Meenakshi Raghavan , 82 , is widely thought to be the oldest woman in the world to practise Kalaripayattu .

The ancient Indian martial art originated at least 3,000 years ago and is regarded as India 's oldest martial art.

Her four children were also trained in the art form by her and her husband.

Barbara Lee is the new mayor of troubled Oakland , California , a city she represented for more than two decades in Congress .

Lee , 78 , is a Black female trailblazer who represented the city in Congress for over two decades .

Lee issued a statement Saturday as mayor-elect, saying that her chief opponent, Loren Taylor , had called to concede the April 15 race.

Lee was endorsed by former Gov. Jerry Brown and other previous Oakland mayors.

Don Pettit , Aleksey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner landed from the International Space Station .

Pettit was born on April 20, 1955 , in Silverton , Oregon , but said that the feeling of being home is relative to where you have been.

The U.S. astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts reached the ground in Kazakhstan at 9:20 p.m. EDT ( 0120 GMT or 6:20 am . local time April 20 ) Pettit 's total time in space is 590 days .

Robert Pearlman is a space historian, journalist and the founder and editor of collectSPACE.com .

Pearlman was inducted into the U.S. Space Camp Hall of Fame in Huntsville , Alabama in 2009 .

He was honored by the American Astronautical Society with the Ordway Award for Sustained Excellence in Spaceflight History.

Thousands join anti-Trump protests across the US on Saturday to protest recent actions by President Donald Trump .

The demonstrations were intended to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the start of the American Revolutionary War .

Many called for the return of Kilmar Ábrego García , a citizen of El Salvador , who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador .

Pakistan has deported more than 19,500 Afghans this month , among more than 80,000 who have left ahead of a 30 April deadline.

Pakistan has accelerated its drive to expel undocumented Afghans and those who had temporary permission to stay.

Between 700 and 800 families are being deported daily , Taliban officials say, with up to two million people expected to follow in coming months .

Some expelled Afghans say they had been born in Pakistan after their families fled conflict.

Michigan 's Fred Richard and Paul Juda finish first and second in the all-around and Wolverines team total of 332.224 edged them past five -time defending champion Stanford .

Stanford 's Asher Hong took home the individual title in the floor exercise ( 14.600 ) Oklahoma finished third with 327.891 , ahead of Nebraska ( 326.222 ), Penn State ( 317.258 ) and Illinois ( 316.293 ) Penn State and Oklahoma hold a record 12 national titles.

Michigan State baseball defeated Ohio State 11 -4, fueled by 17 hits and three home runs.

The win was the fourth straight for the Spartans , who seem to have gotten their season back on track after a five -game losing streak in early April .

The Spartans are trying to make their way into the postseason Big Ten tournament, an event they've only reached once 2019 .

Redshirt-sophomore Tate Farquhar earned the win Friday , allowing just one hit and striking out a career-high five in four innings. MSU has two more games against Ohio State — a 3:30 p.m start on Saturday and at 1 p.m. on Sunday — and four more Big Ten series in the regular season , starting with three games in Ann Arbor against Michigan next weekend . Contact Nathaniel Bott at [email protected] and follow him on X @Nathaniel_Bott.

Dan Caldwell , Colin Carroll and Darin Selnick were among four officials in Hegseth ’s inner circle who were ousted this past week .

The three were escorted from the Pentagon in an expanding probe on information leaks.

The upheaval comes less than 100 days into the Trump administration where the Pentagon has found itself frequently in the epicenter of controversial moves.

Dozens of journalists in Belarus have been imprisoned in recent years under a crackdown by authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko .

Reporters Without Borders says Belarus is Europe ’s leading jailer of journalists.

At least 40 are serving long prison sentences, according to the Belarusian Association of Journalists .

Many face beatings, poor medical care and the inability to contact lawyers or relatives.

Andrzej Poczobut , a prominent figure in the Union of Poles in Belarus , is serving eight years in prison.

Maryna Zolatava , editor of Tut . By, was convicted in 2023 of incitement and distributing materials urging actions aimed at harming national security, and sentenced to 12 years .

Since July , Lukashenko has pardoned over 250 people, seeking to improve ties with the West .

The Lorton Reformatory was a prison that housed inmates from Washington , D.C. Many suffragists were held after the Silent Sentinels pickets at the White House in 1917 .

The old prison's cafeteria was converted into a community space for residents.

The name Liberty Crest Apartments is an homage to the property's history.