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FILE – Two teens challenging New Hampshire’s new law banning transgender girls from girls’ sports teams pose with their families and attorneys in Concord, N.H., Monday, Aug. 19, 2024, after a judge granted an emergency request to allow one of the girls to play soccer while their lawsuit continues. (AP Photo/Holly Ramer, File)

Donald Trump said he wants to ban trans athletes from competing. The reality is more nuanced

One of President-elect Donald Trump ‘s most popular talking points during his campaign centered on the future of transgender athletes. Trump revisited the topic multiple times in the months and weeks before the election, suggesting at his rallies that one of the goals of his second term would be to “keep men out of women’s […]

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FILE – LSU’s Angel Reese, left, and Iowa’s Caitlin Clark, right, pose for a photo before the WNBA basketball draft, April 15, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger, File)

The darker side of the rise of women’s sports: With more visibility comes more online harassment

NEW YORK (AP) — For Djaniele Taylor, attending WNBA games was the perfect way to rediscover a sense of community coming out of the long slog of pandemic-era lockdowns. The 38-year-old Evanston, Illinois, resident has regularly attended Chicago Sky games for the last three seasons, after she watched the team win its first championship in […]

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An Armenian Christian priest walks along an alley near to St. James Cathedral at the Armenian quarter in Jerusalem, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

As wars rage around them, Armenian Christians in Jerusalem’s Old City feel the walls closing in

JERUSALEM (AP) — As the war in Gaza rages, Syria’s government transforms, and the Israeli-occupied West Bank seethes, Armenian residents of the Old City of Jerusalem fight a different battle — one that is quieter, they say, but no less existential. One of the oldest communities in Jerusalem, the Armenians have lived in the Old […]

DEC. 18, 2024

In this image released by Vanuatu Red Cross Society, its volunteers assist staff with the clean up at Vila Central Hospital in Port Vila, Vanuatu Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024, following a powerful earthquake that struck just off the coast of Vanuatu in the South Pacific Ocean. (Vanuatu Red Cross Society via AP)

Rescuers dig for survivors of Vanuatu earthquake with no water and unclear death toll

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Vanuatu’s capital was without water on Wednesday, a day after reservoirs were destroyed by a violent magnitude 7.3 earthquake that wrought havoc on the South Pacific island nation, with the number of people killed and injured expected to rise. The government’s disaster management office said early Wednesday that 14 deaths […]

DEC. 18, 2024

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, visits Israeli forces in a buffer zone inside Syria, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (Israel Government Press Office via AP)

Israel’s borders have shifted throughout its history. Action in Syria may reshape them again

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, entered Syrian territory Tuesday and said Israeli troops would remain in the area indefinitely, blurring the border with its northern neighbor. Since its establishment in 1948, Israel has never had fully recognized borders. Throughout its history, the frontiers with its Arab neighbors have shifted as a result […]

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FILE – Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, left, and Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump attend a campaign event at the Butler Farm Show, Oct. 5, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Musk and Trump are viewed roughly the same by Americans, an AP-NORC poll finds

WASHINGTON (AP) — Elon Musk, clad in tuxedo and black tie, took the stage at President-elect Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort shortly after the election with all the swagger of the winning candidate himself. “The public has given us a mandate that could not be more clear, the clearest mandate. The people have spoken. The people […]

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