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Since 1990, disabilities law has been a life-changer for millions
The sweeping Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law 25 years ago, on July 26, 1990.
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Boy Scouts of America end total ban on gay adults
NEW YORK (AP) — The Boy Scouts of America on Monday ended its blanket ban on gay adult leaders while allowing church-sponsored Scout units to maintain the exclusion for religious reasons. The new...
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In EU and US, virulent immigration debate strains solidarity
NEW YORK (AP) — The United States and the European Union project themselves as models for the world when it comes to democracy and human rights. Yet a common issue — migration — is bitterly dividing...
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AP FACT CHECK: Off base claims about vaccines, abortion
Let's check on some of the claims in the second Republican presidential debate and how they compare with the facts.
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PETA sues to give monkey the copyright of selfie photos
A macaque monkey who took now-famous selfie photographs should be declared the copyright owner of the photos, rather than the nature photographer who positioned the camera, animal-rights activists...
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Pope Francis mingles with high and low in New York visit
Pope Francis stood before the U.N. to decry the destruction of the environment, then paid tribute to the victims of 9/11 with a prayer service at ground zero.
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Delayed 2 years: U.S. urges Congo to let adoptions go through
NEW YORK — State Department officials have intensified their criticism of the government of Congo as they marked Friday’s two-year anniversary of that African country’s decision to block the departure...
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Planned Parenthood changes fetal-tissue reimbursement policy
Planned Parenthood says it will maintain programs at some of its clinics that make fetal tissue available for research, but will cover the costs itself rather than accepting any reimbursement.
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After 2-year wait, some adopted children reach US from Congo
After a wrenching delay of more than two years, a few American families celebrated on U.S. territory Wednesday with children adopted from Congo who were finally granted long-stalled exit permits. There...
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Homicides of transgender women in US reach alarming high
For a few transgender Americans, this has been a year of glamour and fame. For many others, 2015 has been fraught with danger, violence and mourning. While Caitlyn Jenner made the cover of Vanity Fair...
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Planned Parenthood: Long a lightning rod in US culture wars
NEW YORK (AP) — As a leading defender of abortion rights and comprehensive sex education, Planned Parenthood deals daily with some of America’s most contentious issues, and is well accustomed to...
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Zuckerberg’s huge pledge reflects a new era in philanthropy
NEW YORK (AP) — The huge philanthropic pledge by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife — totaling perhaps $45 billion — reflects the fast-paced emergence of a new Gilded Age of giving. The changes...
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Girl Scouts hope tech initiatives will curb membership drop
NEW YORK (AP) — As the Girl Scouts’ membership continues a sharp decline, its leaders are betting on technology to reverse the trend, including a major expansion of its year-old program enabling Girl...
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AP editors’ Top Ten news stories of 2015
NEW YORK (AP) — The far-flung attacks claimed by Islamic State militants and the intensifying global effort to crush them added up to a grim, gripping yearlong saga that was voted the top news story of...
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HHS to review federal oversight of fetal tissue research
NEW YORK (AP) — At the request of Republican senators, the inspector general’s office of the Department of Health and Human Services has launched a review of how federal officials oversee fetal tissue...
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Activists predict abortion will be a hot issue in campaigns
NEW YORK (AP) — With a deeper-than-ever split between Republicans and Democrats over abortion, activists on both sides of the debate foresee a 2016 presidential campaign in which the nominees tackle...
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AP Poll: Islamic State conflict voted top news story of 2015
NEW YORK (AP) — The far-flung attacks claimed by Islamic State militants and the intensifying global effort to crush them added up to a grim, gripping yearlong saga that was voted the top news story of...
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Planned Parenthood sues activists who made undercover videos
Planned Parenthood filed a federal court lawsuit Thursday alleging extensive criminal misconduct by the anti-abortion activists who produced undercover videos targeting the handling of fetal tissue at...
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In Omaha, and much of US, debate over sex education rages on
OMAHA, Nebraska (AP) — Rival factions yelling at one another amid angry pushing. Tirades about condoms, and claims of misinformation. A parent declaring that children are being force-fed course...
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New flare-ups over the racial demographics of abortion
NEW YORK (AP) — Two volatile topics, abortion and race, have intersected in recent flare-ups related to the disproportionately high rate of abortion among black women. In Congress, Rep. Sean Duffy, a...
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