick-Goslar emigrated to what is now Israel, where she became a nurse, and had children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She described her large family as “my answer to Hitler.”
Meaningful minutes on the court have been the exception for years for Udonis Haslem. In 2020-21, there were just three.
It’s been 41 years since Dusty Baker won a World Series title.
CHICAGO — When the Chicago Cubs launched the Marquee Sports Network in February 2020, it was the culmination of a decade-long quest to create a dedicated 24/7 cable TV platform for the team, which was still soaring in the wake of its first World Series championship in more than a century.
A few weeks ago, in one of the first fall basketball practices of the preseason, CJ Fredrick ran down the court on his way to a fast-break layup and ended up on the floor in pain.
He is seated right in front of you, his electric smile, gymnastic wit and spirited candor often tumbling into a generous laugh. Warren Sapp is clearly and enthusiastically here.
Al Holcomb doesn’t want to be in the comfy confines of the press box on Sundays. Instead, he wants to be where the action is — on the sideline.
Iranian media say the gunman who killed 15 people at a major Shiite holy site in southern Iran earlier this week has died. This comes days after the attack, which was claimed by the Islamic State group but which Iran’s government sought to blame on protesters. Iranian authorities have not disclosed any details about the assailant, who died in a hospital in the southern city of Shiraz on Saturday from injuries sustained during his arrest. Wednesday’s deadly attack targeted Shah Cheragh in Shiraz, the second-holiest Shiite shrine in Iran. It came as unrest sparked by the September death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of Iran’s morality police has rocked the Islamic Republic.
LOS ANGELES — When a blue-ribbon commission met in 2015 to improve attorney ethics rules in California, a federal prosecutor named George Cardona was tasked with researching a proposed rule requiring lawyers to report misconduct by peers.
TAMPA — In a nondescript strip mall in suburban Tampa, with a green “Space Available” sign still hanging above the doorway, lies a small battlefield in the tug-of-war for Hispanic voters in Florida.
MINNEAPOLIS — Why did it take almost two years for government officials to shut down Feeding Our Future and cut off payments to individuals now accused of orchestrating the nation’s largest pandemic fraud?
PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — Backup quarterback Bryson Barnes threw for 175 yards and a touchdown and No. 14 Utah beat Washington State 21-17 on Thursday night to stay in the hunt for the Pac-12 championship game. Barnes, who started in place of injured Cam Rising, completed 17 of 27 passes for Uta…
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — First-year quarterback MJ Morris threw for three second-half touchdowns to help No. 24 North Carolina State rally from 18 down in the third quarter to beat Virginia Tech 22-21 on Thursday night. Morris took over for starter Jack Chambers to lead an unexpected comeback fo…
ATLANTA (AP) — Longtime Georgia football coach Vince Dooley has died at the age of 90. The school says Dooley died peacefully at his Athens home in the presence of his wife and their four children. Dooley guided Georgia through a quarter-century of success that included a national championsh…
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — No. 2 Ohio State has not trailed in a game outside of a first quarter. The Buckeyes know that could change on Saturday at No. 13 Penn State. Ohio State has won five straight in the series and nine of the last 11, but the last six games have been decided by less than…
UNDATED (AP) — No. 2 Ohio State and No. 4 Michigan could and should create some separation at the top of the Big Ten East. The Buckeyes can all but end No. 13 Penn State’s hopes of reaching the conference championship game with a win in Happy Valley. The Wolverines will maintain their collis…
Australia says four women and their 13 children who were held in a Syrian camp since the Islamic State group fell in 2019 have become only the second group of Australians to be repatriated from the war-torn country. Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil said the newcomers could face “law enforcement action” if a counterterrorism investigation team of police and security officers found evidence of any offense. Eight offspring of two slain Australian Islamic State fighters returned to Australia in 2019. Opposition home affairs spokesperson Karen Andrews called on the government to explain what steps had been taken to ensure the wider Australian community would be safe from the potentially radicalized arrivals.