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Traditional people worry Ghana anti-gay bill will target their Indigenous identities

Traditional people worry Ghana anti-gay bill will target their Indigenous identities

ACCRA — Traditional healer Naa Busuafi used to feel empowered when leaving tribal ceremonies held on the outskirts of Accra, proud to be living out practices that colonists sought to eradicate.
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Democrat Jamie Raskin is running for top Judiciary post in bid to counter Trump

Democrat Jamie Raskin is running for top Judiciary post in bid to counter Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland announced Monday that he will run to become the top Democrat on the powerful House Judiciary Committee next year, directly challenging fellow Democratic Rep.
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Democrat Jamie Raskin is running for top Judiciary post in bid to counter Trump

Democrat Jamie Raskin is running for top Judiciary post in bid to counter Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland announced Monday that he will run to become the top Democrat on the powerful House Judiciary Committee next year, directly challenging fellow Democratic Rep.
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Quebec suspends international adoptions amid human rights, trafficking concerns

Quebec suspends international adoptions amid human rights, trafficking concerns

MONTREAL — The Quebec government has suspended most new international adoption applications, echoing moves by other jurisdictions that are rethinking the once-common practice because of human rights and trafficking concerns.
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FTC opens Microsoft antitrust investigation that Trump administration must carry on or drop

FTC opens Microsoft antitrust investigation that Trump administration must carry on or drop

Antitrust enforcers with the Federal Trade Commission have opened a wide-ranging investigation into Microsoft's business practices, starting a big legal project that an incoming Trump administration must take up or abandon.
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Ontario says federal clean electricity regulations would add $35B in costs

Ontario says federal clean electricity regulations would add $35B in costs

TORONTO — Ontario is urging the federal government to amend proposed electricity regulations after an analysis by the province's system operator concluded the rules would mean $35 billion in additional costs by 2050 — a number environmental groups di
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Thousands cheer Biden's arrival in Angola for his long-promised sub-Saharan Africa visit

Thousands cheer Biden's arrival in Angola for his long-promised sub-Saharan Africa visit

LUANDA, Angola (AP) — President Joe Biden arrived for his long-awaited first presidential visit to sub-Saharan Africa on Monday to the cheers of thousands in Angola, where he will highlight an ambitious U.S.
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Minnesota Republicans sue to force election rerun in tight House race where 20 ballots are missing

Minnesota Republicans sue to force election rerun in tight House race where 20 ballots are missing

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Republicans filed a lawsuit Monday to try to force a rerun of a state House race where the incumbent Democrat won by 14 votes — but in which investigators concluded that election workers probably destroyed 20 valid absent
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Trump's tariff threats create division between Canada and Mexico over security at borders

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Threats by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to impose tariffs have created a split between Canada and Mexico, after Canadian officials said problems with the two countries’ borders shouldn’t be compared.
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Crime prevention program shows dramatic drops in homicides, shootings in some parts of Detroit

DETROIT (AP) — A program that provides federal funds to groups in Detroit working to reduce homicides and shootings is showing reductions of 83%, 73% and 61% in some of the city's most violent areas.
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