By Maria Cheng | Associated Press LONDON — The World Health Organization declared the mpox outbreaks in Congo and elsewhere in Africa a global emergency on Wednesday, with cases confirmed …
(CNN) — Sheila Jackson Lee, a longtime Democratic congresswoman from Texas who was an outspoken advocate for Black Americans for decades, has died. She was 74. “Today, with incredible grief for …
By Laura J. Nelson | Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES >> A government watchdog group on Monday requested a federal investigation into Republican Senate candidate Steve Garvey, saying the former …
By Olga R. Rodriguez | Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — A man who bludgeoned former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband with a hammer and was sentenced to 30 years in …
Nathan Hare, a sociologist who helped lead a five-month strike by faculty and students at what is now San Francisco State University, resulting in an agreement in 1969 to create …
By Adam Beam | Associated Press SACRAMENTO — The California Supreme Court on Thursday removed a measure from the November ballot that would have made it harder to raise taxes, …
By Megan Janetsky and Félix Márquez | Associated Press VILLAHERMOSA, Mexico — “Here, again.” Yeneska García’s face crumbled as she said it, and she pressed her head into her hands. …
By Edith M. Lederer | Associated Press UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council on Monday approved its first resolution endorsing a cease-fire plan aimed at ending the eight-month war …
By Christopher Weber and Travis Loller | Associated Press LOS ANGELES — The Rev. James Lawson Jr., an apostle of nonviolent protest who schooled activists to withstand brutal reactions from …
By Darlene Superville | Associated Press WASHINGTON — Marian Shields Robinson, the mother of Michelle Obama who moved with the first family to the White House when son-in-law Barack Obama …