Four children were found alive several weeks after an engine failure caused a small plane to crash in the Amazon jungle.
AP's Regina Garcia Cano breaks down how the indigenous community helped rescue them.
https://t.co/dgYbPOIV7l
Honduras has one of the world’s strictest abortion bans. Secretive networks use aliases and encrypted messages to get information and abortion pills to women and help those seeking to terminate pregnancies safely amid legal, social and religious tension. https://t.co/ueYxwhsPTW
When a gas rig arrived off the coast of Saint-Louis, Senegal, residents were promised jobs and diversification of the economy.
Instead, residents say, the rig has brought more poverty and desperation. https://t.co/TIaLDk4EtO
Irma Reyes reached out in January, saying Texas prosecutors planned to let the men charged with sex trafficking her daughter walk free.
Since then, my @AP colleagues and I have witnessed the mom's "nightmare" as the lawyers did just that.
A thread …
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“We just try to hold on.”
A mom has been left grasping for closure since Texas prosecutors under state Attorney General Ken Paxton let the men charged with sex trafficking her daughter walk free with a plea deal. https://t.co/jsM0NLTbRp
On average, 10 women or girls are killed daily in Mexico.
Officials have recognized the femicide rate and violence against women in general as a major problem for decades — yet little progress is evident in national data. https://t.co/jezl6jPYYe
Aviator Garrett Fisher risks his life on a quest to photograph every glacier on Earth. He says he is chasing the perfect image — one so beautiful it can make people and policymakers work together to slow glacier retreat. https://t.co/sYBqbov4eL
I dont really tweet complaints - but @Kimpton come on. I’ve been in this key west Winslow’s bungalows room with my fiancé for two days. I told your staff SEVERAL times that it absolutely reeks of mold. Maintenance “fixed” it earlier only for the smell to return when I got back.
And @Kimpton your own maintenance person agreed with me when he came in this room earlier today and found standing water in our air-conditioning unit. He used a wet vac to get it out. The smell is already back. We paid $441 last night for a moldy room and no answer to this?
Women who've lost spouses to COVID-19 in Africa say they've been denied homes, support and family while in traditional periods of mourning. The pandemic has increased an already sizeable population of widows, as men are more likely to die of the virus. https://t.co/D3ZGVGAm4E
Widowhood has long befallen great numbers of women across Africa, particularly in the continent’s least developed countries where medical facilities are scarce.
The pandemic has created an even larger population of widows on the continent. https://t.co/6l7905idP2
She survived the high school shooting in Parkland, Florida. The enduring trauma threatened her for months after. A mental health intervention saved her life. https://t.co/hMzA6e0OPY
An AP analysis shows Mississippi has long operated in violation of national standards on death investigations, accruing a severe backlog of autopsies and reports. Now, families wait weeks to bury loved ones. Trials are postponed. Insurance is delayed. https://t.co/Q5bz5VU9EY
People in West Virginia who support paid family medical leave express their disappointment after their home state senator, Joe Manchin, nixed the proposal from President Joe Biden's domestic spending package. https://t.co/vWhBWNOQLV
"I don’t see no way out.” Natasha Blunt faced eviction months into the pandemic. The threat looms again, thanks to Ida. She's among Louisianans - many poor and of color - hardest hit by the storm because they were already on the brink. By @aaronlmorrison https://t.co/dObS5noygP
In rural areas of Nassau County, Florida, many residents resisted coronavirus vaccines amid distrust of the government and fears that the shots were rushed. Now some opponents are having second thoughts amid a deadly new wave of infections.
Full story: https://t.co/ZXqu8pSmNS