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New York adulterers could get tossed out of house but not thrown in jail under newly passed bill 04/03/2024 05:44pm • ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) ��� A little-known and rarely enforced law from 1907 that makes adultery a crime in the state of New York could soon be a thing of the past, after lawmakers passed a bill Wednesday to repeal it. The state Senate approved the bill almost unanimously. It's now up to New York Gov. Ka Women's Final Four ticket on resale market selling for average of $2,300, twice as much as for men 04/03/2024 04:10pm • The average price paid for a ticket on the resale market this week was twice as high for the NCAA women's Final Four compared with that for the men's semifinals, according to a technology company that analyzes prices across multiple platforms. The average price of a ticket sold to the women's semifi As Roe v. Wade fell, teenage girls formed a mock government in 'Girls State' 04/03/2024 02:08pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� In the summer of 2022, days before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, some 500 high school girls gathered in Missouri for a weeklong mock government camp in which they elected their own governor and seated an all-female Supreme Court that would rule on their own bodies. Not What do a top-secret CIA mission and the Maryland bridge wreck have in common? Well, the same crane 04/03/2024 11:02am • These days a floating crane called the Chesapeake 1000 ��� nicknamed ���Chessy��� ��� has the grim task of hauling off shattered steel from last week's fatal bridge collapse in Baltimore. It has taken on many jobs over the decades. But the crane's most notable operation, until last week, was helpin A fire in a tailoring shop in India kills 7, including children 04/03/2024 08:59am • NEW DELHI (AP) ��� A fire in a tailoring shop on Wednesday killed seven people, including two children, in the Indian city of Aurangabad, police said. The blaze created panic in part of the business district of the city in Maharashtra state. Authorities suspect that the deaths occurred due to smoke Houston police chief won't say if thousands of dropped cases reveals bigger problems within agency 04/02/2024 07:43pm • HOUSTON (AP) ��� Houston���s police chief on Tuesday declined to say whether recent revelations that more than 264,000 cases filed with Houston police in the past eight years were dropped speak to broader problems within his agency that need to be fixed. During a nearly two-hour meeting at police he A woman was killed just after asking police for protection from an ex-partner. Greece is asking why 04/02/2024 02:02pm • ATHENS, Greece (AP) ��� Greek authorities on Tuesday ordered an urgent investigation into a woman's fatal stabbing outside an Athens police precinct where she had just requested protection from an ex-boyfriend. The 28-year-old's death triggered new calls by left-wing opposition parties for femicide Black coaches were 'low-hanging fruit' in FBI college hoops case that wrecked careers, then fizzled 04/02/2024 12:22pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Book Richardson doesn���t sleep much past 5:30 a.m. anymore. That was around the time seven years ago that FBI agents pounded on his door, barged in, handcuffed him and dragged him away while his 16-year-old son, E.J., looked on. ���Ever since then, everyone looks at me differentl Black coaches were 'low-hanging fruit' in FBI college hoops case that wrecked careers, then fizzled 04/02/2024 12:21pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Book Richardson doesn���t sleep much past 5:30 a.m. anymore. That was around the time seven years ago that FBI agents pounded on his door, barged in, handcuffed him and dragged him away while his 16-year-old son, E.J., looked on helplessly. ���Ever since then, everyone looks at me Mosques in NYC struggle to house and feed an influx of Muslim migrants this Ramadan 04/02/2024 02:59am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Above a bodega in New York City���s Harlem neighborhood, a mosque congregation hosts iftar, the traditional Islamic end of fast meal, for hundreds of hungry migrants every night during this holy month of Ramadan. Up north in the Bronx, an imam has turned the two-story brick resi Abortions are legal in much of Africa. But few women may be aware, and providers don't advertise it 04/02/2024 01:02am • ACCRA, Ghana (AP) ��� When Efua, a 25-year-old fashion designer and single mother in Ghana, became pregnant last year, she sought an abortion at a health clinic but worried the procedure might be illegal. Health workers assured her abortions were lawful under certain conditions in the West African c A Guide to Tax Deductions for Charitable Donations 04/01/2024 08:00pm • Every year, millions of Americans support causes that are important to them by donating to charities and nonprofits. A 2023 Giving USA Annual Report of Philanthropy found that individuals gave an estimated $319.04 billion in 2022, comprising 64% of total charitable giving. Such contributions not onl Can You Be Fired for Talking Politics at Work? 04/01/2024 08:00pm • As the 2024 presidential election nears, workers may be wondering whether they can share political opinions at work without retaliation or reprimand. Can you talk politics at work without being fired? The short answer is yes -- and also no. It all depends on where you work and the context in which y LGBTQ-inclusive church in Cuba welcomes all in a country that once sent gay people to labor camps 04/01/2024 04:32pm • MATANZAS, Cuba (AP) ��� Proudly wearing a rainbow-colored clergy stole and a rainbow flag in her clerical collar, the Rev. Elaine Saralegui welcomed all to her LGBTQ+ inclusive church in the Cuban port city of Matanzas. ���We���re all invited. And no one can exclude us,��� Saralegui told same-sex co Today in History: April 1, first pro baseball, hockey strikes begin, 20 years apart 04/01/2024 12:00am • Today in History Today is Monday, April 1, the 92nd day of 2024. There are 274 days left in the year. This is April Fool���s Day. Today���s Highlights in History: On April 1, 1972, the first Major League Baseball players��� strike began; it lasted 12 days. Twenty years later, on April 1, 1992, th