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By RODNEY MUHUMUZA (Associated Press) KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda’s president has signed into law anti-gay legislation supported by many in this East African country but widely condemned by rights activists and others abroad. The version of the bill signed by President Yoweri Museveni doesn’t criminalize those who identify as LGBTQ+, a key concern for some rights campaigners who condemned an earlier draft of the legislation as an egregious attack on human rights. But the new law... Read More

Everett , 5, and Kayden, 7, Heverly of Pompano Beach, sit while they wait to take part in the Memorial Day Parade & Ceremony in Pompano Beach on Monday, May 29, 2023. The City of Pompano Beach collaborated with Public Works, Parks and Recreation Department to honor our community’s veterans, military service members, and their families with a parade and a special program at the Pompano Cemetery. (Carline Jean/South Florida Sun Sentinel) ... Read More

By SUSIE BLANN and ELISE MORTON (Associated Press) KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s capital was subjected to the largest drone attack since the start of Russia’s war, local officials said, as Kyiv prepared to mark the anniversary of its founding on Sunday. At least one person was killed, but officials said scores of drones were shot down, demonstrating Ukraine’s air defense capability. Russia launched the “most massive attack” on the city overnight Saturday with Iranian-made Shahed... Read More

Miami Heat guard Gabe Vincent drives to the basket while being defended by Boston Celtics forward Jaylen Brown during the first half of Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals at Kaseya Center in Miami, Saturday, May 27, 2023. (John McCall/South Florida Sun Sentinel) ... Read More

MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court on Tuesday extended the arrest of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich by three months in a closed-door hearing emblematic of the secrecy that has marked the case against the first United States correspondent since the Cold War to be detained in Russia on spying charges. Gershkovich, a 31-year-old American citizen, was ordered held until Aug. 30. He was arrested in March on espionage charges on a reporting trip in Russia. He, his employer and the U.S.... Read More

By JAMES POLLARD (Associated Press/Report for America) COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Senate approved a bill Tuesday that would ban most abortions after around six weeks of pregnancy — before most people know they are pregnant – and sent it to the governor who has promised to sign it. The proposal restores a ban South Carolina had in place when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year — a ban that, once it took effect, was overturned by the state’s highest... Read More

Barbara Sharief, a former Broward County commissioner who is running for Florida Senate in 2024, has reached a settlement agreement with a PAC over political ads from last year’s election that she says were defamatory, according to her lawyer. Sharief’s lawyer, Michael Pizzi, considers it a victory even though the election is long over. “This is more than symbolic because she has a bright political future,” he said of Sharief. “People are on notice they can’t... Read More

By MICHAEL R. SISAK (Associated Press) NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump made a video appearance in a New York courtroom on Tuesday where the judge tentatively scheduled the former president’s trial for March 25, a date that would fall in the heat of the presidential primary season. Trump had pleaded not guilty last month to the charges in the criminal case. At Tuesday’s hearing, Manhattan Judge Juan Merchan reviewed an order barring Trump from publicly disseminating certain evidence... Read More

By BARBARA ORTUTAY (AP Technology Writer) Dr. Vivek Murthy, the U.S. surgeon general, is calling for “immediate action” by tech companies and lawmakers to protect kids’ and adolescents’ mental health on social media. But after years of middling and insufficient action by both social media platforms and policymakers, parents and young people still bear most of the burden in navigating the fast-changing, often harmful world of secretive algorithms, addictive apps and extreme and... Read More

By MARGERY A. BECK and JOSH FUNK (Associated Press) LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Republican Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen signed a bill Monday that bans abortion at 12 weeks of pregnancy and restricts gender-affirming medical care for people younger than 19. The abortion ban takes effect immediately, while the ban on gender-affirming care takes effect on Oct. 1. The hybrid measure ties together restrictions that Republicans have pursued across the U.S. Pillen called the law “the most significant win... Read More