9 days, 640,000 children, 1.3M doses. The plan to vaccinate Gaza’s young against polio
Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The U.N. health agency and partners are launching a campaign starting Sunday to vaccinate 640,000 Palestinian…
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A Georgia Democrat seeks to unseat an indicted Trump elector who says he only did what he was told
Associated Press DULUTH, Ga. (AP) — A suburban Atlanta senate race is receiving national attention and money as a young Georgia Democrat charges…
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Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As the Earth sizzled through a summer with four of the hottest days ever measured, Vice President Kamala Harris…
Continue ReadingWomen behind bars are often survivors of abuse. A series of new laws aim to reduce their sentences
Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Advocates for domestic violence survivors in Illinois celebrated earlier this month when Gov. JB Pritzker signed a…
Continue ReadingBrazil blocks Musk’s X after company refuses to name local representative amid feud with judge
Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil started blocking Elon Musk’s social media platform X early Saturday, making it largely inaccessible on…
Continue ReadingTrump courts conservative male influencers to try to reach younger men
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — At first glance, there’s little that a 78-year-old former president and a 23-year-old internet personality…
Continue ReadingMore Hong Kongers tune out the news as they adapt to Beijing’s tightening grip
Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — As Beijing’s political crackdown dominates Hong Kong’s headlines, some residents are turning away from…
Continue Reading7 US troops hurt in a raid with Iraqi forces that left 15 suspected militants dead
Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States military and Iraq have launched a joint raid targeting suspected Islamic…
Continue ReadingYemen’s Houthi rebels fire 2 missiles at a container ship as an oil tanker burns
Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels have fired two missiles targeting a Liberian-flagged container ship in…
Continue ReadingMaui judge agrees to ask state Supreme Court about barriers to $4B wildfire settlement
Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — The Hawaii Supreme Court will be asked to weigh in on an issue that threatens to thwart a $4 billion settlement in…
Continue ReadingStorm Shanshan slowly moves across Japan as officials warn of torrential rains in major cities
Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Tropical Storm Shanshan is slowly making its way into central Japan, halting trains and leaving underground passages…
Continue ReadingJudge rejects claims that generative AI tanked political conspiracy case against Fugees rapper Pras
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge has rejected a push for a new trial in a multimillion-dollar political conspiracy case against rapper…
Continue ReadingSuspect in abduction and sexual assault of 9-year-old girl dies in car crash while fleeing police
NEW YORK (AP) — A man suspected of abducting a 9-year-old girl from a New York City supermarket and sexually assaulting her has been killed in a…
Continue ReadingMexican drug lord Osiel Cárdenas Guillén has been released from a US prison and may be deported
Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Osiel Cárdenas Guillén, one of Mexico’s most-feared drug lords, has been released from a U.S. prison after…
Continue ReadingTrump says he’ll vote to uphold Florida abortion ban after seeming to signal he’d support repeal
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump now says he will vote no on a Florida ballot measure that would repeal the state’s six-week…
Continue ReadingMan arrested in Colorado dog breeder’s killing, but the puppies are still missing
Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Authorities say a man suspected in the killing of a Colorado dog breeder found dead last week has been arrested. The…
Continue ReadingNavajo Nation adopts changes to tribal law regulating the transportation of uranium across its land
Associated Press The Navajo Nation has approved emergency legislation meant to strengthen a tribal law that regulates the transportation of…
Continue ReadingKosovo shuts down 5 Serbian governing structures in the north and US reacts with alarm
Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo authorities have closed the ethnic Serb minority’s so-called parallel institutions in five…
Continue ReadingJewish students at Columbia faced hostile environment during pro-Palestinian protests, report finds
Associated Press A new report from Columbia University’s antisemitism task force describes a hostile climate for Jewish and Israeli students at the…
Continue ReadingWomen’s college in Virginia bars transgender students based on founder’s will from 1900
Associated Press Sweet Briar College in Virginia has instituted an admissions policy that bars transgender women next school year. The decision makes…
Continue ReadingPolice say a man will face charges after storming into the press area at a Trump rally
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Police said Saturday that a man will face misdemeanor charges after he stormed into the press area at Donald Trump’s…
Continue ReadingOregon law rolling back drug decriminalization set to take effect and make possession a crime again
Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s experiment with drug decriminalization is coming to an end Sunday. A new law set to take effect…
Continue ReadingFamily of man killed by SUV on interstate after being shocked by a Taser reaches $5M settlement
Associated Press DENVER (AP) — The family of a man who was hit and killed by an SUV on a Colorado interstate after a sheriff’s deputy shocked him…
Continue ReadingGuest lineups for the Sunday news shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colo. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Sen.…
Continue ReadingA measure to repeal a private school tuition funding law in Nebraska will make the November ballot
Associated Press Nebraska’s top election official says organizers have collected enough signatures to ask voters to repeal a new law that uses…
Continue ReadingJudge allows smoking to continue in Atlantic City casinos, dealing blow to workers
Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey judge has ruled that smoking will be allowed to continue in Atlantic City’s casinos.…
Continue ReadingLos Angeles to pay $9.5M in settlement over 2018 death of woman during police shootout with gunman
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The city of Los Angeles will pay $9.5 million to settle a lawsuit by relatives of a woman fatally shot by LA police during a…
Continue ReadingTrump wants to make the GOP a ‘leader’ on IVF. Republicans’ actions make that a tough sell
Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is vowing to force health insurance companies or the federal…
Continue ReadingChild abuse images removed from AI image-generator training source, researchers say
AP Technology Writer Artificial intelligence researchers said Friday that they have deleted more than 2,000 web links to suspected child sexual abuse…
Continue ReadingGeorgia man dies after a police dog bites him during a chase by a state trooper
MOULTRIE, Ga. (AP) — A south Georgia man has died after he was bitten by a police K-9 during a pursuit last week. The Georgia Bureau of…
Continue ReadingNursing home oversight would be tightened under a bill passed in Massachusetts
Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts lawmakers have approved a bill designed to strengthen the state’s oversight of nursing homes,…
Continue ReadingDonald Trump moves to halt hush money proceedings, sentencing after asking federal court to step in
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s lawyers are moving to halt proceedings in his New York hush money criminal case and postpone next…
Continue ReadingAlabama anti-DEI law shuts Black Student Union office, queer resource center at flagship university
The Associated Press/Report For America TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — The University of Alabama shuttered the offices of the Black Student Union and a…
Continue ReadingMeasures to legalize medical marijuana in Nebraska can appear on November ballot, official says
Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska’s top election official says organizers have gathered enough signatures to get the issue of…
Continue ReadingUS clears updated COVID shots from Novavax, adding a 3rd fall vaccine option
U.S. regulators have cleared a third updated COVID-19 vaccine for this fall, shots made by Novavax Inc. Already, Pfizer and Moderna are shipping…
Continue ReadingOn the first day without X, many Brazilians say they feel disconnected from the world
Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — The blocking of social media platform X in Brazil has divided users and politicians over the legitimacy of the…
Continue ReadingConservative group plans to monitor voting drop box locations in Arizona
PHOENIX (AP) — A conservative organization has told Arizona officials that it plans to monitor ballot drop boxes for the November election and…
Continue ReadingCourt stops Pennsylvania counties from throwing out mail-in votes over incorrect envelope dates
Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A state court is halting enforcement of a requirement that voters include accurate, handwritten dates on…
Continue ReadingMemphis City Council sues to reinstate gun control measures on November ballot
Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Memphis City Council is suing the commission that oversees the city’s elections for removing three gun…
Continue ReadingFormer California employee to get $350K to settle sexual harassment claims against state treasurer
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The state of California has agreed to pay a former employee $350,000 to settle her claims that Democratic state Treasurer…
Continue ReadingFamily of 3 killed in series of shootings that ended on Maine bridge identified
KITTERY, Maine (AP) — Authorities have released autopsy results for three bodies recovered from a home, a car’s back seat and a river between…
Continue ReadingEthiopia is worried over a defense deal between Egypt and Somalia as tensions rise in Horn of Africa
Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Ethiopia is increasingly concerned over a defense deal signed earlier this month between Egypt and…
Continue ReadingA Palestinian TikTok star who shared details of Gaza life under siege is killed by Israeli airstrike
Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — It was another day of war in Gaza, another day of what 19-year-old Palestinian TikTok star Medo Halimy called his…
Continue ReadingFlorida state lawmaker indicted on felony charges related to private school
Associated Press/Report for America TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Republican state representative in central Florida has been indicted on felony…
Continue ReadingEx-election workers want Rudy Giuliani’s apartment, Yankees rings in push to collect $148M judgment
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Two former Georgia election workers who won a $148 million defamation judgment against Rudy Giuliani are asking…
Continue ReadingNo criminal charges for driver in school bus crash that killed 6-year-old, mother
MAMARONECK, N.Y. (AP) — The driver of a mini-school bus that struck and killed a kindergartner and his mother as they were walking to school in…
Continue ReadingOklahoma rodeo company blames tainted feed for killing as many as 70 horses
Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A nearly century-old Oklahoma company that supplies stock for rodeos had as many as 70 horses die a week ago…
Continue ReadingNew Hampshire’s highest court upholds policy supporting transgender students’ privacy
Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire Supreme Court has upheld a school district’s policy aimed at supporting the privacy of…
Continue ReadingFederal agency cracks down on a predatory lending practice that often hurts Somali Muslims
Associated Press The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is pledging to scrutinize contract for deed lending, a form of alternative or seller…
Continue ReadingPakistani troops kill 37 militants in raids on their hideouts
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s military says security forces have killed 37 insurgents in multiple raids over more than a week on…
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