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`10 Days in a Madhouse' opera premieres in Philadelphia, celebrating women's voices 09/22/2023 12:57pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Kiera Duffy is disturbed by “10 Days in a Madhouse” as much as an 1887 public was outraged by the squalid surroundings exposed by trailblazing reporter Nellie Bly. “The idea of the hysterical woman trope really does persist today,” the soprano said ahead of Thursday nig Patriots place Marcus Jones on IR, sign Will Grier for use as emergency 3rd QB against Jets 09/22/2023 12:18pm • FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The Patriots have placed All-Pro punt returner Marcus Jones on injured reserve with a shoulder injury and signed Will Grier to their 53-man roster for use as their third emergency quarterback against the New York Jets, coach Bill Belichick said Friday. Grier was signed off From an old-style Afghan camera, a new view of life under the Taliban emerges 09/22/2023 11:14am • KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The odd device draws curious onlookers everywhere. From the outside, it resembles little more than a large black box on a tripod. Inside lies its magic: a hand-made wooden camera and darkroom in one. As a small crowd gathers around the box camera, images of beauty and The US East Coast is under a tropical storm warning with landfall forecast in North Carolina 09/22/2023 10:01am • MIAMI (AP) — A storm moving closer to the U.S. East Coast will deliver tropical storm conditions to North Carolina on Friday before making landfall on Saturday, the National Hurricane Center said. The storm was off the coast of South Carolina and North Carolina with top sustained winds of 50 mph ( Puerto Rico National Guard helps fight large landfill fire in US Virgin Islands 09/22/2023 09:56am • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s National Guard was deployed to help fight a large fire at a landfill in the U.S Virgin Islands that has been burning for more than a week and which has forced schools and businesses to close, officials said Friday. Helicopters swooped down to gather sea Leaders of Syria and China announce strategic partnership as part of Asian Games diplomacy 09/22/2023 09:35am • BEIJING (AP) — China and Syria announced the formation of a strategic partnership on Friday as Chinese leader Xi Jinping kicked off a series of diplomatic meetings ahead of the upcoming Asian Games. Xi met Syrian President Bashar Assad in the southern Chinese city of Hangzhou, which is hosting the India’s Parliament passes law that will reserve a third of legislature seats for women from 2029 09/22/2023 06:30am • NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s Parliament has approved landmark legislation that reserves one-third of the seats in its powerful lower house and in state legislatures for women to ensure more equal representation, ending a 27-year impasse over the bill amid a lack of consensus among political parties. Massachusetts has a huge waitlist for state-funded housing. So why are 2,300 units vacant? 09/22/2023 06:02am • Deb Libby is running out of time to find a place to live. Libby, 56, moved to Worcester, Massachusetts, four years ago, in part to be closer to the doctors treating her for pancreatic cancer. But the landlord wants her out by the end of the month and she can’t find anything else she can afford. Sh A peace forum in Ethiopia is postponed as deadly clashes continue in the country's Amhara region 09/22/2023 04:34am • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A prominent peace forum in Ethiopia has been postponed as clashes between the federal government and fighters from a major ethnic group continue to destabilize the region. The Tana High-Level Forum on Security in Africa said in a statement Thursday that the annual gathering o Authorities in Indian-controlled Kashmir free a key Muslim cleric after years of house arrest 09/22/2023 03:57am • SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Indian authorities released a key Muslim cleric after four years of house arrest and allowed him to lead Friday prayers in Srinagar, the main city of Indian-controlled Kashmir, according to mosque authorities. Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has been spearheading protests against India Want a place on the UN stage? Leaders of divided nations must first get past this gatekeeper 09/22/2023 12:36am • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — It's one of the United Nations' more obscure bodies, with no space to call its own within the riverside headquarters. And there is scant insight into how it decides a question of far-reaching impact: Who gets let through the door? With an anodyne name, the U.N. Credentials Co Hollywood actor and writer strikes have broad support among Americans, AP-NORC poll shows 09/22/2023 12:06am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Public support for striking Hollywood actors and writers is broad, but not necessarily deep enough for most people to change their viewing habits, a new poll finds. A majority (55%) of U.S. adults sympathize with the writers and actors in the months-long dispute than with the Azerbaijan claims full control of breakaway region and holds initial talks with ethnic Armenians 09/21/2023 11:58pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Azerbaijan regained control of its breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh in a deadly two-day military offensive and held initial talks with representatives of its ethnic Armenian population on reintegrating the area into the mainly Muslim country, Azerbaijan’s top diplomat t The UN system is 'sclerotic and hobbled' and needs urgent reform, top European Union official says 09/21/2023 11:48pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A top European Union official says Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has exposed an urgent need to reform the “sclerotic and hobbled” global decision-making at the United Nations. Charles Michel, the president of the European Council of EU leaders, expressed support for call UNGA Briefing: Netanyahu, tuberculosis and what else is going on at the UN 09/21/2023 10:44pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — It's Day 4 of the U.N. General Assembly high-level meeting that brings world leaders together at U.N. headquarters in New York. Here are the highlights of what happened Thursday at the U.N. and what to keep an eye on Friday. WHAT HAPPENED AT THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON THURSD