By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Nowhere in the world has a higher rate of unsafe abortions or unintended pregnancies than sub-Saharan Africa, where women often face scorn for becoming pregnant before marriage. Efforts to legalize and make abortions safer in Africa were shaken when the U.S. Supreme Court ended the national
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The Supreme Court made headlines again Friday when it released its highly anticipated opinion on student loan debt forgiveness.
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — Heavy flooding has displaced thousands of people around China as the capital had a relative respite from sweltering heat. Beijing reported 9.8 straight days when the temperature exceeded 35 C (95 F), the National Climate Center said Monday. Such a streak was last recorded in 1961 — decades before most Beijing residents
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — The U.S. is recommending Americans reconsider traveling to China because of arbitrary law enforcement, exit bans and the risk of wrongful detentions. No specific cases were cited, but a U.S. citizen was sentenced to life in prison in a spying case in May. The advisory also follows the passage last week of
Continue Reading By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli drones struck targets in a militant stronghold in the occupied West Bank early Monday and hundreds of troops were deployed in the area, an incursion that resembled the wide-scale military operations carried out during the second Palestinian uprising two decades ago. Palestinian health officials said at
Continue Reading TOKYO (AP) — An explosion at a building in Tokyo’s Shimbashi commercial district on Monday shattered windows and spewed smoke, injuring four people, department officials said. Tokyo Fire Department said the explosion occurred at an eatery on the second floor of an eight-story building, injuring two people inside and two pedestrians who were hit by
Continue Reading LACONIA, N.H. (AP) — A car crashed into a busy restaurant and injured several patrons in a lakeside town in New Hampshire Sunday afternoon, emergency officials said. The vehicle struck the Looney Bin Bar & Grill a little after 12:40 p.m. Firefighters who arrived on the scene found the car inside the restaurant, the Laconia
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe, Melissa Alonso and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — Investigators in Baltimore are searching for multiple suspects in a mass shooting that turned a beloved annual neighborhood block party into chaos early Sunday, killing two people and injuring 28 others, most of whom were teens, officials said. The search for the shooters –
Continue Reading QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s military says a group of militants has ambushed troops during a search operation against insurgents in southwestern Pakistan, triggering a shootout that left an army major and a junior officer dead. In a pre-dawn statement Monday, the military said the attack happened near Balor in Baluchistan province a day earlier.
Continue Reading By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli drones struck targets in a stronghold of militants in the occupied West Bank early Monday and hundreds of troops were deployed in the area, an incursion that resembled the wide-scale military operations carried out during the second Palestinian uprising two decades ago. Palestinian health officials said
Continue Reading By LAURIE KELLMAN, REBECCA SANTANA and DAVID KOENIG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Seeking a valid U.S. passport for that 2023 trip? Buckle up, wishful traveler, for a very different journey before you step anywhere near an airport. A much-feared backup of U.S passport applications has smashed into a wall of government bureaucracy as worldwide
Continue Reading By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher Monday after a rally on Wall Street driven by reports that showed inflation abating, alleviating fears over the threat of a recession. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 rose 1.7% to 33,753.33 in afternoon trading. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 added 0.6% to 7,248.10. South
Continue Reading By KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — President Vladimir Putin will participate this week in his first multilateral summit since an armed rebellion rattled Russia, as part of a rare international grouping in which his country still enjoys support. Leaders will convene virtually on Tuesday for a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization,
Continue Reading By CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America CHICAGO (AP) — More than a year after 11-year-old Mayah Zamora was airlifted out of Uvalde, Texas, after being critically injured in the Robb Elementary school shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers, the family is still reeling. Knocks on the door startle Mayah into a panic.
Continue Reading JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military sent a large-scale raid into a stronghold of militants in the occupied West Bank early Monday, and local health officials said at least three Palestinians were killed. Israeli forces raided what the military described as a “unified command center” for militants in the Jenin refugee camp, describing it as
Continue Reading By VICTORIA MILKO Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The United Nations body that regulates the world’s ocean floor is preparing to resume negotiations that could open the international seabed for mining, including for materials vital for the green energy transition. Negotiations within the International Seabed Authority are approaching a critical point since it will
Continue Reading By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press ROXBURY, Conn. (AP) — The shingled one-room structure where Arthur Miller worked at his home in Connecticut, from 1958 until his death in 2005, has been sitting behind the Roxbury town hall. His daughter Rebecca Miller and a group of residents are trying to raise $1 million to renovate the
Continue Reading JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — An earthquake has shaken Indonesia’s easternmost province, but there are no immediate reports of serious damage or casualties. The U.S. Geological Survey says the magnitude 5.4 quake Monday was centered 135 kilometers southwest of Abepura, a subdistrict in Jayapura, the capital of Papua province. It occurred at a depth of 13
Continue Reading By JACK DURA and STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota higher education officials are deeply worried about losing students and revenue in 2024 when neighboring Minnesota makes tuition free for thousands of its residents at public colleges and universities. North Dakota State University President David Cook has recently warned of “catastrophic
Continue Reading GREEN POND, S.C. (AP) — Police in South Carolina have charged a suspect with the attempted murder of the lone survivor of a house fire where authorities found six bodies. the Colleton County Sheriff’s Office says authorities found the deceased victims and one person in critical condition at a home in Green Pond around 11
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