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Over 350 Greenlandic women and girls forcibly given contraception by Danish officials, report says

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — More than 350 Greenlandic Indigenous women and girls, including some 12 years old and younger, reported that they were forcibly given contraception by Danish health authorities in cases that date to the 1960s, according to an independent investigation’s findings released Tuesday. The Inuit victims, many of them teenagers at the time,

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RFK Jr.’s latest ‘Make America Healthy Again’ report calls for more scrutiny of vaccines and autism

By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration directed the nation’s public health and environmental agencies to prioritize investigations into vaccine injuries, prescription drug use and autism’s causes in its latest “Make America Healthy Again” report released Tuesday. The 20-page report, overseen by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.,

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Iran and nuclear watchdog sign agreement seeking path to restart cooperation

By FATMA KHALED and STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency signed an agreement Tuesday in Cairo to pave the way for resuming cooperation, including on ways of relaunching inspections of Iran’s nuclear facilities. The announcement followed a meeting among Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, his Iranian counterpart

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Supreme Court to quickly consider if President Donald Trump has power to impose sweeping tariffs

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court granted an unusually quick hearing on President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on Tuesday, putting a policy at the center of his economic agenda squarely before the nation’s highest court. The justices will hear the case in November, a lightning-fast timetable by the Supreme Court’s

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UN chief argues that investing in fighting poverty instead of wars would make a more secure world

EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Soaring global military expenditures are reducing essential investments in health, education and job creation and don’t guarantee peace, the United Nations chief warned on Tuesday. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the evidence is clear that heavy military spending often undermines peace by “fueling arms races, deepening mistrust

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Chief Justice Roberts keeps in place Trump funding freeze that threatens billions in foreign aid

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday temporarily kept in place the Trump administration’s decision to freeze nearly $5 billion in foreign aid. Roberts acted on the administration’s emergency appeal to the Supreme Court in a case involving billions of dollars in congressionally approved aid. President Donald Trump

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Pledge to boycott Israeli film institutions draws signatures of top Hollywood actors and directors

By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Some prominent Hollywood names are among the filmmakers and industry figures who’ve signed a pledge to boycott Israeli film institutions — including festivals, broadcasters and production companies — that are “implicated in genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people,” organizers said Tuesday. The group Film Workers for

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Top US immigration official defends rule targeting ‘anti-American’ views in green card, visa process

By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press CAMP SPRINGS, Maryland (AP) — A new rule allowing a U.S. immigration agency to scrutinize a person’s “anti-American” views when applying for a green card or other benefits isn’t designed to target political beliefs, but to identify support for terrorist activity, the organization’s director told The Associated Press. In a

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Chicagoans change routines as immigration crackdown looms. Some carry passports and avoid stores

By CHRISTINE FERNANDO, JOHN O’CONNOR and SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The streets in some of Chicago’s liveliest neighborhoods are quiet these days. Public schoolteachers want online learning for families scared to venture out. And houses of worship are urging people to carry identification everywhere they go. As the nation’s third-largest city awaits

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Missouri Republicans advance Trump-backed plan to redraw US House districts

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s Republican-led House turned aside Democratic objections Tuesday and passed a plan backed by President Donald Trump to redraw the state’s congressional districts so that Republicans could win an additional seat in the closely divided chamber. The rare mid-decade redistricting plan, which now heads

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Macron appoints Defense Minister Lecornu as France’s latest prime minister

By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday appointed Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu as new prime minister and tasked him with immediately trying to get the country’s fractious political parties to agree on a budget for one of the world’s biggest economies. Lecornu, 39, was the youngest defense minister

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Missouri Republicans advance Trump-backed plan to redraw US House districts

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s Republican-led House turned aside Democratic objections Tuesday and passed a plan backed by President Donald Trump to redraw the state’s congressional districts so that Republicans could win an additional seat in the closely divided chamber. The rare mid-decade redistricting plan, which now heads

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Great Plains News Digest

To see stories that have already moved, please visit AP Newsroom. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan ——————————-— MINNESOTA ————-——————— US–Media-Public Broadcasting PBS, NPR stations struggle with Trump-fueled government funding cuts SUMMARY: A month after Congress voted to strip public media of public money,

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Great Plains News Digest

To see stories that have already moved, please visit AP Newsroom. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan ——————————-— MINNESOTA ————-——————— US–Media-Public Broadcasting PBS, NPR stations struggle with Trump-fueled government funding cuts SUMMARY: A month after Congress voted to strip public media of public money,

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Great Plains News Digest

To see stories that have already moved, please visit AP Newsroom. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan ——————————-— MINNESOTA ————-——————— US–Media-Public Broadcasting PBS, NPR stations struggle with Trump-fueled government funding cuts SUMMARY: A month after Congress voted to strip public media of public money,

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CBS News’ new ombudsman has background and duties that differ from the job’s traditional definition

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — CBS News has a new ombudsman assigned to look into public complaints, but the job being assumed by Kenneth Weinstein bears little resemblance to how this watchdog role has traditionally operated in journalism. Weinstein, appointed Monday by CBS’ parent company Paramount, has little background in

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