India’s Parliament to reserve 33% of seats for women
NEW DELHI — India’s Parliament has approved landmark legislation that reserves 33% of the seats in its powerful lower house and in state legislatures for...
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Oklahoma executes man for the 1996 killing of a university dance student
McALESTER, Okla. — Oklahoma executed an inmate Thursday for the 1996 killing of a University of Oklahoma dance student, in a case that went unsolved for years...
Buddy Teevens, Dartmouth’s winningest football coach, dies at 66
HANOVER, N.H. — Buddy Teevens, the innovative Ivy League football coach who brought robotic tackling dummies to Dartmouth practices, died Tuesday of injuries he sustained...
Hurricane Nigel is expected to strengthen into a major storm after rapid intensification
The storm, which is not expected to make landfall, had maximum sustained winds of nearly 80 mph and was expected to rapidly intensify into a...
E.U. pledges crackdown on ‘brutal’ migrant smuggling during visit to overwhelmed Italian island
The plan also includes speeding funds to Tunisia as part of a deal with the EU to block departures in exchange for aid, helping Italy...
Hurricane Lee advances on New England and eastern Canada
There was little else to be done but wait and worry, and make final preparations as Lee spun about 300 miles southeast of Nantucket, Massachusetts.In...
Families challenge North Dakota’s ban on gender-affirming care for children
BISMARCK, N.D. — Families and a pediatrician are challenging North Dakota’s law criminalizing gender-affirming care for minors, the latest lawsuit in many states with similar bans.Gender...
Teen accused of intentionally hitting 3 cyclists, killing one, in Huntington Beach
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — A teenage driver was in custody Wednesday on suspicion of intentionally striking three bicyclists, killing one, in a Southern California beach...
Grand Canyon hiker dies while trying to trek from rim to rim in one day
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. — A 55-year-old Virginia man died in the Grand Canyon while trying to hike from the South Rim to the...
Competitor dies after Ironman Wisconsin triathlon
CROSS PLAINS, Wis. — A man competing in Ironman Wisconsin fell ill Sunday during the bike portion of the grueling triathlon and later died at...