From Uganda to the United States, laws that discriminate against LGBTQ+ people or even criminalize homosexuality have increased in recent years, leaving communities feeling under attack.
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Illegal crossings surge in remote areas as Congress, White House weigh major asylum limits
The huge spike in migrants and resulting chaos at various border locations have increased frustration with the Biden administration’s immigration policies and put pressure on Congress to reach a deal on asylum.
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Iceland volcano erupts after weeks of warnings
The size of the eruption and the speed of the lava flow is ‘many times more than in previous eruptions on the Reykjanes Peninsula in recent years,’ Iceland’s Meteorological Office said.
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Texas governor signs bill that lets police arrest migrants who enter the U.S. illegally
Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has approved sweeping new powers that allow police to arrest migrants who illegally cross the U.S. border and give local judges authority to order them to leave the country
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Marvel, Disney drop actor Jonathan Majors after he’s convicted of assaulting his former girlfriend
A Manhattan jury found Majors, 34, guilty of one misdemeanor assault charge and one harassment violation stemming from his March confrontation with then-girlfriend Grace Jabbari.
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Houthi attacks on commercial ships have upended global trade in vital Red Sea corridor
The attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea by Yemen’s Houthi rebels have scared off some of the world’s top shipping companies and oil giants
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Mark Meadows can’t move Georgia election case to federal court, appeals court says
Former President Donald Trump’s chief of staff was indicted in August along with Trump and 17 others on charges that they illegally conspired to keep the Republican incumbent in power despite him losing the election.
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Love it or hate it, self-checkout is here to stay. But it’s going through a reckoning
Self-checkout isn’t going away, especially with still stubborn labor shortages.
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Southwest Airlines settles with DOT for $140 million over 2022 holiday meltdown
The U.S. Department of Transportation said Southwest failed to ‘provide adequate customer service assistance,’ provide ‘prompt flight status notifications’ and did not give ‘refunds in a prompt and proper manner.’
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Some Trump fake electors from 2020 haven’t faded away. They have roles in how the 2024 race is run
The man who will oversee elections in one Nevada county has pleaded not guilty, along with 5 fellow Republicans, on charges that they submitted false paperwork claiming the lie that Donald Trump had won the state in 2020.