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In this photo released by the Iranian Presidency Office, President Masoud Pezeshkian, second right, listens to head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Mohammad Eslami as he visits an exhibition of Iran's nuclear achievements, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)2025-04-11T11:52:02Z MUSCAT, Oman (AP) Once again, some of the highest stakes in Middle East geopolitics will be discussed in this quiet coastal city without skyscrapers. Here in Muscat, the capital of Oman nestled against the sheer stone heights of the Hajar Mountains, Iran and the United States will meet for talks over Tehrans rapidly advancing nuclear program for the time time since President Donald Trump began his second term. No agreement is immediately likely, but the stakes of the negotiations couldnt be higher for these two nations closing in on half a century of enmity. Trump repeatedly has threatened to unleash airstrikes targeting Irans nuclear program if a deal isnt reached. Iranian officials increasingly warn that they could pursue a nuclear weapon with their stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels. And at the center is Oman, one of the worlds last sultanates on the eastern edge of the Arabian Peninsula. Its unique history, people and proximity to Iran have made it indispensable for the West as it has held discussion after discussion for Iran. But these latest talks suddenly announced by Trump in the Oval Office just days earlier have put Oman firmly into a spotlight it otherwise seeks to avoid. The Omanis have a lot of experience when it comes to playing this back-channel role, said Giorgio Cafiero, the CEO and founder of the Washington-based risk analysis firm Gulf State Analytics. I think that right now in this day and age of Trump 2.0, the stakes are really high and its important for us to understand the value of Oman being a diplomatic bridge. Omanibalancing in an unsettled MideastOman, home to 5.2 million people across an arid country just larger than Italy, stands out among the Gulf Arab states. Its oil and gas wealth is marginal by comparison, and its citizens outnumber its population of foreign workers. Omanis can be found working normal jobs from taxi cabs to offices. And its people are Ibadi Muslims, a more liberal offshoot of Islam predating the Sunni-Shiite split. They occupy a strategic location along the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf through which a fifth of all oil passes. And Oman is a former empire whose seafaring rule once stretched all the way down to the island of Zanzibar off Africa. That history extends into how it deals with the wider world, said Marc J. OReilly, a history professor at Heidelberg University in Ohio.It is a path OReilly referred to as Omanibalacing over 25 years ago and one that still works today for the sultanate after the 2020 death of its longtime ruler Sultan Qaboos bin Said and the installation of Sultan Haitham bin Tariq. Oman is the master of quiet diplomacy, OReilly said. I think they are proud of that, the Omanis, they know thats their reputation. That has been tested in recent years, however. Oman maintains diplomatic ties to Yemens Houthi rebels, now being bombed in an intense airstrike campaign by the Trump administration. Omans ties to Iran, cemented when Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi sent troops in the 1970s to help put down the Dhofar Rebellion in the country, have been maintained since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. America has relied on Oman for years to negotiate with Iran, including secret talks under President Barack Obama that led to the 2015 nuclear deal Iran had with world powers.Certainly, I think they are, I think on the whole, very easy to deal with in a region where that is not the norm, OReilly said. The challenge aheadThis round of talks is unlike those that came before. The first challenge Oman faces is just how public they are. Muscat typically relies on discretion in how they handle diplomatic relations, a holdover from an earlier age of Gulf Arab rule. Their neighbors today in comparison go relatively public with their diplomacy like Qatars role in negotiations with Afghanistans Taliban, Saudi Arabia hosting the Russia-U.S. talks and the United Arab Emirates just mediating a Russia-U.S. prisoner swap. So far, Omans state-run media, which dominates the sultanate, has remained silent about Saturdays talks. Oman typically prefers not making too many headlines, Cafiero said. Oman prefers diplomacy thats not at the forefront of the news but is still effective. Then theres the expectations of the two sides. Irans Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi maintains the negotiations will begin as indirect talks, likely with Omani Foreign Minister Badr bin Hamad al-Busaidi passing messages between Tehran and U.S. Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff. Trump has maintained the talks will be direct. While not a major roadblock, it signals the challenge the negotiations face particularly after years of indirect talks during the Biden administration went nowhere. And while the U.S. side can offer sanctions relief for Irans beleaguered economy, it remains unclear just how much Iran will be willing to concede. Under the 2015 nuclear deal, Iran could only maintain a small stockpile of uranium enriched to 3.67%. Today, Tehrans stockpile could allow it to build multiple nuclear weapons if it so chooses and it has some material enriched up to 60%, a short, technical step away from weapons-grade levels. Judging from negotiations since Trump unilaterally withdrew America from the deal in 2018, Iran will likely ask to keep enriching uranium up to at least 20%. One thing it wont do is give up its program entirely. That makes the proposal of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of a so-called Libyan solution you go in, blow up the facilities, dismantle all the equipment, under American supervision, American execution unworkable. Iranians including Ayatollah Ali Khamenei have held up what ultimately happened to the late Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi, who was killed with his own gun by rebels in the countrys 2011 Arab Spring uprising, as a warning about what can happen when you trust the United States. Already, a top adviser for Khamenei, Ali Shamkhani, has warned what could happen if the U.S. continues to threaten Tehran, including Iran expelling inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency and ending cooperation with the U.N. watchdog. The transfer of enriched material to a secure location could also be considered, he added, opening the door again to Iran having secret, undeclared nuclear sites as it did when the crisis over its program began over 20 years ago. But Majid Takht-e Ravanch, a deputy Iranian foreign minister, offered a more positive note Friday. If the American side refrains from raising unrelated issues and demands and abandons threats and intimidation there is a good opportunity to reach an agreement, Takht-e Ravanch said, according to the state-run IRNA news agency. ___Associated Press writer Amir Vahdat in Tehran, Iran contributed to this report. ___The Associated Press receives support for nuclear security coverage from the Carnegie Corporation of New York and Outrider Foundation. The AP is solely responsible for all content.___Additional AP coverage of the nuclear landscape: https://apnews.com/projects/the-new-nuclear-landscape/ JON GAMBRELL Gambrell is the news director for the Gulf and Iran for The Associated Press. He has reported from each of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, Iran and other locations across the world since joining the AP in 2006. twitter instagram mailto

Jennifer Vasquez Sura, the wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia of Maryland, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, speaks during a news conference at CASA's Multicultural Center in Hyattsville, Md., Friday, April 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)2025-04-11T12:33:39Z GREENBELT, Md. (AP) A federal judge directed the Trump administration to take all available steps to facilitate the return of a Maryland man who was mistakenly sent to a notorious El Salvador prison and set a status conference in the case for Friday.U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis order comes after the U.S. Supreme Courtsaid Thursday that the Trump administration must work to bring back Kilmar Abrego Garcia, rejecting the administrations emergency appeal of her April 4 order for his return. The Salvadoran citizen had an immigration court order preventing his deportation to his native country over fears he would face persecution from local gangs.Acting on the heels of the Supreme Court ruling, Xinis directed the administration to file by Friday morning a declaration addressing Abrego Garcias location and custodial status and what steps the administration has taken and will take to facilitate his return. An in-person status conference was set for Friday afternoon. The Supreme Court has issued a string of rulings on its emergency docket, where the conservative majority has at least partially sided with Trump amid a wave of lower court orders slowing the presidents sweeping agenda. In Thursdays case, the court said Xinis order must be clarified to make sure it doesnt intrude into executive branch power over foreign affairs, since Abrego Garcia is being held abroad. The order properly requires the Government to facilitate Abrego Garcias release from custody in El Salvador and to ensure that his case is handled as it would have been had he not been improperly sent to El Salvador, the court said in an unsigned order with no noted dissents. The administration claims Abrego Garcia is a member of the MS-13 gang, though he has never been charged with or convicted of a crime. His attorneys said there is no evidence he was in MS-13. The administration has conceded that it made a mistake in sending him to El Salvador, but argued that it no longer could do anything about it. The courts liberal justices said the administration should have hastened to correct its egregious error and was plainly wrong to suggest it could not bring him home. Abrego Garcias wife, Jennifer Vasquez Sura, said the ordeal has been an emotional rollercoaster for their family and the entire community. I am anxiously waiting for Kilmar to be here in my arms, and in our home putting our children to bed, knowing this nightmare is almost at its end. I will continue fighting until my husband is home, she said. Xinis April 4 order said the governments decision to arrest Abrego Garcia and send him to El Salvador appeared to be wholly lawless.There is little to no evidence to support a vague, uncorroborated allegation that Abrego Garcia was once in the MS-13 street gang, the judge wrote.The 29-year-old was detained by immigration agents and deported last month. He had a permit from the Homeland Security Department to legally work in the U.S. and was a sheet metal apprentice pursuing a journeyman license, his attorney said. His wife is a U.S. citizen.

More and more each day, I'm feeling a bit younger.It could be the return of sunshine and warmer weather to Upstate New York. Or getting back into the groove of attending the fitness room in my building. And, as I approach 40, I'm amused when folks assume I'm in my late 20s or early 30s. There's a kick in my steps, perhaps from the daily intake of spironolactone or the weekly hormone shot.Still, there are moments I do feel quite like my age.There are days I wake up with back and neck pain despite pillows sprawled all over the bed. My midday lunches have turned into midday naps. And I am less excited about going out, cozying up on the couch to enjoy a movie or series after a long work week.Younger's Liza Miller: A Model for Queer JourneysI wrapped up the last season of Younger the previous weekend, having almost religiously watched all seven seasons. I've realized Darren Star's impact on many of the shows I've enjoyed, from Sex and the City to Cashmere Mafia and Emily in Paris. (Yes, Emily Cooper's antics are comforting to watch. No, I will not answer any more questions on the matter!) Once again, the genius of Darren Star taps into a charmingly escapist series. @netflix #Younger original sound - Netflix For those who haven't seen the show, now streaming on Netflix, Younger stars Liza Miller as a woman in her 40s, a recent divorcee whose desire to return to the publishing world falls short due to her age. To solve this, she masquerades as a vibrant 26-year-old to reboot her career and love life. However, the ending wasn't necessarily on a "happily ever after" tonewell, not overtly anywayit's a reminder that some happy endings are just another beginning. Sure, the scenario might be extreme, but the heart of her story of reinvention, rediscovery, and reclaiming joy feels deeply familiar to the trans experience.The trans experience often means our timelines don't match the neat, linear progression society expects. Speaking for myself (because the overall experience isn't a monolith), fear disrupted my adolescence. Adulthood has finally marked a blossoming authenticity rather than conventional milestones. And in this newfound bloom, it can sometimes feel like being a teenager all over again.Though, this time, with less acne and more money.What is Second Adolescence?In an article for Psychology Today, Adam James Cohen defines this as Second Adolescence. It's a life stage for LGBTQ+ adults navigating adulthood "after growing up in an anti-queer world." Second Adolescence involves addressing experiences our younger "closeted" selves may have missed. This experience can range from first dates and kisses to dressing and expressing our most authentic selves. This stage, according to Cohen, is about addressing our exposure to anti-queerness (and possibly other anti-isms that go against white heteronormativity, from anti-Blackness to anti-fatness), examining how these constructs may still have a grapple on us, and how we work to unlearn these previously held beliefs.Second Adolescence isn't just a playful catchphrase but a powerful act of self-love. It's an overdue opportunity to explore the textures of joy and the contours of desire without the looking shadow of shame or expectation. It's about taking in the first sweet thrill of truly seeing yourself in the mirror, discovering how your heart truly beats next to someone in a public space, and the joy of making new friends in queer spaces that affirm your existence.Dancing Through LifeI'll never forget the first night I stepped into a gay club in my mid-20s. The lights were pulsing, and the music was loud enough to drown out my internal thoughts. The shyness eventually gave way to the smiles, and a friend pulled me to dance (I'm almost sure it was the extended version of Beyonc's "Get Me Bodied"). By night's end, all the previously held beliefs were left on the dancefloor. It was electric! For the first time in years, perhaps ever, I felt young. Not in terms of age but in the buoyant, reckless, heart-racing way youth is supposed to feel. That night was magic.Several years later, at 31, I would experience this feeling once againthis time, in my third adolescence as a trans woman. But I've learned something essential over the years: Youth isn't tied to a number but weighted in personal growth.Next week will be nine years since I started my transition. At the start, I spent countless days wishing to fast-forward through the awkward phases. I spent many nights wishing I could skip directly to a future where I could confidently and safely be myself. But when that moment finally arrivedand only occurred within the past few monthsI realized how crucial and missed those earlier stages were. Making up for lost time in my second and third adolescence by living my high school dreams decades after graduating. Hanging out 'til late at night with my girlfriends, reliving the escapades from the night before over takeout (or coffee) and the first flushes of teenage romance years later than expected.Despite it all, it's still been fabulous. Celebrating Freedom Over Conformity Consider the lessons from Younger: Liza Miller's playful deception allows her to rediscover passions, reshape her career, and reconnect with her most genuine self. Her age may be a facade, but her joy and growth are real. And isn't that precisely what queer folks do when we step into our truths, even if society judges us for coloring outside the lines?Some critics outside (and occasionally within) our community may accuse us of refusing to "grow up," but they miss the beauty of our narrative. We're not rejecting adulthood but reshaping it. We're crafting a version of maturity that doesn't demand we abandon wonder or whimsy. After all, what's the point of surviving if we can't thrive on our terms?There's an inherent privilege baked into "traditional timelines" whereby society lays out expected milestones like they're as simple as ticking off a grocery list. Go to school, fall in love, get married, buy a house, raise a family, and somewhere between all that, magically find happiness. But for us, especially trans folks, those benchmarks don't align neatly with our experiences or desires. Our milestones might look more like the first pride parade attended openly or the first time someone respected our pronouns. The first time we felt comfortable being in a bar (be it queer or straight), or that euphoric first kiss with someone who sees us for who we truly are.Lessons from "Younger"After watching Younger unfold and witnessing Liza's awkward yet liberating adventures, I realized the power of her story isn't in how she pretends to be younger. It's how she courageously allows herself to rediscover joy. She gives herself permission to be messy, make mistakes, and fall madly, wonderfully, in love with her life again.And shouldn't we all have that?Relishing in our Second (or Third) Adolescence is about feeling empowered to keep dreaming, dancing, and rediscovering who we are. There will always be critics of our decision to refuse "growing up." But refusing to settle into someone else's idea of maturity isn't a refusal. It's freedom.It's embracing joy and loving ourselves fiercely and fully. Life is too short for conformity and far too precious to waste pretending. So, love, stay curious, and continue discovering yourself.Whatever age you may be.xx,Your Lovable Trans AuntieYour Lovable Trans Auntie is our go-to advice column for lifes biggest (and messiest) questionslove, work, identity, and everything in between. With a signature blend of warmth, wit, and just the right amount of sass, Auntie offers readers a uniquely trans perspective thats as affirming as it is entertaining. Whether dishing out heartfelt wisdom, practical advice, or a little tough love, Auntie is here to remind everyone that theyre never alone on this journey.Got a crush but dont know how to tell them youre trans? Wondering how to deal with that coworker who still forgets your pronouns? Trying to navigate family drama, dating dilemmas, or just figuring out who you are? Aunties got you. 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Esteban Gast performs during Stand Up For Climate, a comedy show at Flappers Comedy on Thursday, March 20, 2025, in Burbank, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)2025-04-11T13:41:30Z BURBANK, Calif. (AP) Esteban Gast remembered feeling ashamed in high school while calculating how much carbon dioxide, the main driver of climate change, his daily activities created, known as a carbon footprint. Have you ever driven a car or flown in an airplane? were among the long list of questions posed by the calculator. Gast, who said his Catholic guilt compelled him to keep adding activities to the calculator, thus raising his footprint, recently told the story during a show at Flappers Comedy Club in Burbank, Calif. Then he hit the crowd with a twist: It was the oil and gas giant BP that popularized the idea of tracking individual emissions to shift the responsibility for climate change from companies that produce oil, gas and coal to people. Thats like your friend who is addicted to cocaine telling you not to have a latte, he said. The audience roared with laughter. A light with the name Flappers Comedy is visible as Ashley Brooke Roberts performs during Stand Up For Climate on Thursday, March 20, 2025, in Burbank, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope) A light with the name Flappers Comedy is visible as Ashley Brooke Roberts performs during Stand Up For Climate on Thursday, March 20, 2025, in Burbank, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More Esteban Gast laughs during Stand Up For Climate, a comedy show at Flappers Comedy on Thursday, March 20, 2025, in Burbank, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope) Esteban Gast laughs during Stand Up For Climate, a comedy show at Flappers Comedy on Thursday, March 20, 2025, in Burbank, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More Gast continued: BP, famous for spilling oil into the Gulf of Mexico, was like, Hey, Esteban, do you ever drive? And Im like, I dont know, sometimes. And theyre just like pouring oil into a turtles mouth. Gast is among a growing group of comedians using humor to raise awareness of climate change. On the stage, online and in classrooms, they tell jokes to tackle topics such as a major U.S. climate law passed in 2022, called the Inflation Reduction Act, fossil fuel industries and convey information about the benefits of plant-based diets that emit less planet-warming emissions. They hope to educate people about the climate crisis, relieve anxiety with laughter and provide hope. And although the impacts of climate change are deadly and devastating, experts say using humor to talk climate is an important part of the larger ecosystem of how its communicated. Comedian Brad Einstein thinks of it this way: How do we look that horror in the eyes and let it look back at us and then give it a little wink? Raising awareness From left, Kaycee Conlee, Ashley Brooke Roberts and emcee Corinna Yee prepare before Stand Up For Climate, a comedy show at Flappers Comedy on Thursday, March 20, 2025, in Burbank, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope) From left, Kaycee Conlee, Ashley Brooke Roberts and emcee Corinna Yee prepare before Stand Up For Climate, a comedy show at Flappers Comedy on Thursday, March 20, 2025, in Burbank, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More In Rasheda Crocketts YouTube comedy series Might Could, the actor-comedian blends humor with information about climate change. In one video, she quips about the environmental benefits of plant-based diets while begging food scientists to make vegan cheese that actually melts. Im now requesting all vegans who care about the planet to make melting vegan cheese their number one priority, she quipped. Because thats whats going to make veganism more viable. Its the change we have to cheese.Her interest in writing climate humor is also deeply personal. As a Black woman, she knows that global warming disproportionately hurts Black and other non-white communities. Ashley Brooke Roberts performs during Stand Up For Climate, a comedy show at Flappers Comedy on Thursday, March 20, 2025, in Burbank, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope) Ashley Brooke Roberts performs during Stand Up For Climate, a comedy show at Flappers Comedy on Thursday, March 20, 2025, in Burbank, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More This is just another instance where people of color are going to be adversely impacted first by a disaster, said Crockett, a 2023 fellow in the Climate Comedy Cohort, a program Gast co-founded that brings together climate experts and comedians. The Earth is warming up like the inside of a Hot Pocket ... and I just want people to care.Surveys show that many people do. A 2023 poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that 64% of U.S. adults said theyd recently experienced extreme weather and believed it was caused at least partially by climate change. And about 65% said that climate change will have or already has had a big impact in their lifetime. Humor can bridge the gap between the technical world of climate science and policy and the average person, Gast said. And he thinks comedians are among the unlikely messengers who can do that. We need someone talking about science, and then we need someone who doesnt even mention science and just mentions a dope sunset for surfers, he said. Comedy as a salve Comedians have long used jokes to raise awareness of serious problems, and climate change is becoming no exception. There is a growing group of them using humor to tackle the tough topic and relieve anxiety with laughter. (AP video by Brittany Peterson) At the University of Colorado in Boulder, climate comedy is a longtime tradition. For the past 13 years, professors Beth Osnes-Stoedefalke and Maxwell Boykoff have taught a creative climate communication course on how information about climate issues and solutions can be conveyed creatively. Sometimes they work on their own sketch comedy or standup they later perform at the annual Stand Up for Climate Comedy. Its the kind of event the professors help encourage elsewhere, including the show Gast performed at. Several years ago, the professors decided to use their students and event attendees as case studies to learn about the effects of merging climate information with comedy. Among their findings were that climate comedy increased peoples awareness of and engagement with the issue and reduced their climate anxiety. Professor Beth Osnes-Stoedefalke speaks with students during a creative climate communication class Thursday, March 20, 2025, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/Brittany Peterson) Professor Beth Osnes-Stoedefalke speaks with students during a creative climate communication class Thursday, March 20, 2025, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/Brittany Peterson) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More Numerous other studies have also shown that humor reduces stress, depression and anxiety. One study from 2021 found that humor helped people remember political information and made it likelier theyd share it with others.You cant just stack up all the IPCC reports and hope that people get it, said Boykoff, an environmental studies professor, referencing the United Nations scientific papers on global climate impacts. You got to find these creative spaces.Theater professor Osnes-Stoedefalke said humor also has the power to exploit cracks in bad arguments and draw nuance from them. But perhaps more important, it can give people hope. Climate comedy helped give this feeling of constructive hope, she said, and without hope, action doesnt make sense. Making sense of the moment Audience members laugh during Stand Up For Climate, a comedy show at Flappers Comedy on Thursday, March 20, 2025, in Burbank, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope) Audience members laugh during Stand Up For Climate, a comedy show at Flappers Comedy on Thursday, March 20, 2025, in Burbank, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More Climate can also be used to reflect on the politics of anything given time. Bianca Calderon, a masters student in environmental policy and renewable energy, is taking the creative climate communications class, where shes writing a standup bit about grant proposals. In the piece, she realizes she needs to rewrite her grant summary to omit words like diversity, community and clean energy to comply with the Trump administrations directives. But theres a big problem: Shes seeking federal funding for research on engaging diverse communities and getting them into the clean energy job market. At the end of it, its like, Oh, I actually dont have any words to use because none of them are allowed, she said, adding that the piece is based on her actual experience applying for funding. Kaycee Conlee performs during Stand Up For Climate, a comedy show at Flappers Comedy on Thursday, March 20, 2025, in Burbank, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope) Kaycee Conlee performs during Stand Up For Climate, a comedy show at Flappers Comedy on Thursday, March 20, 2025, in Burbank, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More Einstein, the comedian and a two-time National Park Service artist-in-residence, is also using humor to talk about the administrations actions. Using a pine cone as a microphone, Einstein has been posting social media videos about the recent mass layoffs of park service employees. The online response is unlike anything hes ever received on the internet, he said. We need an informed citizenry that can can critique the messaging coming to them, said Osnes-Stoedefalke. And I think comedy can achieve that in a way that no others can, in a way that holds peoples attention.___The Associated Press receives support from the Walton Family Foundation for coverage of water and environmental policy. The AP is solely responsible for all content. For all of APs environmental coverage, visit apnews.com/hub/climate-and-environment. DORANY PINEDA Pineda writes about water, climate and the environment in Latino communities across the U.S. twitter

A crane vessel lifts the wreckage of a helicopter that crashed into the Hudson River, Thursday, April 10, 2025, in Jersey City, N.J. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)2025-04-11T13:30:09Z NEW YORK (AP) A family from Spain was about to celebrate the ninth birthday of one of their children when their sightseeing helicopter broke apart in midair and crashed into the Hudson River between New York City and New Jersey, killing all six people aboard in the latest U.S. aviation disaster, officials said Friday.Authorities including the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating Thursdays mid-afternoon crash. No new information on the possible cause was released Friday morning.The victims included Siemens executive Agustin Escobar, his wife, Merc Camprub Montal, a global manager at an energy technology company, and three children, in addition to the pilot, a person briefed on the investigation told The Associated Press. The person could not discuss details of the investigation publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity. The pilot also died. New York City Mayor Eric Adams said the children were 4, 8 and 10 years old, and the 8-year-olds birthday was Friday.So this is probably part of the normal tourist attraction of seeing the city from the skyline, Adams told Fox 5 New York. But its just a real unfortunate situation. And our heart goes out to the family members. Escobar was in the New York area on business and his family flew in to to extend the trip a few days, said Steven Fulop, mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey, in a post on the social platform X. He said a relative was expected to arrive Friday and officials were working with the medical examiner to release the bodies for transport back to Spain. Fulop also said dive teams were expected to return to the river Friday to continue the search for major parts of the helicopter.Photos posted on the helicopter companys website showed the couple and their children smiling as they boarded just before the flight took off.The flight departed a downtown heliport around 3 p.m. and lasted less than 18 minutes. Radar data shows it flew north along the Manhattan skyline and then back south toward the Statue of Liberty.Video of the crash showed parts of the aircraft tumbling through the air into the water near the shoreline of Jersey City, New Jersey. Witnesses describe the helicopters plunge into the HudsonA witness there, Bruce Wall, said he saw it falling apart in midair, with the tail and main rotor coming off. The main rotor was still spinning without the helicopter as it fell.Dani Horbiak was at her Jersey City home when she heard what sounded like several gunshots in a row, almost, in the air. She looked out her window and saw the chopper splash in several pieces into the river.The helicopter was spinning uncontrollably with a bunch of smoke coming out before it slammed into the water, said Lesly Camacho, a hostess at a restaurant along the river in Hoboken, New Jersey.Rescue boats circled the submerged aircraft within minutes of impact near the end of a long maintenance pier for a ventilation tower serving the Holland Tunnel. Recovery crews hoisted the mangled helicopter out of the water just after 8 p.m. using a floating crane. The bodies were also recovered from the river, Mayor Adams said.The flight was operated by New York Helicopter, officials said. No one answered the phones at the companys offices in New York and New Jersey.A person who answered the phone at the home of the companys owner, Michael Roth, said he declined to comment. Roth told the New York Post he was devastated and had no clue why the crash happened.The only thing I know by watching a video of the helicopter falling down, that the main rotor blades werent on the helicopter, the Post quoted him as saying. He added that he had not seen such a thing happen during his 30 years in the helicopter business, but noted: These are machines, and they break.Emails seeking comment were sent to attorneys who have represented Roth in the past.The Federal Aviation Administration identified the helicopter as a Bell 206, a model widely used in commercial and government aviation, including by sightseeing companies, TV news stations and police. It was initially developed for the U.S. Army before being adapted for other uses. Thousands have been manufactured over the years. Tragedy strikes a family from SpainEscobar worked for the tech company Siemens for more than 27 years, most recently as global CEO for rail infrastructure at Siemens Mobility, according to his LinkedIn account. In late 2022, he briefly became president and CEO of Siemens Spain. In a post about the position, he thanked his family: my endless source of energy and happiness, for their unconditional support, love ... and patience.Escobar regularly posted about the importance of sustainability in the rail industry and often traveled internationally for work, including journeying to India and the United Kingdom in the past month. He also was vice president of the German Chamber of Commerce for Spain since 2023.We are deeply saddened by the tragic helicopter crash in which Agustin Escobar and his family lost their lives. Our heartfelt condolences go out to all their loved ones, Siemens said in a statement early Friday.Camprub Montal worked in Barcelona, Spain, for energy technology company Siemens Energy for about seven years, including as its global commercialization manager and as a digitalization manager, according to her LinkedIn account.Spanish regional government officials said the family resided in Barcelona.(I am) dismayed by the tragic helicopter accident in the Hudson River in New York which cost the lives of six people, five of which were members of a Barcelona family, Catalan regional president Salvador Illa wrote on X.What may have caused the crash?Video of the crash suggest a catastrophic mechanical failure left the pilot with no chance to save the helicopter, said Justin Green, an aviation lawyer who was a helicopter pilot in the Marine Corps. It is possible the helicopters main rotors struck the tail boom, breaking it apart and causing the cabin to free fall, Green said.They were dead as soon as whatever happened happened, Green said. Theres no indication they had any control over the craft. No pilot could have prevented that accident once they lost the lifts. Its like a rock falling to the ground. Its heartbreaking.The skies over Manhattan are routinely filled with planes and helicopters, both private recreational aircraft and commercial and tourist flights. Manhattan has several helipads from which business executives and others are whisked to destinations throughout the metropolitan area.At least 38 people have died in helicopter accidents in New York City since 1977. A collision between a plane and a tourist helicopter over the Hudson in 2009 killed nine people, and five died in 2018 when a charter helicopter offering open door flights went down into the East River.New York Helicopter also owned a Bell 206 that lost power and made an emergency landing on the Hudson during a sightseeing tour in June 2013. The pilot managed to land safely and he and the passengers a family of four Swedes were uninjured. The National Transportation Safety Board found that a maintenance flub and an engine lubrication anomaly led to the power cutoff.Thursdays crash was the first for a helicopter in the city since one hit the roof of a skyscraper in 2019, killing the pilot.The accidents and the noise caused by helicopters have repeatedly led some community activists and officials to propose banning or restricting traffic at Manhattan heliports.Other recent crashes and close calls have already left some people worried about the safety of flying in the U.S. Seven people were killed when a medical transport plane plummeted into a Philadelphia neighborhood in January. That happened two days after an American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter collided in midair in Washington in the deadliest U.S. air disaster in a generation.___Associated Press writers Mike Balsamo and Philip Marcelo in New York; Hallie Golden in Seattle; Joseph Wilson in Barcelona, Spain; and Dave Collins in Hartford, Connecticut; contributed to this report. MICHAEL R. SISAK Sisak is an Associated Press reporter covering law enforcement and courts in New York City, including former President Donald Trumps criminal and civil cases and problems plaguing the federal prison system. twitter mailto TED SHAFFREY Video Journalist Ted Shaffrey covers top daily stories. mailto

The Outlook is our weekly roundup of political issues that affect the LGBTQ+ community.PEN America has filed a friend of the court brief urging the Supreme Court to reject a lawsuit by six Maryland parents seeking to opt their children out of lessons featuring LGBTQ+ themes. The organization argues the case threatens free speech, inclusive education and students access to diverse stories.WorldPride organizers are considering advising international transgender attendees to reconsider attending the Washington D.C., event.California Gov. Gavin Newsom earned the lowest Equality California legislative score of any Democratic governor in the state since the organizations scoring began. Newsoms score has dropped 23 points since 2022.Texas state Rep. Venton Jones sponsored HIV prevention bill HB 50 passes initial committee by unanimous vote. The bill now heads to Calendars Committee and then on to the House.Ohios state budget, now headed to the Senate, includes language that would legally define sex as unchangeable and binaryeffectively erasing trans identity.It would also ban menstrual products from mens restrooms in public buildings, put restrictions on books in local libraries and ban Medicaid funds being used for gender affirming care. The post The OutLook: LGBTQ+ politics & policy: April 11, 2025 appeared first on News Is Out.

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This combination of two booking photos provided by the California Department of Corrections shows Erik Menendez, left, and Lyle Menendez. (California Department of Corrections via AP, File)2025-04-11T04:23:15Z LOS ANGELES (AP) A judge is set to decide Friday whether to proceed with resentencing hearings for Erik and Lyle Menendez, who were convicted of murdering their parents, in light of Los Angeles new district attorney opposing their release after 30 years behind bars.The brothers were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole at ages 18 and 21 after being convicted of murdering their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez, in their Beverly Hills home in 1989. While the defense argued they acted out of self-defense after years of sexual abuse by their father, prosecutors said the brothers killed their parents for a multimillion-dollar inheritance.Los Angeles Countys previous progressive district attorney, George Gascn, sought resentencing for the brothers before he lost reelection to tough-on-crime candidate Nathan Hochman in November. Gascn had asked a judge to change the brothers sentence to 50 years to life, which would make them immediately eligible for release under California law because they committed the crime when they were younger than 26. But last month, Hochman submitted a motion to withdraw that request, saying he did not support the brothers resentencing because they had not admitted to lies they told as the case unfolded about why they killed their parents and did not fully recognize, acknowledge, and accept complete responsibility for their crime. On Friday, the court will decide whether to allow prosecutors to withdraw their resentencing motion. If that request is granted, the judge also will decide whether to proceed independently with the brothers resentencing hearings, which are tentatively scheduled for April 17 and 18. The district attorneys opposition poses a major hurdle for the brothers, whose path to resentencing was all but certain with Gascns support. The familys relationship with Hochman also has soured. Most of the brothers extended family supports their resentencing. Milton Andersen, Kitty Menendezs brother and the sole relative who opposed their release, died last month. Tamara Goodall, a cousin of the brothers, submitted a complaint with the state asking that Hochman be removed from the case, citing his bias against the brothers and alleging he violated a law meant to protect victims rights.Hochman had a hostile, dismissive and patronizing tone in meetings with the family and created an intimidating and bullying atmosphere, Goodall wrote.In their response to the district attorneys motion to withdraw the resentencing request, attorneys for the Menendez brothers questioned whether Hochman had legitimate reasons for doing so or was influenced by a change of political winds. The attorneys pointed out that Hochman demoted Nancy Theberge and Brock Lunsford, the two deputy district attorneys who filed the original resentencing motion. Theberge and Lunsford have since filed lawsuits against Hochman alleging harassment, discrimination and retaliation for their work on the Menendez brothers case. The law requires fairness, not personal vendettas, Anamaria Baralt, a cousin of the brothers, said in a statement. Erik and Lyle have not only taken responsibility, theyve become the kind of men this system is supposed to help create. If rehabilitation doesnt matter here, when does it?Hochmans office denied any political influence on their decision-making in their reply and doubled down on the position that Erik and Lyle Menendez fabricated their self-defense claim in the murders of their parents and had not achieved full rehabilitation.Without resentencing, the brothers would still have two other pathways to freedom. They have submitted a clemency plea to California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has ordered the state parole board to investigate whether the brothers would pose a risk to the public if they are released. The parole board is scheduled to hold its final hearings June 13.The brothers also submitted a petition for habeas corpus in May 2023 asking the court to grant them a new trial in light of new evidence presented. Hochmans office also filed a motion opposing the petition.

Justin Rose hits his tee shot on the first hole during the second round at the Masters golf tournament, Friday, April 11, 2025, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)2025-04-11T14:06:08Z AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) Justin Rose broke a Masters record he previously shared with Jack Nicklaus, which would suggest hes in the best company at Augusta National.Rose began the Masters with a 7-under 65 to build a three-shot lead, the fifth time he has had at least a share of the lead after one round. Nicklaus did that four times.Nicklaus has six Masters green jackets. Rose has none.I feel like Ive played well enough to win this tournament, Rose said. I just feel like I dont have the jacket to prove it.That was key to the second round Friday, when some overnight rain slightly softened the course and Rose set out for a morning round with minimal wind. This was an opportunity to build even more separation, similar to what Jordan Spieth did in 2015 when he followed a three-shot lead with a Friday morning tee time.Rose started well enough with a birdie on the par-5 second hole to reach 8 under. Rory McIlroy also played in the morning and tried to shake off his sloppy finish of two double bogeys over the final four holes that left him at a pedestrian 72 and a lot of ground to make up. The previous four times Rose was atop the leaderboard going into Friday, he broke par only once. That was in 2004, when he started 67-71. And then he shot 81 on Saturday. Scottie Scheffler, the defending champion and No. 1 player in the world, opened with a 68 with very little stress. He played in the afternoon. Starting well is key to the Masters. Only twice in the last 20 years has the eventual champion been outside the top 10 after the first round. The last player was Tiger Woods (tie for 11th) in 2019. Before that it was Woods, who was tied for 33rd in 2005.Also in play Friday was the 36-hole cut of top 50 and ties. Jon Rahm was among those on the outside when the round began.And then there was Bernhard Langer, a two-time Masters champion who at 67 is competing at Augusta National for the last time. He was just inside the top 50 and would love nothing more than to finish his Masters career on Sunday instead of Friday.___AP Masters coverage: https://apnews.com/hub/the-masters DOUG FERGUSON Doug Ferguson has been the APs golf writer since 1998. He is a recipient of the PGA Lifetime Achievement in Journalism award. twitter mailto RSShttps://feedx.net https://feedx.site

This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss the economy and the state of 404 Media, the need for robot umpires, and bringing on a new regular contributor to the site.EMANUEL: Something that I couldnt help but think about a lot this week was how easily one of the worst parts of working at a big company like VICE was the regular layoffs. Its been on my mind because a cruel aspect of the job was that whenever there was some kind of cataclysmic event in the economyCOVID, Russias invasion of Ukraine, etcwe had the unique pleasure of having to closely follow and cover news that could and often would ultimately result in members of our teams getting laid off.We worked hard and did our jobs as best we could but we could also feel the axe about to fall, usually in the form of an email from upper management about economic headwinds or something like that, followed by a brutal day of slowly finding out who still had a job. Donald Trumps tariffs and their manic fluctuating between total global trade war to more limited but still devastating focus on China, stocks taking a nosedive, companies announcing theyre going to stop doing some business in the US, and CEOs putting everything on hold until were out of this zone of economic uncertainty, put out strong headwinds vibes this week.

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This photo provided by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows the state's death chamber in Columbia, S.C., including the electric chair, right, and a firing squad chair, left. The South Carolina Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024, on whether the state can use the electric chair, firing squad or a new lethal injection protocol to carry out its first executions in nearly 13 years. (South Carolina Department of Corrections via AP, File)2025-04-11T04:18:13Z COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) Long a method of execution associated with political terror or military justice, a firing squad is set to kill a South Carolina inmate on Friday, the second time the state will have carried out that method in the past five weeks.Mikal Mahdi was sentenced to die 20 years ago for the ambush killing of an off-duty police officer. He will be the fifth inmate executed by South Carolina in less than eight months as the state makes its way through prisoners who ran out of appeals during an unintended 13-year pause on the death penalty.Mahdi, 42, chose to die by three bullets to the heart instead of lethal injection or the electric chair. On March 7, Brad Sigmon was executed in the first U.S. firing squad death in 15 years and only the fourth since 1976. The others all occurred in Utah.The firing squad is an execution method with a long and violent history around the world. Death in a hail of bullets has been used to punish mutinies and desertion in armies, as frontier justice in Americas Old West and as a tool of terror and political repression in the former Soviet Union and Nazi Germany. But South Carolina lawmakers saw it as the quickest and most humane way to kill an inmate, especially with the uncertainty in obtaining lethal injection drugs. Mahdi will be the 12th execution in the U.S. this year. Twenty-five prisoners in nine states were killed in all of 2024. Alabama and Louisiana have killed inmates by nitrogen gas. Florida, Oklahoma, Arizona and Texas have executed men by lethal injection, while South Carolina has used both the firing squad and lethal injection. How the execution will unfoldAt 6 p.m. Friday, the curtain will open in the death chamber at a Columbia prison with fewer than a dozen witnesses sitting behind bulletproof glass.Mahdi will be strapped into a chair. A white square with a red bulls-eye will be over his heart, placed by a doctor with a stethoscope. His lawyer can read Mahdis final statement if he has one. A prison employee will then place a hood over Mahdis head, walk across the small room and pull open a black shade where the prison employees who volunteered for the firing squad will be stationed. Without an audible or visual warning to witnesses, the shooters will fire high-powered rifles at Mahdi from 15 feet (4.6 meters) away, about the distance from a basketball backboard to the free-throw line. They all will have live bullets that shatter and splinter when they hit something firm, like a rib cage.A doctor will then come out within a minute or two, examine Mahdi and declare him dead.The crimeMahdi admitted he killed Orangeburg Public Safety officer James Myers in 2004, shooting him at least eight times before burning his body. Myers wife found him in the couples Calhoun County shed, which had been the backdrop to their wedding 15 months earlier.Myers shed was a short distance through the woods from a gas station where Mahdi tried but failed to buy gas with a stolen credit card and left behind a vehicle he had carjacked in Columbia. Mahdi was arrested in Florida while driving Myers unmarked police pickup truck.Mahdi also admitted to the killing three days earlier of Christopher Boggs, a Winston-Salem, North Carolina, convenience store clerk who was shot twice in the head as he checked Mahdis ID. Mahdi was sentenced to life in prison for that killing. Final appealMahdis final appeal was rejected this week by both the U.S. and South Carolina Supreme Courts. His lawyers said Mahdis original attorneys put on a shallow case trying to spare his life that didnt call on relatives, teachers or others who knew him and ignored the impact of months spent in solitary confinement in prison as a teen.The defenses case to spare Mahdis life before a judge lasted only about 30 minutes. It didnt even span the length of a Law & Order episode, and was just as superficial, Mahdis lawyers wrote.Mahdis earliest memory was his father slamming his mother through a glass table and later lying to his son and saying his mother was dead. Mahdis father pulled him out of school in fifth grade when officials suggested he needed behavioral help, defense lawyers said. Prosecutors said Mahdi constantly uses brutality to solve his problems. As a death row prisoner, he stabbed a guard and hit another worker with a concrete block. Mahdi was caught three times with tools he could have used to escape, including a piece of sharpened metal that could be used as a knife, according to prison records.The nature of the man is violence, prosecutors wrote.Busy death chamberMahdis death is the end of a busy time in South Carolinas death chamber. He will be the fifth inmate killed since September after the state had not had any executions since 2011. No other inmates are out of appeals but several are close.The state was able to restart executions after lawmakers allowed the firing squad and passed a bill allowing suppliers of the pentobarbital to remain secret, along with the exact procedures used to kill inmates and the names of prison employees on execution teams, including the firing squad shooters. Along with Sigmons firing squad death last month, three other South Carolina prisoners have been executed via lethal injection since September.South Carolina now has 28 inmates on its death row. Just one man has been sentenced to death in the past decade. JEFFREY COLLINS Collins covers South Carolina from Columbia for The Associated Press. He has been with the AP since 2000. twitter mailto

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View of the school 'Jesuitas de Sarri San Ignacio' in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, April 11, 2025. (AP Photo)2025-04-11T16:29:13Z BARCELONA, Spain (AP) Condolences poured in Friday for the Barcelona family that perished in a helicopter accident an ocean away, from Spains prime minister to the company where the parents worked and the school where their children studied.The family of five had meant to celebrate one of their childrens birthdays in the United States. Instead, a private helicopter tour of New York city turned tragic when the aircraft broke apart and plunged into the Hudson River. The pilot also died, bringing the death toll to six.The victims were Agustn Escobar and his wife Merc Camprub Montal, both executives at units of energy technology company Siemens, as well as their three children, and the pilot. Unimaginable, was how Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Snchez described the tragedy.The news that has reached us about a helicopter accident in the Hudson River is devastating, Snchez said on X while on a state visit to China. Five members of a Spanish family, including three children, have lost their lives. It is an unimaginable tragedy. I feel for the loss of their loved ones. Classmates shockedStudents at the Jesuits of Sant Ignasi school in Barcelonas upscale Sarria neighborhood wept and embraced their parents Friday afternoon, after having learned of the deaths of their friends and classmates, as seen by an Associated Press reporter.A father at the schools entrance said his son had been friends with one of children who perished, and is completely devastated. The man declined to be named.The school published a statement on Instagram saying it was devastated by the death of a family of our community. It declined to comment when contacted by the AP. My endless source of energy and happinessEscobar was originally from Puertollano, a small city in central Spains Castilla La Mancha region.I want to express my sorrow for the traffic helicopter accident in New York that claimed the lives of Agustn Escobar and his family, regional president Emiliano Garca-Page wrote on X. In 2023 we named him a Favorite Son of Castilla La Mancha.Escobar worked for the tech company Siemens for more than 27 years, most recently as global CEO for rail infrastructure at Siemens Mobility, according to his LinkedIn account. In late 2022, he briefly became president and CEO of Siemens Spain.He regularly posted about the importance of sustainability in the rail industry and often traveled internationally for work, including journeying to India and the United Kingdom in the past month. He also was vice president of the German Chamber of Commerce for Spain since 2023.In a LinkedIn post in 2022, he thanked his family, my endless source of energy and happiness, for their unconditional support, love ... and patience. Soccer club connectionHis wife, Camprub Montal, hailed from northeast Catalonia, where Barcelona is located. She had worked for Siemens Energy for about seven years, including as its global commercialization manager and as a digitalization manager, according to her LinkedIn account.She was also closely tied to the history of the famous Barcelona soccer club. Her grandfather, Agust Montal i Costa, was president of the club from 1969 to 1977, and her great-grandfather Agust Montal i Galobart, presided the club from 1946-1952.The club has so far not commented on her death.We are deeply saddened by the tragic helicopter crash in which Agustin Escobar and his family lost their lives. Our heartfelt condolences go out to all their loved ones, Siemens said in a statement Friday.Doomed FlightEscobar had traveled to the New York area on business and his family flew in to extend the trip a few days, said Steven Fulop, mayor of Jersey City. Photos posted by the tour company on its website show the family smiling in the helicopter before takeoff.New York City Mayor Eric Adams said the children were 4, 8 and 10 years old, and that the middle childs birthday was Friday.Jersey Citys Mayor Fulop said a relative was expected to arrive Friday and officials were working with the medical examiner to release the bodies for transport back to Spain.___AP photojournalist Emilio Morenatti contributed.

FILKE - Pig kidney transplant recipient Towana Looney sits with transplant surgeon Dr. Jayme Locke on Dec. 10, 2024, at NYU Langone Health in New York. (AP Photo/Shelby Lum, File)2025-04-11T16:35:31Z WASHINGTON (AP) An Alabama woman who lived with a pig kidney for a record 130 days had the organ removed after her body began rejecting it and is back on dialysis, doctors announced Friday a disappointment in the ongoing quest for animal-to-human transplants.Towana Looney is recovering well from the April 4 removal surgery at NYU Langone Health and has returned home to Gadsden, Alabama. In a statement, she thanked her doctors for the opportunity to be part of this incredible research.Though the outcome is not what anyone wanted, I know a lot was learned from my 130 days with a pig kidney and that this can help and inspire many others in their journey to overcoming kidney disease, Looney added.Scientists are genetically altering pigs so their organs are more humanlike to address a severe shortage of transplantable human organs. More than 100,000 people are on the U.S. transplant list, most who need a kidney, and thousands die waiting. Before Looneys transplant only four other Americans had received experimental xenotransplants of gene-edited pig organs two hearts and two kidneys that lasted no longer than two months. Those recipients, who were severely ill before the surgery, died. Now researchers are attempting these transplants in slightly less sick patients, like Looney. A New Hampshire man who received a pig kidney in January is faring well and a rigorous study of pig kidney transplants is set to begin this summer. Chinese researchers also recently announced a successful kidney xenotransplant. Looney had been on dialysis since 2016 and didnt qualify for a regular transplant her body was abnormally primed to reject a human kidney. So she sought out a pig kidney and it functioned well she called herself superwoman and lived longer than anyone with a gene-edited pig organ before, from her Nov. 25 transplant until early April when her body began rejecting it. NYU xenotransplant pioneer Dr. Robert Montgomery, Looneys surgeon, said what triggered that rejection is being investigated. But he said Looney and her doctors agreed it would be less risky to remove the pig kidney than to try saving it with higher, riskier doses of anti-rejection drugs.We did the safe thing, Montgomery told The Associated Press. Shes no worse off than she was before (the xenotransplant) and she would tell you shes better off because she had this 4 month break from dialysis.Shortly before the rejection began, Looney had suffered an infection related to her prior time on dialysis and her immune-suppressing anti-rejection drugs were slightly lowered, Montgomery said. At the same time, her immune system was reactivating after the transplant. Those factors may have combined to damage the new kidney, he said.Rejection is a common threat after transplants of human organs, too, and sometimes cost patients their new organ. Doctors face a balancing act in tamping down patients immune systems just enough to preserve the new organ while allowing them to fight infection. Its an even bigger challenge with xenotransplantation. While these pig organs have been altered to help prevent immediate rejection, patients still require immune-suppressing drugs. Which drugs are best to prevent different, later forms of rejection isnt clear, said Dr. Tatsuo Kawai of Massachusetts General Hospital, another xenotransplant pioneer. Different research groups are using different combinations, he said.When we have more experience, well know what kind of immunosuppression is really necessary for xenotransplant, Kawai saidMontgomery said Looneys experience offers valuable lessons for the upcoming clinical trial.Making xenotransplant ultimately work is going to be won with singles and doubles, not swinging for the fence every time we do one of these, he said.___The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institutes Science and Educational Media Group and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The AP is solely responsible for all content. RSShttps://feedx.net https://feedx.site

Every week, The GLAAD Wrap brings you LGBTQ-related entertainment news highlights, fresh stuff to watch out for, and fun diversions to help you kick off the weekend. 1.) Group Therapy is now available on Prime Video! This unique doc features out comedians Neil Patrick Harris, Tig Notaro, and Nicole Byer, offering an intimate exploration of [...]The post The GLAAD Wrap: Group Therapy Streaming, Trailers for Ponyboi and Next Gen NYC, New Music by Trixie Mattel, VINCINT, Sam Williams and More! first appeared on GLAAD.

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The sun rises above the Lincoln Memorial with the Washington Monument and the U.S. Capitol in the background, March 13, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)2025-04-11T16:53:37Z WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trump on Friday urged Congress to push hard for more Daylight at the end of a day in his latest dig at the semiannual changing of clocks. Trump, in a post on his Truth Social media network, said it would be Very popular and, most importantly, no more changing of the clocks, a big inconvenience and, for our government, A VERY COSTLY EVENT!!!The Republican presidents position calling for more daylight would push the schedule forward, keeping the country on daylight saving time. His post came a day after a Senate panel heard testimony examining whether to set one time all year instead of shifting. There has been growing interest in states to standardize daylight saving time in recent years. But daylight saving time, when clocks are set from spring to fall one hour ahead of standard time, is still recognized in most parts of the country. It was first adopted as a wartime measure in 1942. Trump last year called for the Republican Party to eliminate daylight saving time, saying it was inconvenient, and very costly to our Nation.But he backed off that call last month, with another post on social media calling it a 50-50 issue. The president said some people would like more light later in the day but some want more light early so they dont have to take their kids to school in the dark. When somethings a 50-50 issue, its hard to get excited about it, he said.The Senate in 2022 unanimously approved a measure that would make daylight saving time permanent across the United States, but it did not advance. MICHELLE L. PRICE Price covers the White House. She previously covered the 2024 presidential campaign and politics, government and other news in New York, Nevada, Utah and Arizona. She is based in Washington. twitter mailto RSShttps://feedx.net https://feedx.site

Emergency crew inspect the site of a small plane crash Friday, April 11, 2025 in Boca Raton, Fla. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)2025-04-11T15:09:49Z BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) Three people were killed and one was injured when a small plane crashed Friday morning in South Florida near a major interstate highway and pushed a car onto railroad tracks, officials said.Boca Raton Fire Rescue assistant chief Michael LaSalle said the plane crash that killed all three people on board emitted a fireball when it hit the ground, injuring a person in a nearby car. LaSalle said several roads near the Boca Raton Airport will remain closed near Interstate 95.The Federal Aviation Administration identified the plane as a Cessna 310 with three people on board. It went down about 10:20 a.m. after departing from Boca Raton Airport bound for Tallahassee, the FAA said in an email.Fire officials told the South Florida Sun Sentinel that the aircraft appeared to have pushed a car onto the railroad tracks, leading to the tracks closure. Josh Orsino, 31, said he was stopped at a red light at a nearby overpass when he heard a loud explosion and saw a huge fireball come toward him.Were just sitting there, and I see the palm trees start catching on fire, Orsino said. I thought it was an oil rig or a car crash type thing. Orsino said everyone was honking and trying to get off the overpass, not sure if it was going to collapse.So I didnt know if the fire was going to come towards the vehicles, I mean, my first instinct was like, I got to get off this bridge. Im getting out of here, Orsino said. Miguel Coka, 51, who works near the Boca Raton airport, said he is used to seeing planes flying low as they prepare to land. But this time, he and his colleagues noticed something was off.There was a rumble and everyone in the building felt it, he said when the plane crashed. We are all shocked.He captured the smoke and flames from the crash from his office balcony on video.Boca Raton Mayor Scott Singer said the investigation was just beginning. We are deeply saddened to confirm that a plane crash occurred earlier today within our community. At this time, details are still emerging, and we are working closely with emergency responders and authorities, Singer said in a statement. Our thoughts are with all those affected by this tragic event. We ask for patience and respect for the families involved as investigations continue.The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating, with the NTSB leading the probe.The small plane crash in South Florida comes a day after a New York City sightseeing helicopter broke apart in midair and crashed upside-down into the Hudson River, killing the pilot and a family of five Spanish tourists.___Associated Press producer Beatrice Dupuy contributed to this report from New York. STEPHANY MATAT Matat is an Associated Press general assignment reporter with a focus on politics and South Florida issues. twitter instagram mailto

In the days following Mickey Rourke putting his homophobia on full display on the set of Celebrity Big Brother, pansexual actress Bella Thorne is slamming him for inappropriate behavior on set.The 27-year-old Girl star alleged that she had bruises on my pelvic bone after filming a scene with Rourke on the set of a movie the two stars made together.Thorne took to social media on Friday to claim that filming the 2020 thriller Girl was one of the worst experiences of may life because of the way Rourke treated her. This fucking dude. GROSS. I had to work with this man - In a scene where I'm on my knees with my hands zip tied around my back, she began in a social media post laying out her allegations against the 72-year-old The Wrestler star. The text of her claims was overlaid over the top of a screenshot of an article about Rourke with the headline, Rourke warned over homophobic remarks to Siwa in Big Brother. (@) The article is referring to the controversy surrounding Rourke after he used a homophobic slur and told lesbian pop star Jojo Siwa that if he stays in the Celebrity Big Brother house longer than four days, you wont be gay anymore, The Cut reports.Thorne continued by recounting a harrowing experience she alleges she had with Rourke. He's supposed to take a metal grinder to my knee cap and instead he used it on my genitals thru my jeans. Hitting them over and over again. I had bruises on my pelvic bone - Working with Mickey was one of the all time worst experiences of my life working as an actress.The actress made two other posts on X (formerly Twitter) on Friday, where she claimed that she has so many gross stories he made me go thru on the set of Girl. She said he tried to humiliate her on set in front of the entire crew and refused to speak to the director of producers, so she had to be the go-between despite being uncomfortable with being alone with him in his trailer. I didnt wanna do it. I was uncomfortable, but I did what I was asked to do and what was best for the movie. Mickey shouldve never put anybody in that movie in any of those positions that he did, she wrote. (@) She followed that post up with a third one five hours later, Also side note: like fuck Mickey - how he acted doesnt negate the incredible hard work that everybody else put into that movie. Everyone worked HARD literal blood, sweat, and tears to make that vision and Im really proud of everyone and the work that was done on that movie." (@) In the wake of the homophobia scandal, Rourke told The Sun that his career is in the toilet because of his short fuse and that there is no one to blame for my ship sinking except myself. He also explained that he only agreed to join the cast of Celebrity Big Brother because it was between this or a really bad independent movie, and I've had it up to here with really bad independent movies.Rourke also tried to curry sympathy after facing calls to be fired when he opened up about the abuse he suffered in childhood, which has led to chronic insomnia, on Thursdays episode of the reality TV show. According to The Daily Mail, when Siwa asked Rourke what keeps him from sleeping, he said, Fear. It's like my childhood is something else, but fear of not being able to fix anything before I go"Thorne and Rourke did not immediately respond to a request for comment from PRIDE.

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The relatives of Venezuelan migrants in the U.S. who were flown to a prison in El Salvador by the U.S. government who alleged they were members of the Tren de Aragua gang, protest outside of the United Nations building in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)2025-04-11T17:33:11Z President Donald Trumps immigration agenda is playing out in numerous ways Friday, from hearings in key cases on the governments power to deport people to the start of a registry required for all those who are in the country illegally. And on Thursday, immigration developments came on multiple fronts as federal officials work on the presidents promise to carry out mass deportations and double down on his authority to do so. The Supreme Court ruled in the case of a mistakenly deported man, and the administrations classification of thousands of living immigrants as dead came to light.Here is a breakdown of some of what has happened so far and what is ahead on the immigration front. The Supreme Court says officials must work to bring back a mistakenly deported manThe Supreme Court on Thursday said the Trump administration must work to bring back a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to a prison in El Salvador.Kilmar Abrego Garcia is a Salvadoran citizen who had an immigration court order preventing his deportation to his native country over fears he would face persecution from local gangs. But Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported him anyway to El Salvador, where hes been held in a notorious prison. U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis had ordered Abrego Garcia returned to the U.S. by midnight Monday. The Supreme Court order requires the government to facilitate his release from custody.The two sides are expected back in a Maryland court Friday, although the Trump administration had asked for a delay until Monday. Abrego Garcias lawyers called that request another stunning display of arrogance and cruelty. Next steps for Columbia student arrested over Gaza protestsOn Friday, Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil is expected in immigration court in central Louisiana, where an immigration judge will hear arguments on whether the administration can continue detaining him during his immigration proceedings or whether he should be released as they play out.Khalil is a 30-year-old Palestinian by ethnicity who was born in Syria. He was arrested March 8 in New York and taken to Louisiana. He is a legal permanent U.S. resident who served as spokesperson for campus activists last year during large demonstrations against Israels treatment of Palestinians and the war in Gaza. He finished his coursework for his graduate degree in international affairs last semester.At the time of Khalils arrest, a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson accused Khalil of leading activities aligned to Hamas, referring to the militant group that attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.Since then, the government hasnt produced evidence linking Khalil to Hamas.In a recent filing, the government instead submitted a memo citing the Trump administrations authority to expel noncitizens whose presence in the country damages U.S. foreign policy interests.The two-page memo, signed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and obtained by The Associated Press, does not allege any criminal conduct by Khalil. Rather, Rubio wrote Khalil could be expelled for his beliefs.Rubio said Khalils activities were otherwise lawful. But the secretary wrote that letting him remain in the country would undermine U.S. policy to combat anti-Semitism.Khalil has adamantly rejected allegations of antisemitism, accusing the Trump administration of targeting me as part of a broader strategy to suppress dissent in a letter sent from jail. Temporary reprieve for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans?A federal judge said Thursday that she will prevent the Trump administration from ordering hundreds of thousands of Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans with temporary legal status to leave the country later this month.The ruling is significant for the more than 500,000 people who came to the country under the Biden-era program. They were facing an April 24 deadline by which their work permits would be terminated and they could be subject to deportation. The program was launched as the Biden administration was generally trying to alleviate pressure on the southern border by creating new pathways for people to come to the U.S. and work, usually for two years on humanitarian parole. The reprieve may be temporary, as the government is likely to appeal. The Trump administration has harshly criticized Bidens use of humanitarian parole. During a hearing Thursday, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani repeatedly questioned the governments assertion that it could end humanitarian parole for the four nationalities. She argued that immigrants in the program who are here legally now face an option of fleeing the country or staying and risk losing everything.The start of a registry for people in the country illegallyFriday marks the launch of a requirement for people who are in the country illegally to register with the federal government.Homeland Security announced Feb. 25 that it was mandating all people in the U.S. illegally register with the federal government, and said those who didnt self-report could face fines or prosecution. Failure to register is considered a crime, and people will be required to carry registration documents with them or risk prison time and fines. The registration process also applies to Canadians who are in the U.S. for more than 30 days, including so-called snowbirds who spend winter months in places such as Florida.Opponents sued to stop the registry from taking effect, saying the government should have gone through the more lengthy public notification process, and that its enforcing this simply to facilitate Trumps aim of mass deportations.On Thursday, a federal judge sided with the administration. Officials had argued they were simply enforcing a requirement that already existed for everyone who is in the country but isnt an American citizen. Immediately after the ruling, Department of Homeland Security officials emphasized that going forward, the registration requirement would be enforced to the fullest.Questions remain about how the registration requirement will function. But its impact could be far-reaching. The Trump administration has said between 2.2 million and 3.2 million people could be affected. Classifying immigrants as dead?In an effort to make more migrants voluntarily go home, the Trump administration is classifying more than 6,000 immigrants who are alive as dead. Theyre canceling their Social Security numbers and effectively wiping out their ability to work or receive benefits in the U.S. That is according to two people familiar with the situation who spoke on condition of anonymity because the plans had not yet been publicly detailed. The move will make it much harder for those affected to use banks or other basic services where Social Security numbers are required. Its part of a broader effort by Trump to crack down on immigrants who were allowed to enter and remain temporarily in the United States under programs instituted by his predecessor, Joe Biden. The officials said stripping the immigrants of their Social Security numbers will cut them off from many financial services and encourage them to self-deport and abandon the U.S. for their birth countries. It wasnt immediately clear how the immigrants were chosen. But the Trump White House has targeted people in the country temporarily under Biden-era programs.Earlier this week, the Department of Homeland Security and Treasury signed a deal allowing the IRS to share immigrants tax data with Immigration and Customs Enforcement for the purpose of identifying and deporting people illegally in the U.S.___Associated Press reporters Rebecca Santana, Jake Offenhartz, Will Weissert, Fatima Hussein, Mark Sherman and Michael Casey contributed. RSShttps://feedx.net https://feedx.site

2025-04-11T16:16:57Z DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) In a surprise announcement Friday, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said she will not seek a third term in office in 2026.Reynolds, a Republican, has held the position since 2017, when former Gov. Terry Branstad was appointed U.S. ambassador to China. She was elected to full terms in 2018 and again in 2022.This wasnt an easy decision, because I love this state and I love serving you, Reynolds said in a video posted on social media. But, when my term ends, I will have had the privilege of serving as your governor for almost 10 years.Reynolds said she is leaving office after years of her family supporting her, saying now its time for me to be there for them. Her husband, Kevin Reynolds, was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2023. In her condition of the state in January, she said his cancer remained in remission.Reynolds, who got her start in politics as treasurer in largely rural Clarke County in southern Iowa, population less than 10,000, was the states first female governor.

Being gay is nothing new. As long as there have been humans there have been members of our LGBTQ+ family. While we could certainly have more examples, we are fortunate still have plenty photos of gay couples and lesbian couples, as well as the drag queens and even gay motorcycle clubs who prove that we have not only existed by thrived in our queerness throughout history. In other words, as long as there has been photography there have been gays who have wanted snap pics.These images from Walter Reuben Inc.'s collection depict same-sex couples and groups expressing affection, friendship, and other forms of intimacy. Many are from the earliest days of photography, and the bulk of the collection consists of images from the late 19th and early 20th centuries."In the images one has the sense that the subjects are very informal and intimate with each other," says a statement from Reuben, the curator. "Their body language, dress, and positioning display indications of intimacy of coupling in most cases. As many are from a period in which photography was not common, that these people choose to be photographed together for formal photos and for real-life postcards indicates that they are couples wishing to celebrate their union." Some of the postcards are addressed to family members, who likely were fully accepting of the unions, Reuben notes. Several of the early candid shots are from the time of westward expansion, when most of the migrants were men; in the absence of women, they turned to each other for companionship, a scenario that played out during wartime as well. Past centuries "were perhaps more sexually fluid than one may think, and it was not till later that certain stigmas came to be realized," the curator concludes. To see more images from Walter Ruben Inc.'s archives visit the site WalterFilm.com.To see more images from Walter Ruben Inc.'s archives visit the site WalterFilm.com.To see more images from Walter Ruben Inc.'s archives visit the site WalterFilm.com.To see more images from Walter Ruben Inc.'s archives visit the site WalterFilm.com.To see more images from Walter Ruben Inc.'s archives visit the site WalterFilm.com.To see more images from Walter Ruben Inc.'s archives visit the site WalterFilm.com.To see more images from Walter Ruben Inc.'s archives visit the site WalterFilm.com.To see more images from Walter Ruben Inc.'s archives visit the site WalterFilm.com.To see more images from Walter Ruben Inc.'s archives visit the site WalterFilm.com.To see more images from Walter Ruben Inc.'s archives visit the site WalterFilm.com.To see more images from Walter Ruben Inc.'s archives visit the site WalterFilm.com.To see more images from Walter Ruben Inc.'s archives visit the site WalterFilm.com.This story originally ran as part of The Advocate's 2022 History issue, . To get your own copy directly, support queer media and subscribe.

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Student negotiator Mahmoud Khalil is seen at a pro-Palestinian protest encampment on the Columbia University campus in New York, April 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)2025-04-11T20:03:43Z JENA, La. (AP) Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil can be deported as a national security risk, an immigration judge in Louisiana ruled Friday during a hearing over the legality of kicking the activist who participated in pro-Palestinian demonstrations out of the U.S.Immigration Judge Jamee E. Comans said at the conclusion of a hearing in Jena that the governments contention that Khalils presence in the United States posed potentially serious foreign policy consequences was enough to satisfy requirements for his deportation.Comans said the government had established by clear and convincing evidence that he is removable.Lawyers for Khalil are expected to appeal. And a federal judge in New Jersey has temporarily barred Khalils removal from the country.Khalil, a legal U.S. resident, was detained by federal immigration agents on March 8 in the lobby of his university-owned apartment, the first arrest under President Donald Trumps promised crackdown on students who joined campus protests against the war in Gaza. Within a day, he was flown across the country and taken to an immigration detention center in Jena, thousands of miles from his attorneys and wife, a U.S. citizen who is due to give birth soon. Khalils lawyers have challenged the legality of his detention, saying the Trump administration is trying to crack down on free speech protected by the U.S. Constitution. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has cited a rarely used statute to justify Khalils deportation, which gives him power to deport those who pose potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences for the United States.At Fridays hearing, Khalil attorney Marc Van Der Hout told the judge that the governments submissions to the court prove the attempt to deport his client has nothing to do with foreign policy.Earlier this week, Comans challenged the government to share proof that Khalil should be expelled from the country for his role in campus protests against Israel and the war in Gaza. She said if evidence does not support his removal, she would terminate the case on Friday. On Friday, Justice Department attorneys said in papers filed in federal court in Newark, New Jersey, that Comans would not have the authority to immediately free Khalil.They said an immigration judge could determine if Khalil is subject to deportation and then conduct a bail hearing afterward if it is found that he is not.Khalil isnt accused of breaking any laws during the protests at Columbia. The government, however, has said that noncitizens who participate in such demonstrations should be expelled from the country for expressing views that the administration considers to be antisemitic and pro-Hamas, referring to the Palestinian militant group that attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.Khalil, a 30-year-old international affairs graduate student, had served as a negotiator and spokesperson for student activists at Columbia University who took over a campus lawn last spring to protest Israels military campaign in Gaza. The university brought police in to dismantle the encampment after a small group of protesters seized an administration building. Khalil is not accused of participating in the building occupation and wasnt among the people arrested in connection with the demonstrations.But images of his maskless face at protests, along with his willingness to share his name with reporters, have made him an object of scorn among those who saw the protesters and their demands as antisemitic. The White House accused Khalil of siding with terrorists, but has yet to cite any support for the claim.Federal judges in New York and New Jersey have ordered the government not to deport Khalil while his case plays out in court.The Trump administration has said it is taking at least $400 million in federal funding away from research programs at Columbia and its medical center to punish it for not doing enough to fight what it considers to be antisemitism on campus.Some Jewish students and faculty complained about being harassed during the demonstrations or ostracized because of their faith or their support of Israel. Immigration authorities have cracked down on other critics of Israel on college campuses, arresting a Georgetown University scholar who had spoken out on social media about the Israel-Gaza war, canceling the student visas of some protesters and deporting a Brown University professor who they said had attended the Lebanon funeral of a leader of Hezbollah, another militant group that has fought with Israel.___Brumback reported from Atlanta. Associated Press reporter Larry Neumeister in New York contributed.

Buckle up (and maybe bring a safe word). The 2025 Cannes Film Festival has revealed its official lineupand this year, its bringing a thrilling wave of queer stories, including one scandalously seductive motorcycle romance thats already revving engines. Among the buzziest world premieres is Pillion, the debut feature from director Harry Lighton. The film, which Variety has cheekily describedSource

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As the fate of the infamous Menendez brothers remains up in the air, their remaining relatives are speaking up about their imprisonment including an aunt who has stayed quiet on the matter for decades."Its time 35 years is a long time," 85-year-old Terry Baralt told ABC News. "Its a whole branch of my family erased. The ones that are gone and the ones that are still paying for it, which were kids."Baralt is the only living sister of Jos Menendez, who was murdered by his sons back in 1989, along with his wife, Kitty. More weight has been given in recent years to the accusations that he sexually abused his children, which has played a part in the calls for Erik and Lyle Menendez to finally be eligible for parole after spending over three decades in prison."When kids are little and they come to you, you fix the problem. I cant help them," she admitted. "There is nothing I can do just go visit them and cry when I leave."Last fall, Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascn voiced his support for resentencing, which would allow the brothers to be eligible for parole. When Nathan Hochman was elected to replace Gascn in the latest election, he made a hard pivot from his predecessors stance.Hochman has insisted the Menendez brothers have demonstrated a "lack of acceptance of responsibility for their murderous actions" and that they "pose an unreasonable risk of danger to the community."Many of their family members, as well as members of the general public, have voiced their disagreement. Currently, a judge is hearing arguments as to whether a resentencing hearing will take place at all.For Baralt, any delays in determining her nephews fate take an additional toll she told ABC News that shes fighting colon cancer, and may not live to see them released if it doesnt happen soon."I have tried to go see them as much as I can, but its hard because I live in New Jersey and Im 85," she said. "I dont have that much time."