• Black fathers embrace resources to support their pregnant partners through birth
    INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Cradling his newborn daughter in his lap in their Indianapolis home, JaKobi Burton’s love for the new lady in his life is evident with each caress. But the first-time dad’s commitment started months earlier. Burton attended every medical appointment and took classes with Dads to Doulas, a program created by the organization […]
  • US moves to legally control tanker and 2M barrels of oil seized off Venezuela’s coast in December
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has filed a complaint to legally take ownership of a sanctioned tanker and nearly 2 million barrels of petroleum seized off the coast of Venezuela in December, another step by President Donald Trump’s administration to assert power over the country’s oil sector after capturing leader Nicolás Maduro. It’s the […]
  • Bill Clinton faces grilling from lawmakers over his connections to Jeffrey Epstein
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton is testifying Friday before members of Congress investigating convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, answering for his connections to the disgraced financier from more than two decades ago. The closed-door deposition in Chappaqua, New York, will mark the first time a former president has been compelled to testify to […]
  • He’s blasted Speaker Johnson and Democrats alike. Now this Republican faces a critical decision
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Rep. Kevin Kiley has seen the political ground shift beneath him this past year, the boundaries of his California district upended by the nation’s partisan redistricting war. But Kiley has made clear he’s not going away quietly. Or to hear him put it: “I’m not going away at all.” It’s the […]
  • US advises embassy staff in Israel to leave now if they want, as risk of war hangs over Middle East
    TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The U.S. Embassy in Israel on Friday told its staff that it could leave the country and urged anyone considering departure to do so immediately, as the threat of an American strike on Iran looms. U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee told embassy employees in an email that discussions with officials in […]