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The travel agency offered tours aimed solely at men, and that was enough to attract the attention of the police enforcing new Russian laws that restrict the rights of gay people.One night in December, officers stormed the apartment of the agency’s owner and tied him up, he later told a court.“Fifteen people came to my place at night,” said the owner, Andrei Kotov. “They were beating me in the face, kicking me and leaving bruises.” His comments were reported by Russian media and confirmed by his lawyer.Mr. Kotov said the officers pressured him to “confess” that he was running a…

It can feel as if the Democratic Party has a lot of work to do before it is ready to win elections again. Its agenda appears exhausted. Its voters are disillusioned. Its politicians have struggled to muster vigorous opposition to President Trump.But tonight — and on many Tuesday nights for the next few years — the election results might just make it easy to forget about the party’s woes.Already, Democrats have fared well in special elections since Mr. Trump’s inauguration. On average, they’ve run 12 percentage points ahead of Kamala Harris’s showing across 11 special elections, according to data collected…

Lt. Gen. Dan Caine’s pocket-size copy of the Constitution is tattered and bound with green military tape.He carries it with him routinely, including slipping it in his flight suit when he flew fighter jets in the Air Force. He had it on him on Sept. 11, 2001, when he was the lead aviator assigned to protect Washington after hijackers slammed commercial jets into the Pentagon and the World Trade Center.General Caine’s loyalty to the Constitution and his reputation for adhering to ethical standards are major reasons the Senate Armed Services Committee is likely to give him a largely friendly reception…

Maya Cholette-Tetrault is still wondering about the fate of a planned school trip to New York City being organized by École secondaire Robert-Gravel in Montreal’s Mile End district. Story continues below advertisement The mother and some other parents argue the trip should be cancelled because the political climate in the United States makes it unsafe, and points to what has happened to some visitors recently.“Getting deported, detained, imprisoned,” she told Global News. “This is way outside of the usual guardrails that we are used to when we travel to the U.S.”Cholette-Tetrault is worried about teens, including her two daughters, being…

Rising star jockey apprentice Rosie Mahony produced a strong showing for team WA at the National Apprentice Race Series in Hobart on March 23, picking up third-place finishes in both her events. 

A Bernama survey at a nearby temple revealed that several Ministry of Health personnel were working to administer first aid, according to the New Straits Times. Mosque authorities are also currently assisting the victims. One of the victims, 42-year-old Lee Weng Ken, who suffered burns to his left leg, said he was shocked when the ceiling of his house collapsed and crushed his vehicle parked in the compound of the house at about 8.10am. “I rushed out of my house but fell and suffered burns due to the heat from the blaze near my house,” he said, as quoted by…

Houthis claim to down US drone. President Donald Trump declares Yemeni rebel group ‘decimated’ by air strike campaign.The United States military launched a series of air attacks on Yemen overnight, targeting Houthi rebels. Strikes hit an area near the capital, Sanaa, as well as the northern province of Saada early on Tuesday as the US extended a bombing campaign against targets in Yemen that began in mid-March and has killed dozens of people. The Houthi-affiliated Al Masirah TV reported that US forces launched 15 raids on the northern province of Saada, including the city of Saada and the districts of Majz…

Hedge funds are dumping stocks at a rapid pace as President Donald Trump’s aggressive tariff agenda spiked volatility on Wall Street. These professional traders have net sold global equities for six weeks in a row, with last week’s notional de-grossing amount reaching the largest level since July, according to data from Goldman Sachs’ prime brokerage unit. The cohort has been particularly fleeing high-flying technology names, offloading shares at the fastest pace in six months. The selling last week was also the second largest notionally in the last five years, Goldman’s data suggested. .SPX YTD mountain S & P 500 Bank of America…

The Georgia Senate passed a bill on Monday easing the state’s strict burden of proof required for a death row inmate to be deemed intellectually disabled, which would make them ineligible for a death sentence.The Peach State currently has the highest threshold in the nation for a person to prove they have an intellectual disability, allowing them to avoid the death penalty. After a yearslong push to lessen requirements, the Senate approved H.B. 123 on Monday by a 53-1 vote. The measure now heads to Republican Gov. Brian Kemp’s desk after it was unanimously approved by the House earlier this month.Georgia…

South Carolina authorities on Friday morning made a grisly discovery inside a family’s stately Greer home.The Spartanburg Sheriff’s Office responded to the home on Marilyn Perry Lane after receiving a call from a neighbor. “Upon arrival, there was an initial language barrier, but once that was addressed, deputies entered the residence and discovered three deceased individuals inside the home,” the sheriff’s office said in a press release. “At this initial stage, this agency doesn’t feel like there is any threat to the public.”The local coroner’s office confirmed the identities of the three deceased individuals to FOX Carolina as 9-year-old Samantha Samarel,…