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Uganda’s parliament passed a law on Tuesday making it a crime to identify as LGBTQ, handing authorities broad powers to target gay Ugandans who already face legal discrimination and mob violence. More than 30 African countries, including Uganda, already ban same-sex relations. The new law appears to be the first …

Ohtani batted .435 with one homer, four doubles, eight RBIs and 10 walks as Japan joined the Dominican Republic in 2013 to become the only unbeaten champions of baseball’s premier national team tournament. Ohtani, the 2021 AL MVP was 2-0 with a save and a 1.86 ERA on the mound, …

WASHINGTON — Chinese President Xi Jinping’s trip to Russia offers a symbolic shot in the arm to his increasingly isolated Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, and highlights Xi’s determination to push back against American power in the world, experts and former U.S. officials say. Calling each other “dear friends,” the two …

A “mysterious explosion” destroyed Russian cruise missiles that were being transported through occupied Crimea, Ukraine said Tuesday, days after President Vladimir Putin visited the Black-Sea region. The apparent attack was the latest to hit behind Russian lines in the annexed peninsula, and comes as officials in Kyiv suggest that retaking …

A key Trump ally testified before a grand jury Monday and tried to discredit earlier testimony from Michael Cohen in a hush money probe that could lead to the first indictment of a former president. Robert Costello, speaking to reporters after more than two hours of testimony, said he told …

A Colorado dentist accused of fatally poisoning his wife in a “complex and calculated murder” was arrested over the weekend, officials announced.  Dr. James Toliver Craig, 45, a dentist in Aurora, was arrested Sunday, four days after he drove his wife, 43, to a hospital because she was complaining of …

ARLINGTON, Texas — One student was killed in a shooting outside a Dallas-area high school on Monday morning and police arrested a minor suspected of opening fire, officials said. The shooting began on the Lamar High School campus in the suburb of Arlington around 6:55 a.m., before many students arrived …

Amazon will lay off 9,000 more employees, CEO Andy Jassy said in a memo to staff on Monday. The cuts are on top of the previous layoffs that commenced last November and extended into January. That round affected more than 18,000 employees. Amazon made the decision to lay off more employees …

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — Authorities searched Sunday for two boaters who were missing and believed drowned in an accident on a central Florida lake near the Legoland theme park. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said at a news conference that the two men had jumped into Lake Eloise to save a …

ORLANDO, Florida — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy urged calm Sunday and said Americans should not protest if former President Donald Trump is indicted and arrested in a hush-money investigation in New York, contradicting Trump, who called on his supporters Saturday to “Protest, take our nation back!”  “I don’t think people …