General Motors is recalling more than 323,000 heavy-duty pickup trucks in the U.S. because the electronic tailgate release switches can short circuit and open the gates while the vehicles are in park. The recall covers certain Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra 2500 and 3500 trucks from the 2020 through 2024 model years. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says in …
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Jesuits in US bolster outreach initiative aimed at encouraging LGBTQ+ Catholics
NEW YORK (AP) — Even as Catholic dogma continues to repudiate same-sex marriage and gender transition, one of the most prominent religious orders in the United States — the Jesuits — is strengthening a unique outreach program for LGBTQ+ Catholics. The initiative — fittingly called Outreach — was founded two years ago by the Rev. James Martin, a Jesuit who …
Read More »Donald Trump deploys his oft-used playbook against women who bother him. For now, it’s Nikki Haley
MAULDIN, S.C. (AP) — Hillary Clinton. Nancy Pelosi. Kamala Harris. Liz Cheney. Carly Fiorina. And for now, Nikki Haley. The former South Carolina governor is the latest in a long line of women — historically some of Republican Donald Trump’s most stubborn challengers — for whom the former president saves a special playbook. It’s centered around intimidation, combined with a …
Read More »Tennessee militia member planned to attack US border agents, feds say
A Tennessee militia member who told an undercover federal agent that the U.S. is “being invaded” by migrants was planning to travel to the southern border with a stockpile of weapons and commit acts of violence against federal border agents, according to a criminal complaint. Paul Faye, of Cunningham, was arrested in Tennessee on Monday by the FBI after a …
Read More »Japan’s Toyota raises its profit outlook after solid earnings helped by a weak yen
TOKYO (AP) — Toyota raised its full fiscal year profit forecast Tuesday after reporting its profit in the October to December quarter nearly doubled from the year before. Toyota Motor Corp.’s third quarter profit totaled 1.36 trillion yen ($9 billion), up from 727.9 billion yen in the same period in 2022, as Japan’s top automaker recovered from losses suffered when …
Read More »Slain CEO’s parents implore Maryland lawmakers to end good behavior credits for rapists
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The parents of slain Baltimore tech CEO Pava Marie LaPere shared their profound grief Tuesday while urging Maryland lawmakers to end good behavior credits for convicted rapists like the man charged with killing her. Frank LaPere said no family should have to suffer the way theirs has since the September strangulation death of his 26-year-old daughter, …
Read More »Militants attack police station in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 10 officers
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Militants armed with rockets, guns and grenades attacked a police station in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban in the country’s northwest before dawn on Monday, killing 10 officers before fleeing, authorities said. Six other officers were wounded in this year’s deadliest attack in Dera Ismail Khan, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which borders …
Read More »France’s foreign ministry has summoned Russia’s ambassador over French aid workers killed in Ukraine
PARIS (AP) — The French government summoned Russia’s ambassador for talks Monday over the killing of two French citizens working for nongovernmental organizations in Ukraine, and promised sustained support for the Ukrainian military in its effort to push back Russian forces. The humanitarian workers were killed in Russian strikes on Thursday near a front line of fighting in the war …
Read More »Indiana legislators vote to repeal Ukrainian driver’s license law following lawsuit
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — One year after passing a law that allows Ukrainian immigrants on humanitarian parole to receive driver’s licenses, Indiana lawmakers are trying to repeal it after a federal judge recently ruled that the law must extend to all parolees. The bill that passed the House on Monday with bipartisan support would eliminate a statute that allowed people legally …
Read More »Un ataque de dron mata a 6 combatientes kurdos en una base siria que aloja a tropas de EEUU
BEIRUT (AP) — Seis combatientes kurdos murieron el domingo por la noche en un ataque de dron contra una base que aloja a tropas estadunidenses en el este de Siria, en el primer ataque significativo en Siria e Irak tras los bombardeos de represalia estadounidenses del fin de semana contra milicias con apoyo iraní que han atacado a sus fuerzas …
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