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China welcomes Ya Ya the panda home after 20 years abroad

China welcomes Ya Ya the panda home after 20 years abroad

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Ya Ya the giant panda landed Thursday in Shanghai after departing from the Memphis Zoo in Tennessee, where she spent the past 20 years on loan. The popular panda's trip was closely followed online.
Washington, Minnesota become trans refuges, shield abortions

Washington, Minnesota become trans refuges, shield abortions

SEATTLE (AP) — Democratic governors in Washington state and Minnesota on Thursday signed into law legal protections for people who travel to those states seeking reproductive and gender-affirming procedures and treatment .
Washington, Minnesota become trans refuges, shield abortions

Washington, Minnesota become trans refuges, shield abortions

SEATTLE (AP) — Democratic governors in Washington state and Minnesota on Thursday signed into law legal protections for people who travel to those states seeking reproductive and gender-affirming procedures and treatment .
Carolyn Bryant Donham, at center of Emmett Till death, dies

Carolyn Bryant Donham, at center of Emmett Till death, dies

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The white woman who accused Black teenager Emmett Till of making improper advances before he was lynched in Mississippi in 1955 has died in hospice care in Louisiana, a coroner's report shows. Carolyn Bryant Donham was 88.
Carolyn Bryant Donham, at center of Emmett Till death, dies

Carolyn Bryant Donham, at center of Emmett Till death, dies

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The white woman who accused Black teenager Emmett Till of making improper advances before he was lynched in Mississippi in 1955 has died in hospice care in Louisiana, a coroner's report shows. Carolyn Bryant Donham was 88.
US to open foreign centers in bid to stop migration surge

US to open foreign centers in bid to stop migration surge

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration will open migration centers in Guatemala and Colombia for asylum seekers heading to the U.S.
US to open foreign centers in bid to stop migration surge

US to open foreign centers in bid to stop migration surge

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration will open migration centers in Guatemala and Colombia for asylum seekers heading to the U.S.
Spain swelters in temperatures more typical of summer

Spain swelters in temperatures more typical of summer

MADRID (AP) — Spain's national weather service said temperatures would “reach values typical of summer” across most of the country, with a high of 38 degrees Celsius (100 degrees Fahrenheit) forecast Thursday for the southern Guadalquivir Valley.
Spain swelters in temperatures more typical of summer

Spain swelters in temperatures more typical of summer

MADRID (AP) — Spain's national weather service said temperatures would “reach values typical of summer” across most of the country, with a high of 38 degrees Celsius (100 degrees Fahrenheit) forecast Thursday for the southern Guadalquivir Valley.
Kansas legislators impose sweeping anti-trans bathroom law

Kansas legislators impose sweeping anti-trans bathroom law

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican legislators in Kansas enacted possibly the most sweeping transgender bathroom law in the U.S.