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Pakistani transgender activists to appeal Shariah court ruling against law aimed at protecting them 05/20/2023 12:51pm • ISLAMABAD (AP) ��� Transgender activists in Pakistan said they plan to appeal to the highest court in the land an Islamic court's ruling that guts a law aimed at protecting their rights. The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act was passed by Parliament in 2018 to secure the fundamental rig Burner phones, aliases, code words: How secret networks help women circumvent Honduras' abortion ban 05/20/2023 11:53am • TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) ��� Inside a little wooden house among the pine and oak forests of western Honduras��� coffee-growing mountains, a woman opened a tiny package of pills, delivered to a nearby town. She didn���t know it, but the medication had more than likely entered the country hidden in Guardsman Jack Teixeira, Pentagon leak suspect, to remain jailed as he awaits trial 05/19/2023 05:44pm • WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) ��� A Massachusetts Air National Guard member charged with leaking highly classified military documents will remain behind bars while he awaits trial, a federal magistrate judge ruled Friday. U.S. Magistrate Judge David Hennessy said releasing 21-year-old Jack Teixeira would po Business Highlights: Fed chair hints at rate hike pause; Talks to avoid US default at standstill 05/19/2023 04:30pm • ___ Federal Reserve Chair Powell hints at a pause in rate hikes when central bank meets next month WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Chair Jerome Powell indicated that the Federal Reserve will likely forgo an increase in its benchmark interest rate when it meets in June for the first time since it began raising i Awash in social media, how are police learning to inform the public better after shootings? 05/19/2023 03:51pm • Jennifer Seeley was glued to her phone, safe at home but terrified nonetheless. There was an active shooter at the Texas mall where she works as an assistant store manager. And she was searching desperately for information, praying. Was the gunman dead? Were her coworkers dead? What was happening? S Kia, Hyundai settle class-action lawsuit after a rash of thefts due to security flaw 05/19/2023 03:27pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Hyundai Motor America and Kia America said Friday they have reached a settlement to resolve a class-action lawsuit prompted by a surge in vehicle thefts. The settlement could be valued at $200 million and covers about 9 million 2011-2022 model year Hyundai and Kia vehicles in the Most favor pairing debt limit rise with deficit cuts, but few following debate closely: AP-NORC poll 05/19/2023 02:17pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� About two-thirds of U.S. adults say they are highly concerned about how the national economy would be affected if the U.S. debt limit is not increased and the government defaults on its debts, according to a new poll, even as few say they have a solid understanding of the ongoing Russia targets Greenpeace in crackdown on dissent but Kremlin critic Roizman avoids prison 05/19/2023 12:59pm • MOSCOW (AP) ��� The Russian branch of the environmental group Greenpeace on Friday announced it would close after the authorities declared Greenpeace International to be an undesirable organization. A statement from the national prosecutor-general���s office said it had determined that Greenpeace po NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week 05/19/2023 11:29am • A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts: ___ Claims misconstrue Pfizer grants received by NIH Philanthropy helps boost manufacturing in areas with high job vacancies 05/19/2023 09:21am • CLEVELAND (AP) ��� Mary Lamar had been searching for a job that was a good fit. She worked for a time as a nursing assistant but found it boring. A stint as a shipyard welder ended because she could no longer bear the winter cold. Then Lamar had what she described as a ���rift��� in her life. That In El Salvador, transgender community struggles for rights and survival 05/19/2023 08:37am • SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) ��� Fabricio Chicas knows exactly what will happen. As soon as he hands in his ID, the employee on the other side of the counter will look at him with suspicion, asking why he carries a document that identifies him as female. Whether it is a bank, a hospital or a human In El Salvador, transgender community struggles for rights and survival 05/19/2023 08:12am • SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) ��� Fabricio Chicas knows exactly what will happen. As soon as he hands in his ID, the employee on the other side of the counter will look at him with suspicion, asking why he carries a document that identifies him as female. Whether at a bank, a hospital or a human re Macao further restricts political freedoms with revisions to national security law 05/19/2023 02:06am • BEIJING (AP) ��� Echoing the crackdown on freedoms in neighboring Hong Kong, the former Portuguese colony of Macao has revised its legal system to face ���new adverse challenges in terms of national security.��� The government of the tiny enclave, heavily dependent on its gambling industry, said ch TikTok content creators file lawsuit against Montana over first-in-nation law banning app 05/18/2023 11:46pm • HELENA, Mont. (AP) ��� Five TikTok content creators have filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn Montana's first-in-the-nation ban on the video sharing app, arguing the law is an unconstitutional violation of free speech rights. The Montana residents also argued in the complaint, filed in federal court Ecuador court rejects lawmakers' challenges to president's disbanding of National Assembly 05/18/2023 10:24pm • QUITO, Ecuador (AP) ��� Ecuador's Constitutional Court voted unanimously Thursday to reject multiple challenges that sought to invalidate President Guillermo Lasso's decree dissolving the opposition-led National Assembly as it tried to oust him in an impeachment trial. With the ruling, there are no