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Marital rape is still not outlawed in India. Changing that would be ���excessively harsh,��� government argues 10/12/2024 08:00am • New Delhi (CNN) ��� Criminalizing marital rape would be ���excessively harsh,��� the Indian government has said, in a blow to campaigners ahead of a long-awaited Supreme Court decision that will affect hundreds of millions of people in India for generations. In India, it is not considered rape if Montgomery Co. loses hundreds of thousands of dollars in 'lax administration' of short term rentals, IG report finds 10/12/2024 07:41am • More than three quarters of short-term residential rentals being offered in Montgomery County, Maryland, are unregistered, according to a report from the county���s Office of the Inspector General. The findings in the latest report from Inspector General Megan Davey Limarzi show that more than 85 Middle East latest: UN mission in Lebanon is hit again by explosions 10/11/2024 10:43pm • The United Nations peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon said new explosions hit its headquarters Friday, injuring two peacekeepers a day after Israeli forces targeted the same position and struck central Beirut. Earlier Friday, cross-border fire from Lebanon killed a man from Thailand who was wor The UN says that aid entering Gaza is at its lowest level in months 10/11/2024 04:29pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) ��� U.N. humanitarian officials say aid entering Gaza is at its lowest level in months and warn that critical lifelines in the territory's north, where Israel has renewed its military offensive, have been cut off. U.N. deputy spokesman Farhan Haq delivered the grim news Friday, s Nobel Peace Prize given to Japanese organization Nihon Hidankyo for its work against nuclear weapons 10/11/2024 02:31pm • The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese organization of survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, for its activism against nuclear weapons. J��rgen Watne Frydnes, chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, said the award was made as the ���taboo aga Harris viewed more positively by Hispanic women than by Hispanic men: AP-NORC poll 10/11/2024 02:03pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� A solid majority of Hispanic women have a positive opinion of Vice President Kamala Harris and a negative view of former President Donald Trump, but Hispanic men are more divided on both candidates, according to a recent poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affai Obama urges Black men to show up for Harris as he campaigns in critical Pennsylvania 10/11/2024 10:28am • PITTSBURGH (AP) ��� Former President Barack Obama gave a blistering critique of his White House successor Donald Trump and urged Black men to show up for Kamala Harris as he opened a swing-state tour for the Democratic ticket. At a campaign field office to thank volunteers, Obama said Thursday he wa Harris rips Trump for his criticism of federal storm response and calls for 'dignity' 10/10/2024 11:34pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) ��� Vice President Kamala Harris and the White House criticized Donald Trump for his attacks on the federal response to Hurricanes Helene and Milton and suggested he was wrongly trying to turn the deadly storms to his political advantage. Attending a town hall sponsored by Univision Pink Tax: What Does Price Discrimination Cost Women? 10/10/2024 08:00pm • The pink tax refers to gender-based price discrimination. Originally used to describe the sales taxes women pay for feminine hygiene products, the term has expanded. Now it refers to the practice of charging women more than men for consumer items and services that are essentially the same -- althoug No. 9 Ole Miss and No. 13 LSU matchup headlined by accomplished coaches and prolific QBs 10/10/2024 01:36pm • BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) ��� LSU coach Brian Kelly seems more amused than anything by Mississippi counterpart Lane Kiffin's penchant for mocking and trolling opponents. At least, Kelly didn't sound offended while offering his impressions of Kiffin as a communicator in advance of Saturday night's high-s Middle East latest: Dozens killed as Israeli troops pound central and northern Gaza 10/10/2024 12:46am • Israel���s bombardment of central and northern Gaza has killed dozens of people and trapped thousands in their homes, Palestinian officials said Wednesday, as the death toll in the yearlong war passed 42,000. Gaza���s Health Ministry said it recovered 40 bodies from Jabaliya from Sunday until Tuesda UN appoints former British diplomat Tom Fletcher as new humanitarian chief 10/09/2024 09:08pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) ��� Secretary-General Ant��nio Guterres on Wednesday appointed former British diplomat Tom Fletcher as the new U.N. humanitarian chief. Fletcher, who is currently principal of Hertford College, Oxford and vice chair of Oxford University���s Conference of Colleges, succeeds fellow Hispanic Serving Institutions: What to Know 10/09/2024 08:00pm • As the Hispanic population has grown in the U.S. in recent decades, with it has come the emergence of Hispanic Serving Institutions. Hispanic Serving Institutions -- HSIs -- are colleges and universities where Hispanic students make up at least 25% of the full-time equivalent student body, according Curricular Practical Training: What International College Students Should Know 10/09/2024 08:00pm • Curricular Practical Training, or CPT, gives international students in the U.S. an opportunity to gain work experience directly related to their studies. For those who hope to gain work experience while studying in the U.S., it's important to have a solid understanding of this training option. Vaish Israeli defense minister warns an attack on Iran would be 'lethal' and 'surprising' 10/09/2024 05:40pm • JERUSALEM (AP) ��� Israel's defense minister warned on Wednesday that his country's retaliation for a recent Iranian missile attack will be ���lethal��� and ���surprising,��� while the Israeli military pushed ahead with a large-scale operation in northern Gaza and a ground offensive in Lebanon again