Amsterdam sex work advocates are condemning a plan to move the city's famed red-light district from the historic neighborhood of De Wallen to an erotic center on the outskirts of the city. Latvia's Foreign Ministry has clarified remarks from Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs, who appeared to indicate Sunday that he did not consider Belarus a sovereign nation. Israel launched airstrikes on Gaza and Lebanon early Friday, escalating tensions in the Middle East two days after Israeli police raided the Al-Aqsa Mosque while worshippers were inside. A federal grand jury in Puerto Rico indicted two men for trafficking cocaine after they were accused of having roles in the death of a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent, the agency announced Thursday. Makenzie Lystrup has been named the first female director of the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, NASA announced Thursday. Tennessee Republican lawmakers removed what could be the two of three Democratic representatives from their elected offices Thursday after they took part in anti-gun protests inside the state Capitol last week. A new rule change outlined Thursday by the U.S. Department of Education would establish a new framework for developing eligibility criteria for transgender athletes participating in school sports. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has been invited to speak at a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress on April 27 to mark the decades-long friendship between the two nations. Jon Rahm, Brooks Koepka and Viktor Hovland took advantage of ideal weather and course conditions with matching 65s for a tie for first place through the first round of the Masters Tournament on Thursday in Augusta, Ga. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that transgender student athletes may compete on woman's sports teams in West Virginia, upholding a lower court's challenge to anti-trans legislation passed in 2021. Former Chicago Bulls player Ben Gordon was arrested this week on weapons charges, and officers said he was behaving in a "bizarre" manner at the time, police confirmed Thursday. President Joe Biden on Thursday issued his second veto since his inauguration, striking down a congressional effort to undo his administration's new water regulations. The White House released a report Thursday detailing what went wrong during the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan in August, 2021. Cases of the "highly fatal" Marburg virus disease, which can have a mortality rate of between 23% and 90%, have been recorded in two African nations, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Thursday. Scientists have created an embryo-like structure using monkey embryonic stem cells for the first time, part of an effort to better understand early human development and organ formation. House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan on Thursday subpoenaed a former assistant district attorney in New York who resigned after leading an investigation into the finances of former President Donald Trump. Firefighters in Kentucky came to the rescue of two dogs that fell about 60 feet into a deep cave. A North Carolina woman scored a $336,759 lottery jackpot just a few years after winning $1 million from a scratch-off ticket. A Tennessee family is asking for the public's help to find their unusual runaway pet -- a kangaroo. Democrats on Thursday angrily responded to a report that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife were longtime recipients of undisclosed luxury trips from a major Republican Party donor. A Connecticut man known as the "Croc king" is seeking Guinness World Records recognition for his collection of more than 2,000 pairs of the divisive footwear. Electronic voting technology company Smartmatic has subpoenaed a former Fox News producer to testify in its case against the network regarding election fraud claims. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Thursday withdrew approval of Makena, a prescription drug that had been approved for reducing the risk of pre-term birth in women who already have had one spontaneous pre-term birth. |
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