Dec 19 Author J.K. Rowling draws criticism for transgender comments By Associated Press J.K. Rowling is facing widespread criticism from the transgender community and other activists after tweeting support for a researcher who lost her job for stating that people cannot change their biological sex. Continue reading
Dec 19 Hezbollah-backed professor to form new Lebanese government By Sarah El Deeb, Zeina Karam, Associated Press Lebanon's president Thursday asked a university professor and former education minister supported by the militant Hezbollah group to form a new government, breaking a weeks-long impasse amid nationwide mass protests against the country's political elite. Continue reading
Dec 19 Russian security officer dead, 5 injured in Moscow shooting By Associated Press An unidentified gunman opened fire Thursday outside the Moscow headquarters of Russia's top security agency, killing one officer and wounding five others, officials said. Continue reading
Dec 19 Democratic-led House poised to pass USMCA trade deal By Kevin Freking, Associated Press One day after impeaching President Donald Trump, the House looks poised to overwhelmingly pass one of his signature priorities: a rewrite of the free trade agreement he blames for shipping U.S. manufacturing jobs to Mexico. Continue reading
Dec 19 Police detain 1,200 protesters who defied bans on assembly against citizenship law By Emily Schmall, Ashok Sharma, Associated Press At least three people were reported killed as protests raged around the country despite the bans as opposition increased to the law, which excludes Muslims, in a move many see as the government's push to bring India closer to a… Continue reading
Dec 19 Boris Johnson signals UK’s imminent withdrawal from EU under Brexit By Jill Lawless, Associated Press The bill commits Britain to leaving the EU on Jan. 31 and to concluding trade talks with the bloc by the end of 2020. Continue reading
Dec 18 Watch 3:29 News Wrap: Appeals court strikes down ACA individual mandate In our news wrap Wednesday, a federal appeals court struck down part of the Affordable Care Act but stopped short of throwing out the entire law. The three-judge panel agreed with a lower court that the individual mandate to buy… Continue watching
Dec 18 Mexico’s president wants to protect nation’s separation of church and state By Peter Orsi, Associated Press The proposal would modify the Law of Religious Associations and Public Worship to eliminate historic language enshrining the “separation of the State and churches.”… Continue reading
Dec 18 Germany bans gay ‘conversion therapy’ for minors By Associated Press The practice that purports to make patients straight has no scientific basis and often causes psychological harm, Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman said Wednesday. Continue reading
Dec 17 Watch 4:48 News Wrap: Senate approves Pentagon spending bill worth nearly $740 billion In our news wrap Tuesday, the Senate gave final approval to a Pentagon spending blueprint worth nearly $740 billion. It includes a 3 percent pay raise for military personnel -- the largest in more than a decade. Also, former Trump… Continue watching