Missouri rules part of rapid push to limit trans health care
By ANDREW DeMILLO ASSOCIATED PRESS LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The push to restrict health care for transgender people has expanded beyond children,…
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US Supreme Court’s abortion pill order spares safe havens
By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press A U.S. Supreme Court order that keeps access to an abortion drug in place for now could be especially welcome in…
Continue Reading Colorado offers safe haven for abortion, transgender care
By JESSE BEDAYN and COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — A trio of health care bills enshrining access in Colorado to…
Continue Reading Hezbollah chief: Israel didn’t hit Hamas in Lebanon strikes
By AHMAD EL-KHATIB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group claims that Israel did not hit Hamas or…
Continue Reading Capitol rioter who crushed officer with shield gets 7 years
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Connecticut man who used a stolen riot shield to crush a police officer in a doorframe…
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Female bear that killed jogger gets stay of execution in Italy
By Barbie Nadeau and Toyin Owoseje CNN A female bear that was sentenced to death for the fatal mauling of jogger in Italy has been given a stay of…
Continue Reading Paper airplane designed by Boeing engineers breaks world distance record
By Taylor Nicioli, CNN It’s a bird… It’s a plane… It’s a paper airplane! The world record for the farthest flight by…
Continue Reading DA: Suspect in killing of Cash App founder planned attack
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The tech consultant charged with the killing of Cash App founder Bob Lee…
Continue Reading Top French court backs unpopular plans to raise retirement age to 64
By Saskya Vandoorne and Joseph Ataman, CNN France’s pension reforms have come into law, a day after the country’s top court approved the…
Continue Reading Two years after its first flight, Ingenuity helicopter goes for 50 on Mars
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The Ingenuity helicopter just achieved a huge milestone on Mars. The little chopper successfully completed its…
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Two years after its first flight, Ingenuity helicopter goes for 50 on Mars
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The Ingenuity helicopter just achieved a huge milestone on Mars. The little chopper successfully completed its…
Continue Reading Houthis try to reassure skeptics they won’t seek full control of Yemen, as Saudis eye exit
By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Yemen’s Houthi rebels are not interested in spreading tyranny in the country and are willing to share power with other…
Continue Reading Supreme Court lets challenges to federal agencies go forward
JESSICA GRESKO The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is allowing challenges to the structure of two federal agencies to go…
Continue Reading Some UK nurses end strikes but others vow more walkouts
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A British nursing union has rejected a pay offer from the government, dashing hopes of a quick end…
Continue Reading The American consumer has bad news for the economy
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN The strength of the US economy rests on the shoulders of consumers. If people are spending money, companies keep employees in…
Continue Reading NJ charges itself with damaging land it was bound to protect
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press New Jersey’s Department of Environmental Protection has issued a violation notice against itself for wrongly…
Continue Reading GOP candidates tread cautiously on gun issues in Kentucky
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — In the days after a bank employee used an assault-style rifle to kill five coworkers,…
Continue Reading Retail spending fell in March as consumers pull back
Bryan Mena, CNN Spending at US retailers fell in March as consumers pulled back after the banking crisis fueled recession fears. Retail sales, which…
Continue Reading Cuba expects to resume US deportation flights this month
By REBECCA SANTANA and ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Pres BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — A Cuban official says Cuba plans to resume accepting deportation flights…
Continue Reading Digital conglomerate buys right-wing app Parler
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The digital media conglomerate Starboard said Friday it purchased the conservative social media site Parler and…
Continue Reading $200,000 in dimes stolen from truck in northeast Philadelphia
By Sara Smart, Danny Freeman and Zoe Sottile, CNN Police are on the hunt for the people behind a “dime and dash” theft in northeast…
Continue Reading El Chapo sons among 28 Sinaloa cartel members charged by US
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Friday announced charges against more…
Continue Reading Black church, NHL’s Penguins reach historic land-use accord
By PETER SMITH Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — More than 60 years ago, a historic Black church was forced to give up its sanctuary, compensated…
Continue Reading Venezuela arrests U.S. fugitive as part of oil graft purge
By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Authorities in Venezuela have charged with corruption a businessman who is a fugitive in a separate…
Continue Reading Elisabeth Kopp, first woman in Swiss Cabinet, dies at 86
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The Swiss federal chancellery says that Elisabeth Kopp, an advocate of equal rights and the…
Continue Reading Italy probes how Russian, wanted by US, fled house arrest
ROME (AP) — Italy is investigating how a Russian businessman escaped from house arrest to avoid extradition to the U.S. on charges of breaking…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: What might Colorado River cuts mean for states?
By SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration floated two ideas this week to reduce water usage from the…
Continue Reading DeSantis signs 6-week abortion ban in closed-door ceremony
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a bill to ban abortions after six weeks of…
Continue Reading High court temporarily blocks restrictions on abortion pill
By MARK SHERMAN and JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is temporarily keeping in place federal rules for use of an…
Continue Reading Minneapolis OKs dawn Muslim prayer call, 1st for big US city
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (AP) — Minneapolis will allow broadcasts of the Muslim call to prayer at all hours, becoming the first major U.S. city to allow…
Continue Reading Russian forces bear down on Ukrainian defenders in Bakhmut
By ADAM PEMBLE Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Analysts and Russian officials say the battle for the eastern Ukraine city of Bakhmut is…
Continue Reading Mother of 6-year-old who shot teacher turns herself in on child neglect charge, her attorney says
By Eric Levenson, Brian Todd and Sara Smart, CNN The mother of a 6-year-old student who shot his first-grade teacher in a classroom in Newport News,…
Continue Reading America’s first heroes: Revolutionary War soldiers reburied
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The 12 U.S. soldiers died in a pine forest in South Carolina in 1780, their bodies…
Continue Reading US retail sales fall 1% amid high inflation, rising rates
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans cut their spending at retail stores and restaurants in March for the second…
Continue Reading Expelled Russian diplomats are spies, Norwegians say
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A senior Norwegian spy agency officer says ”the intelligence threat from Russia is…
Continue Reading Leak suspect appears in court as US reveals case against him
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, ERIC TUCKER and NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts Air National Guardsman accused in the leak…
Continue Reading Top Fed official sees need for more interest rate increases
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior Federal Reserve official said Friday that there has been little progress on…
Continue Reading Russia trained Belarusian pilots in nuclear weapons use
MOSCOW (AP) — Belarusian air force crews have completed their training in the use of tactical nuclear weapons as part of Russia’s plan to deploy…
Continue Reading Unsealed documents from the Daniel Perry case show he made comments on social media about killing protesters and Muslims
By Taylor Romine, Ashley Killough and Ed Lavandera, CNN As the Texas pardons board considers a request from Gov. Greg Abbott to pardon a man…
Continue Reading ‘Exhausted’ Indiana city waits for all-clear after big fire
RICHMOND, Ind. (AP) — An evacuation order for people living near an extraordinary plastics fire in Indiana stretched into a fourth night Friday as…
Continue Reading Juice mission launches to explore Jupiter’s icy ocean worlds
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The European Space Agency has sent a spacecraft to explore Jupiter and three of its largest and most intriguing moons. The…
Continue Reading Japan approves plan to open first casino to lure tourists
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s government has approved a controversial plan to open the country’s first casino in the…
Continue Reading Juice mission launches to explore Jupiter’s icy ocean worlds
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The European Space Agency has sent a spacecraft to explore Jupiter and three of its largest and most intriguing moons. The…
Continue Reading European spacecraft on way to Jupiter and its icy moons
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer A European spacecraft rocketed away Friday on a decadelong quest to explore Jupiter and three of its icy moons…
Continue Reading Spanish climber leaves cave after 500 days in isolation
By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — A Spanish mountain climber has emerged from a cave 70 meters (230 feet) underground where she spent…
Continue Reading Populist Iraqi cleric announces suspension of his movement
BAGHDAD (AP) — Influential Iraqi Shiite cleric and political leader Muqtada al-Sadr says he will suspend the movement he leads for one year, citing…
Continue Reading Florida floods: Businesses, residents begin cleaning up mess
By FREIDA FRISARO and TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Workers at one of Fort Lauderdale’s landmark restaurants spent…
Continue Reading Russell Crowe stars as Vatican’s ‘James Bond of exorcists’
By DEEPA BHARATH The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Rev. Edward Siebert’s journey with “The Pope’s Exorcist,” a film about…
Continue Reading Iranians mark Jerusalem Day to support Palestinians
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Tens of thousands of Iranians have demonstrated in support of Palestians, marking the annual anti-Israel “Jerusalem Day,”…
Continue Reading Hungary’s Orban calls US a ‘friend’ despite sanction on bank
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s prime minister is seeking to bring down the temperature on spiraling…
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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A strong earthquake shook parts of Indonesia’s main island of Java and tourist island of Bali on Friday, causing panic…
Continue Reading Moldovan oligarch sentenced to 15 years in $1B bank theft
CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — A fugitive Moldovan oligarch and opposition party leader was sentenced in absentia Thursday to 15 years in jail for his…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for April 14: Leaked docs, Flooding, Louisville, Abortion, Ukraine
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN More than 100 temperature records could be broken across the Midwest and Northeast today as some cities brace for…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for April 14: Leaked docs, Flooding, Louisville, Abortion, Ukraine
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN More than 100 temperature records could be broken across the Midwest and Northeast today as some cities brace for…
Continue Reading France braces for ruling on Macron’s plan to raise retirement age
By Saskya Vandoorne and Sophie Tanno, CNN Heightened security is in place in the French capital Paris as the country braces for a crucial ruling on…
Continue Reading France braces for ruling on Macron’s plan to raise retirement age
By Saskya Vandoorne and Sophie Tanno, CNN Heightened security is in place in the French capital Paris as the country braces for a crucial ruling on…
Continue Reading Nuggets enter playoffs healthy for first time since bubble
By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — Not since Jamal Murray was dropping 50 points on the Utah Jazz back in the NBA’s bubble in…
Continue Reading US energy secretary says G7 can lead global emissions cuts
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer OTARU, Japan (AP) — U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm says the Group of Seven wealthy nations can…
Continue Reading Palestinian Authority blocks registration of legal aid group
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Palestinian Authority has blocked the registration of a legal advocacy group representing critics and opponents detained in…
Continue Reading Russia’s Pacific Fleet put on high alert for snap drills
MOSCOW (AP) — The entire Russian Pacific Fleet has been put on high alert for snap drills that will involve practice missile launches. The massive…
Continue Reading Macron’s new pension age overcomes last hurdle amid protests
By ELAINE GANLEY and ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s Constitutional Council on Friday approved an unpopular plan to raise…
Continue Reading China defense minister to meet Russian counterpart in Moscow
BEIJING (AP) — China’s defense minister will visit Moscow for meetings with his Russian counterpart and other military officials. The Defense…
Continue Reading 3 Alpine student guides killed in Italy avalanche
ROME (AP) — Rescue crews have recovered the bodies of three students training to be Alpine guides who were caught in an avalanche along Italy’s…
Continue Reading Murder charge dropped against co-defendant in case of killer accused of faking his own death in South Africa
By Nimi Princewill and Stephanie Busari, CNN South African prosecutors have dropped a murder charge against Zolile Sekeleni, the father of the…
Continue Reading China vows not to sell arms to any party in Ukraine war
BEIJING (AP) — China won’t sell weapons to either side in the war in Ukraine, the country’s foreign minister said Friday, responding to…
Continue Reading Red Cross: Yemen rebels, Saudi coalition begin prisoner swap
By AHMED AL-HAJ and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press SANAA, Yemen (AP) — An exchange of more than 800 prisoners by Yemen’s warring parties has begun.…
Continue Reading German town bids farewell to nuclear, eyes hydrogen future
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press LINGEN, Germany (AP) — Germany is shutting down its last three nuclear power plants on Saturday as part of an…
Continue Reading South Korea is paying ‘lonely young people’ $500 a month to re-enter society
By Jessie Yeung and Gawon Bae, CNN Some South Korean youth are so cut off from the world, the government is offering to pay them to “re-enter…
Continue Reading Here’s why downpour in Florida just wouldn’t stop
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Fort Lauderdale’s 25 inches of rain is a case of a strong thunderstorm not knowing when to say when.…
Continue Reading Stocks slip as rate worries overshadow big bank profits
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are slipping Friday as a swirl of competing forces spins Wall Street, from strong profits…
Continue Reading Warsaw Ghetto uprising survivor honored on 80th anniversary
By ILAN BEN ZION and AMI BEN TOV Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Tova Gutstein was born in Warsaw the year Adolf Hitler took power in Germany.…
Continue Reading Minneapolis reaches settlements in 2 suits alleging then-officer Derek Chauvin used excessive force years before George Floyd’s killing
By Paradise Afshar, CNN The city of Minneapolis has reached settlements totaling more than $8.8 million in two civil lawsuits that accuse former…
Continue Reading Minneapolis reaches settlements in 2 suits alleging then-officer Derek Chauvin used excessive force years before George Floyd’s killing
By Paradise Afshar, CNN The city of Minneapolis has reached settlements totaling more than $8.8 million in two civil lawsuits that accuse former…
Continue Reading Minneapolis reaches settlements in 2 suits alleging then-officer Derek Chauvin used excessive force years before George Floyd’s killing
By Paradise Afshar, CNN The city of Minneapolis has reached settlements totaling more than $8.8 million in two civil lawsuits that accuse former…
Continue Reading Mississippi city faces tough road rebuilding after tornado
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America ROLLING FORK, Miss. (AP) — The scent of the Mississippi Delta’s soil took hold of…
Continue Reading In China, Lula seeks help to build back Brazilian industry
By MAURICIO SAVARESE and EMILY WANG FUJIYAMA Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — The trip by Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to Beijing…
Continue Reading Iran executions up 75% as Tehran seeks to ‘instill fear’ in protesters, rights groups say
By Kareem El Damanhoury and Joseph Ataman, CNN Iran executed at least 582 people last year, a 75% increase on the previous year, according to human…
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By DARLENE SUPERVILLE, COLLEEN LONG, CHRIS MEGERIAN and DAVID KEYTON Associated Press BALLINA, Ireland (AP) — President Joe Biden ended his trip to…
Continue Reading Workers at anti-poverty World Bank struggle to pay bills
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Andre Blount has been serving food to dignitaries at World Bank headquarters for nearly 10…
Continue Reading NRA convention draws top GOP 2024 hopefuls after shootings
By WILL WEISSERT and TOM DAVIES Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Top Republican hopefuls for the 2024 presidential race vowed Friday at the…
Continue Reading Shinkai sticking to what he knows best: Japan, youth, anime
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Makoto Shinkai doesn’t yet know the story he will tell in his next film, only that it will be…
Continue Reading Landmark law saved whales through marine industries change
By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — On a breezy spring day, scientists and conservationists methodically conducted…
Continue Reading China sanctions US Congress member for Taiwan visit
By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China sanctioned a United States lawmaker Thursday for his visit to Taiwan, saying he…
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By LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — They’re the biggest of brands. But with no logos. And that’s the whole point. Call it…
Continue Reading India’s stretched health care fails millions in rural areas
By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL AP Science Writer SURGUJA, India (AP) — Poonam Gond is learning to describe her pain by numbers. Zero means no pain and 10 is…
Continue Reading South Korea tour bus crash kills 1 Israeli, 34 people hurt
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A bus carrying Israeli tourists fell on its side on a road in southern South Korea, killing one woman and injuring 34…
Continue Reading Senegal gas deal drives locals to desperation, prostitution
By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press SAINT-LOUIS, Senegal (AP) — When the gas rig arrived off the coast of Saint-Louis, residents of this seaside…
Continue Reading Takeaways from AP report on impact of Senegal’s gas project
By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press SAINT-LOUIS, Senegal (AP) — For years, residents of the small fishing town of Saint-Louis in Senegal have been…
Continue Reading Family says deplorable conditions and insect bites in Atlanta jail contributed to inmate’s death
By Chris Youd, CNN The family of Lashawn Thompson, an inmate who died in the Fulton County Jail last year, is demanding a criminal investigation into…
Continue Reading Family says deplorable conditions and insect bites in Atlanta jail contributed to inmate’s death
By Chris Youd, CNN The family of Lashawn Thompson, an inmate who died in the Fulton County Jail last year, is demanding a criminal investigation into…
Continue Reading 2 ex-LA sheriff’s deputies face federal civil rights charges
By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal prosecutors accuse two former Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies of violating…
Continue Reading G7 diplomats to grapple with Ukraine, China, N. Korea crises
By FOSTER KLUG Associated Press KARUIZAWA, Japan (AP) — Russian threats to nuke Ukraine. China’s belligerent military moves around rival…
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By LEKSHMI GOPALAKRISHNAN, Press Trust of India KOCHI, India (AP) — Nearly two years ago, Mary Sebastian was hoisted on a chair and carried by a…
Continue Reading Russian court fines Wikipedia for article about Ukraine war
A Moscow court on Thursday again fined Wikipedia for a Russian-language article it refused to remove about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the…
Continue Reading High-capacity magazine supplier sued in FedEx mass shooting
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press The son of a man killed in a 2021 mass shooting at an Indianapolis FedEx facility and two survivors have…
Continue Reading UN: As many as 400,000 migrants may cross Darien Gap in 2023
PANAMA CITY (AP) — Two U.N. groups said Thursday that the number of migrants crossing the dangerous Darien Gap between Colombia and Panama could…
Continue Reading DeSantis signs Florida GOP’s 6-week abortion ban into law
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law a bill approved by the…
Continue Reading Experts doubt Mexico’s pledge to protect endangered porpoise
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Environment Department promised to do more to protect the endangered vaquita marina porpoise Thursday, to head…
Continue Reading Report: Thomas sold real estate to donor, didn’t report deal
By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservative mega-donor Harlan Crow purchased three properties belonging to Supreme Court…
Continue Reading Texas county roiled by book ban considered closing libraries
By JAMIE STENGLE Leaders in a rural Texas county held a special meeting Thursday to consider the drastic option of shutting their public library…
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