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CHERRY HILL, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey father has filed a federal lawsuit to block a state policy that prevents schools from outing transgender students to their parents. Frederick Short Jr. filed the suit Oct. 12 in federal court. His three children attend Cherry Hill High School. He argues that the policy violates his

By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press TYRE, Lebanon (AP) — More than 4,200 people have been displaced from villages in south Lebanon by clashes on the border with Israel, and local officials say they are ill-prepared for the much larger exodus that would ensue if the the limited conflict escalates to an all-out war. Some 1,500

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Federal law that prohibits insurers from denying healthcare based on preexisting conditions, or kicking dependents off their parent’s coverage until age 26 is now codified separately into Michigan law. Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation Thursday, essentially codifying the Affordable Care Act into state law. Like

By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America Three men who each spent 36 years in prison for a high-profile killing they did not commit are going to get $48 million from Baltimore. It’s the largest settlement in Maryland history. The Baltimore Board of Estimates’ approval of the payout brings an end to a federal lawsuit

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — An employee with the Illinois comptroller’s office has been fired after she posted antisemitic comments on social media during an exchange about the latest Israel-Hamas war. A spokesperson for Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza said in a statement Thursday that the employee was “immediately fired” after she admitted to some of the

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Many Nigerians are remembering the victims of the historic protests in 2020 against police brutality, with Amnesty International reporting that at least 15 of the protesters are still being detained and tortured. A group held a rally in Lagos to commemorate the third anniversary of the

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Police in Brazil conducted searches and made two arrests in an investigation targeting members of the country’s intelligence agency who were suspected of using spy technology to track cellphones without judicial authorization. Brazilian media reported that officials at the Brazilian Intelligence Agency, which is known by its Portuguese acronym ABIN,

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press ONJUKU, Japan (AP) — Scientists from the U.N. nuclear agency have watched Japanese lab workers prepare samples of fish collected at a seafood market near the Fukushima nuclear plant to test the safety of treated radioactive wastewater released from the damaged plant into the sea. The discharge of wastewater began

KINGSTON, N.Y. (AP) — Officials say two hospitals in New York have been hit with a cyberattack and are diverting patients to other facilities. The cyberattack affected computer systems at HealthAlliance Hospital in Kingston along with Margaretville Hospital and Mountainside Residential Care Center, all part of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network. The health care

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a California man has been fined $50,000 in Vermont for smuggling carvings made from sperm whale teeth and walrus tusk across the U.S.-Canadian border. The U.S. attorney’s office says the man and his wife arrived at the Highgate Springs border crossing in July of 2021 after buying nine

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump was fined $5,000 on Friday after his disparaging social media post about a key court staffer in his New York civil fraud trial lingered on his campaign website for weeks after the judge ordered it deleted. Judge Arthur Engoron avoided holding

By DANIEL POLITI and DAVID BILLER BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Politicians usually talk about belt tightening, or trimming spending with scissors. Argentine presidential candidate Javier Milei is ready to attack the system with a chainsaw. The self-declared anarcho-capitalist favors a power tool. It’s a symbol projecting defiance and strength to disaffected Argentines. They see

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The special counsel overseeing the Hunter Biden investigation is expected to testify before a Congressional committee behind closed doors as a GOP probe into the Justice Department’s handling of the case continues to unfold. In a rare step, David Weiss is set to appear

By MEGAN JANETSKY and JAVIER CÓRDOBA Associated Press PASO CANOAS, Costa Rica (AP) — Panama and Costa Rica have set up a bus system to speed the flow of migrants from the Darien Gap to Costa Rica’s border with Nicaragua. It’s the latest example of how Central American countries continue to scramble to find solutions

CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Museum of Art has sued New York City authorities over their seizure of a headless bronze statue believed to depict the Roman emperor and philosopher Marcus Aurelius. A warrant signed by a judge in Manhattan on Aug. 14 ordered the seizure of the statue, which the museum acquired in 1986

By TOM KRISHER and DAVID KOENIG AP Business Writers DETROIT (AP) — United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain said Friday that while Detroit’s automakers have increased their wage and benefit offers, he believes the union can gain more if it holds out longer in contract talks. In a Facebook Live appearance, Fain didn’t announce any

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s foreign minister has shrugged off U.S. claims that North Korea transferred munitions to Russia. Russian state television on Friday broadcast Sergey Lavrov saying Washington had failed to prove the allegation. Lavrov made a trip to Pyongyang this week for talks on ways to boost North-Korea-Russia ties following a September summit between

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Haydn Gwynne, a versatile and acclaimed performer on British stage and screen, has died. She was 66 and had recently been diagnosed with cancer. Gwynne’s agent Alex Irwin said the actress died in a London hospital early Friday, “surrounded by her beloved sons, close family and friends.”

By CHRIS MEGERIAN and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Friday released a sweeping set of proposals to bolster Israel and Ukraine in the midst of two wars as well as invest more in domestic defense manufacturing, humanitarian assistance and managing the influx of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border.

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s been a month since a Maryland man became the second person to receive a transplanted heart from a pig –- and hospital video released Friday shows he’s working hard to recover. Lawrence Faucette was dying from heart failure and ineligible for a traditional heart transplant