By ALAN FRAM – Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate negotiators on Sunday announced a bipartisan framework in response to last month’s mass shootings, a notable but limited breakthrough offering modest gun restrictions and enhanced efforts to improve school safety and programs. of mental health. The proposal falls far short of tougher measures long sought … Read more
By ALAN FRAM – Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate negotiators on Sunday announced a bipartisan framework responding to last month’s mass shootings, a modest breakthrough offering measured gun curbs and strengthened efforts to improve school safety and health programs. mental. The proposal falls far short of tougher measures long sought by President Joe Biden … Read more
By PETER SMITH and HOLLY MEYER – Associated Press A scathing report on sexual abuse and cover-up within the Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant denomination in the United States A viral video in which a woman confronts her pastor at an Independent Christian for sexually attacking her when she was a teenager. A television … Read more
By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA and GRANT PECK – Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand legalized the cultivation and possession of marijuana starting Thursday, like a dream come true for an aging generation of pot smokers who remember the kick the legendary Thai Stick strain gave. The declared intention of the country’s public health minister to distribute … Read more
PA CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Harvard University President Lawrence Bacow, who guided the Ivy League school through the coronavirus pandemic and convened a panel to examine the university’s deep ties to the slavery, announced Wednesday that he plans to step down next year. “There’s never a good time to leave a job like this, but … Read more
By BRUCE SCHREINER – Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – Kentucky took a step Monday to turn a massive settlement into action to combat opioid addiction, as Attorney General Daniel Cameron announced members of a group overseeing the part of the ‘State. The Bluegrass State will receive $483 million from settlements finalized this year with … Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — There was little difference between Republican gubernatorial candidates during a televised debate Thursday when it came to protecting school children from mass shootings, overturning some of the liberals in the country on access to abortion and ensuring that parents, not bureaucrats, decide what children learn in the classroom. Aside from a … Read more
By JOCELYN GECKER and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH – Associated Press Every school, it seems, has a moment that crystallizes the crisis facing American youth and the strain it places on educators. For a rural California high school counselor, it happened this year after a suicide prevention seminar, when 200 students showed up saying they needed help. … Read more
By ROD McGUIRK – Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s centre-left opposition party toppled the Conservative government after nearly a decade in power, and Prime Minister-elect Anthony Albanese, in his election victory speech on Saturday, said promised deeper cuts in greenhouse gas emissions as it faces an early foreign crisis. political essay. Prime Minister … Read more
By ROD McGUIRK – Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s centre-left opposition party toppled the Conservative government after nearly a decade in power, and Prime Minister-elect Anthony Albanese, in his election victory speech on Saturday, said promised deeper cuts in greenhouse gas emissions as it faces an early foreign crisis. political essay. Prime Minister … Read more