Divorce and separations
FILE - Sen. Alex Kasser, D-Greenwich, the Senate vice chairman of the General Assembly's Transportation Committee, speaks following a meeting at the Connecticut Department of Transportation offices on Friday, Sept. 20, 2019, in Newington, Conn. Connecticut state Sen. Kasser, the first Democrat elected by her Fairfield County district since 1930, announced Tuesday, June 22, 2021, she is resigning from office. She cited her high-profile and contentious divorce, saying she's no longer able to adequately do her job. (AP Photo/Susan Haigh, File)
Connecticut lawmaker resigns state Senate, citing divorce

By Susan Haigh Jun. 22, 2021 02:45 PM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2019, file photo, Bill and Melinda Gates smile at each other during an interview in Kirkland, Wash. The couple announced Monday, May 3, 2021, that they are divorcing. The Microsoft co-founder and his wife, with whom he launched the world's largest charitable foundation, said they would continue to work together at The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
Bill and Melinda Gates divorce could shake up philanthropy

By Haleluya Hadero And Glenn Gamboa May. 04, 2021 05:46 PM EDT

FILE - In this Dec. 5, 2005, file photo, Bill Gates, founder and chairman of Microsoft Corp., center, and his wife Melinda, left, walk on a street in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The couple announced Monday, May 3, 2021, that they are divorcing. The Microsoft co-founder and his wife, with whom he launched the world's largest charitable foundation, said they would continue to work together at The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. (AP Photo/Gazi Sarwar, File)
Bill and Melinda Gates announce they are getting divorced

By Sally Ho May. 03, 2021 06:25 PM EDT

Rami Aman, a Palestinian Gazan peace activist, recalls his ordeal, during an interview on the roof of his family house in Gaza City, Feb. 10, 2021. After months of torture and interrogations in a Hamas prison, Aman says he was offered an unconventional proposition: Divorce your wife and you are free to go. Aman had recently signed a marriage contract with the daughter of a Hamas official, and the ruling Islamic militant group apparently wanted to dispel any insinuation that it supported Aman’s outreach to Israeli peace activists. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)
Gaza man says Hamas forced him to divorce after torture

By Fares Akram Apr. 01, 2021 02:13 AM EDT

Rami Aman, a Palestinian Gazan peace activist, recalls his ordeal, during an interview on the roof of his family house in Gaza City, Feb. 10, 2021. After months of torture and interrogations in a Hamas prison, Aman says he was offered an unconventional proposition: Divorce your wife and you are free to go. Aman had recently signed a marriage contract with the daughter of a Hamas official, and the ruling Islamic militant group apparently wanted to dispel any insinuation that it supported Aman’s outreach to Israeli peace activists. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)
Gaza man: After lengthy torture, Hamas forced me to divorce

By Fares Akram Apr. 01, 2021 02:11 AM EDT

This Sunday, Dec. 27, 2020 photo provided by Kristen Pritchard Photography shows Kayleigh during her wedding to Cody Cousins at home in San Diego, Calif. They initially planned an April 2020 wedding, postponed it after the pandemic took hold, rescheduled it for December, then had to shift gears again when a new lockdown was imposed. “That was devastating,” said Kayleigh. “We said, ‘Let’s just do it on Zoom.’” (Kristen Pritchard Photography via AP)
Marriage & divorce amid pandemic: Couples' challenges abound

By David Crary Feb. 14, 2021 09:04 AM EST

FILE - In this July 2, 2020, file photo, Audrey Strauss, acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, points to a photo of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell during a news conference in New York. On Tuesday, Nov. 24, one of Maxwell's attorneys said that her client is awakened every 15 minutes in jail while she sleeps to ensure she's breathing. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
US questions Maxwell's marriage in push to keep her jailed

By Michael R. Sisak Dec. 18, 2020 05:34 PM EST

FILE - In this Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, file photo, Margaret Hunter, the wife of former California Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter, leaves a federal building in San Diego. Margaret Hunter has filed for divorce from former Rep. Duncan Hunter on Nov. 20, 2020, in San Diego Superior Court, according to online records. Both were convicted of corruption and prosecutors had said that the lawmaker had used campaign funds on extramarital affairs. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)
Wife of convicted California congressman seeks divorce

Dec. 09, 2020 08:23 PM EST

The European Commission's Head of Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom Michel Barnier gestures as he speaks during a media conference at EU headquarters in Brussels Friday April 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)
'Disappointing' week of divorce talks between EU and Britain

By Raf Casert Apr. 24, 2020 01:01 PM EDT

This March 30, 2020, photo provided by Carolina McAuley shows herself at her home in Wycoff, N.J. As the country hunkered down to fend off the coronavirus, Carolina McAuley expected her middle school-age kids would continue to shuffle between her house and her ex-husband's, until she got sick. The coronavirus is wreaking havoc on divorced families' custody arrangements as parents get sick or exposed to the illness. In other cases, it is driving already feuding exes to battle over how seriously the other is heeding stay-at-home orders. (Carolina McAuley via AP)
Split families make pacts, duel over custody amid virus

By Amy Taxin Apr. 07, 2020 10:06 AM EDT