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The brutal killing of a Detroit man in 1982 inspires decades of Asian American activism nationwide 07/01/2024 10:47am • Two white autoworkers bludgeoned 27-year-old Chinese American Vincent Chin to death with a baseball bat during his bachelor party in Detroit in 1982, but his loved ones' cries for justice fell on deaf ears. Twelve days passed before any media outlets reported Chin's killing by men who blamed Asian m Simone Biles headlines a U.S. women's gymnastics team eyeing redemption at the Paris Olympics 07/01/2024 08:51am • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� They all had a reason to come back. Every single one of them. Simone Biles to move past those wrenching two weeks in Japan three years ago, when the gymnastics superstar prioritized her mental health and safety over glory, a decision that inspired some and maddened others. Suni R. Sampanthan, face of the Tamil minority's campaign for autonomy after Sri Lanka's civil war, dies 07/01/2024 05:22am • COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) ��� Rajavarothiyam Sampanthan, an ethnic Tamil leader and lawmaker who became the face of the minority group's campaign for autonomy in Sri Lanka after the end of a brutal quarter-century civil war, has died. He was 91. A lawyer by profession, Sampanthan entered Parliament fo North Korea test-launches 2 ballistic missiles, after end of new US-South Korea-Japan drill 07/01/2024 12:38am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ��� North Korea test-fired two ballistic missile Monday but one of them possibly flew abnormally, South Korea's military said, a day after the North vowed ���offensive and overwhelming��� responses to a new U.S. military drill with South Korea and Japan. The Joint Chiefs of Ever feel exhausted by swiping through dating apps? 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But The Taliban tell the West to look past harsh edicts on Afghan women and girls and build ties 06/30/2024 04:20pm • ISLAMABAD (AP) ��� The Taliban on Sunday told the West to look past the measures they have imposed on Afghan women and girls for the sake of improving foreign relations. Their chief spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said the Taliban uphold certain religious and cultural values and public aspirations that A propane tank explosion in western Turkey has killed 5 people and injured 63 others 06/30/2024 03:22pm • ISTANBUL (AP) ��� A propane tank explosion at a restaurant in the western Turkish city of Izmir on Sunday left five people dead and 63 others injured, authorities said. Security cameras recorded the explosion, which devastated the street and caused minor damage to surrounding buildings. Interior Min American and British voters share deep roots. In 2024, they distrust their own leaders, too 06/30/2024 05:46am • DARTFORD, England (AP) ��� Distrust has settled over the campaign trails in the United States and United Kingdom ahead of July 4 like a soggy summer haze. On that day, British voters will choose a new Parliament in an election expected to finish with a Labour government after 14 years under the Cons 12 killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine. Rescue work continues at destroyed apartment building 06/29/2024 02:41pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) ��� Russian attacks across eastern Ukraine killed at least 11 people Saturday, while rescuers in the city of Dnipro dug through rubble after a Russian strike ripped through a nine-story residential building, leaving one dead, officials said. The attacks came as Russia continues t Sheriff says man kills himself after killing 3 people outside home near Atlanta 06/29/2024 11:10am • SHARPSBURG, Ga. (AP) ��� A man killed three people at a home near Atlanta before fatally shooting himself early Saturday, sheriff's officials in Georgia said. Deputies found two bodies in the driveway when they arrived at a home in Sharpsburg, Georgia, after receiving several 911 calls shortly after Goalkeeper Mary Earps to leave Man United in another big departure for club's women's team 06/29/2024 09:20am • MANCHESTER, England (AP) ��� England goalkeeper Mary Earps is leaving Manchester United after a five-year stint, a third big departure for the club's women's team in less than a week. Earps helped England win the 2022 European Championship and reach last year's World Cup final ��� where she was name The Supreme Court nears the end of another momentous term. A decision on Trump's immunity looms 06/29/2024 08:10am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� In the last 10 days of June, on a frenetic pace of its own making, the Supreme Court touched a wide swath of American society in a torrent of decisions on abortion, guns, the environment, health, the opioid crisis, securities fraud and homelessness. And, with the court meeting f Polls close in Iran presidential election held after hard-liner's death and as Mideast tensions rise 06/28/2024 05:13pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) ��� Iranians voted on Friday in a snap election to replace the late hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi, with the race's sole reformist candidate vowing to seek ���friendly relations��� with the West in an effort to energize supporters in a vote beset by apathy. Voters The Supreme Court weakens federal regulators, overturning decades-old Chevron decision 06/28/2024 02:48pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Supreme Court on Friday upended a 40-year-old decision that made it easier for the federal government to regulate the environment, public health, workplace safety and consumer protections, delivering a far-reaching and potentially lucrative victory to business interests. The