PEN America cancels World Voices Festival amid criticism of its response to Israel-Hamas war

NEW YORK — PEN America has canceled its annual World Voices Festival, as the literary and…

A ban in Kansas on gender-affirming care also would bar advocacy for kids’ social transitions

TOPEKA, Kan. — A proposed ban in Kansas on gender-affirming care for minors also would bar…

Jerry Seinfeld’s commitment to the bit

NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — Jerry Seinfeld has been responsible for more movies than…

Takeaways from AP’s investigation into fatal police encounters involving injections of sedatives

The practice of giving sedatives to people detained by police spread quietly across the nation over…

Chasing ‘Twisters’ and collaborating with ‘tornado fanatic’ Steven Spielberg

Growing up in the Midwest, filmmaker Lee Isaac Chung developed both a healthy fear of tornadoes…

‘Movement will persist’: Advocates stress Weinstein reversal doesn’t derail #MeToo

NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — #MeToo founder Tarana Burke has heard it before. Every…

Here’s why Harvey Weinstein’s New York rape conviction was tossed and what happens next

NEW YORK — The decision by New York’s highest court to overturn the rape conviction of…

17 states challenge federal rules entitling workers to accommodations for abortion

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Republican attorneys general from 17 states filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging new…

Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction is overturned by New York’s top court

NEW YORK — New York’s highest court on Thursday threw out Harvey Weinstein ’s 2020 rape…

Selling weight-loss and muscle-building supplements to minors in New York is now illegal

ALBANY, N.Y. — It’s now illegal to sell weight-loss and muscle-building supplements to minors in New…