Politics

UN rights chief calls Uganda anti-gay bill 'deeply troubling'

By Rodney Muhumuza, Associated Press

The U.N.'s top human rights official is urging Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni to block an anti-LGBTQ bill that prescribes harsh penalties for some homosexual offenses, including death and life imprisonment.

Biden administration announces plans to modernize organ transplant system

By Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press

The United Network for Organ Sharing has a government contract to oversee how organs are retrieved and distributed and to run the massive computer system that matches patients and organs.

WATCH: Biden and First Lady Jill Biden mark Women's History Month at White House event

By Zeke Miller, Associated Press

First lady Jill Biden on Wednesday used a Women's History Month event at the White House to call on men to step up and fight to protect women's rights.

DeSantis to expand 'Don't Say Gay' law to high school classes

By Anthony Izaguirre, Associated Press

The rule change would ban lessons on sexual orientation and gender identity from grades 4 to 12, expanding the current law critics call "Don't Say Gay." DeSantis has leaned heavily into cultural divides on his path to an anticipated White…

North Korea fires cruise missiles as South Korea, U.S. stage drills

By Hyung-Jin Kim, Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press

North Korea has launched cruise missiles just days after it carried out what it called a simulated nuclear attack on South Korea to protest its military drills with the United States.

Americans' faith in banks hit low after failures, says AP-NORC poll

By Paul Wiseman, Hannah Fingerhut, Associated Press

Only 10 percent of U.S. adults say they have significant confidence in the nation's banks and financial institutions, a new poll finds. That is down from the 22 percent who said they had high confidence in banks in 2020.

WATCH: White House says U.S. review of Afghanistan withdrawal will be released in April

By Aamer Madhani, Zeke Miller, Associated Press

National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said Wednesday that the work was nearly complete and that the administration was readying the release next month.

New Arkansas law restricts school bathroom use by transgender people

By Andrew DeMillo, Associated Press

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has signed a new law prohibiting transgender people at public schools from using the restroom of their choice.

Trump faces 4 investigations. Here's where they stand

By Lisa Desjardins

There are four known government-run investigations into former President Donald Trump or his business.

WATCH: Federal Reserve Chair Powell gives update after raising interest rate amid banking turmoil

By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press

The Federal Reserve is grappling with a hazier economic picture, clouded by turmoil in the banking industry and still-high inflation, just as it meets to decide whether to keep raising interest rates or declare a pause.