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ROME (AP) — The United Nations says that women who run farms and rural households in poor countries suffer more from climate change and are discriminated against as they try to adapt to other sources of income in times of crises. A new report by the Food and Agriculture Organization released on Tuesday found that

By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine claimed Tuesday it has sunk another Russian warship in the Black Sea using high-tech sea drones as Kyiv’s forces take aim at targets well behind the war’s front line. Russian authorities did not confirm the claim. The Ukrainian military intelligence agency said a special operations

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Singapore’s prime minister says Southeast Asian countries’ quest to reach agreement with China on a code of conduct in the contested South China Sea will take time, with difficult issues yet to be resolved despite recent efforts to accelerate the process. China’s increasing military assertiveness in

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Tumbling Big Tech stocks dragged Wall Street to its worst day in three weeks on Tuesday. The S&P 500 dropped 1% for its second straight loss after closing last week at an all-time high. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 404 points, or 1%, and

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s Premier Li Qiang promoted an image of confidence as he announced modest economic growth goals for the country at one of its most important political gatherings. Li announced that the GDP growth target was 5% this year — a modest target that is still going to

By ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas has been forced into a runoff from the right against challenger Brandon Herrera. It was Gonzales’ first election since drawing a rare rebuke by his own state party last year over breaking with conservatives in Congress on key issues, The

By PAUL J. WEBER and SEAN MURPHY Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has officially locked up the GOP nomination for a third term and awaits the winner of a wide field of Democratic challenger. Cruz had no major primary opponent. Nine Democrats are running for the chance to unseat him

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A split among Republican lawmakers has doomed proposals from election conspiracy promoters to upend how Kansas conducts elections. The divide also sunk an effort with broader GOP support to shorten the time voters have to return mail ballots. A vote Tuesday in the state Senate

By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Two San Francisco ballot measures to expand police powers and compel drug treatment for adult welfare recipients have commanding leads in partial vote counts. Mayor London Breed claimed victory Tuesday night and said the city now has important tools to crack down on crime and a

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — One of the country’s most progressive prosecutors Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón was leading in partial results in his bid for reelection against 11 opponents. Nathan Hochman, a one-time California attorney general candidate who ran as a Republican in 2022, was closely behind him.

By TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Californians are split in early returns over a statewide ballot measure that Gov. Gavin Newson says he needs to tackle the state’s homelessness crisis. Proposition 1 was the only measure on the ballot. It was too early to call Tuesday night. It has been one of

By HYUNG-JIN KIM and JIWON SONG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Thousands of striking junior doctors in South Korea are facing proceedings to suspend their medical licenses. Meanwhile, authorities are pushing for police investigations into leaders of the walkouts that have disrupted hospital operations. Nearly 9,000 of South Korea’s 13,000 medical interns and

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California voters have settled House primaries across the state. But all eyes are on a handful of swing districts whose November matchups will help determine who controls Congress for the next two years. All of California’s 52 House seats had primary elections on Tuesday. The top

CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say a fire that destroyed a building housing supplies for the vaping industry caused multiple explosions, killing one person and injuring a firefighter. The blasts rocked suburban Detroit on Monday, sending gas canisters and debris shooting into the air. The Clinton Township Police Department said on Facebook that debris

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers facing public pressure to restart in vitro fertilization services in the state advanced legislation Tuesday to shield providers from the fallout of a court ruling that equated frozen embryos to children. Committees in the state Senate and House approved identical bills that would protect

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent (AP) — A judge in the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent has ordered the deportation of three men from Grenada suspected in the disappearance of a U.S. couple whose catamaran was hijacked. The men, Trevon Robertson, a 19-year-old unemployed man; Abita Stanislaus, a 25-year-old farmer; and Ron Mitchell, a 30-year-old sailor;

By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — While artificial intelligence made headlines with ChatGPT, behind the scenes, the technology has quietly pervaded everyday life — screening job resumes, rental apartment applications, and even determining medical care in some cases. While a number of AI systems have been found to discriminate, tipping the

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate leader Mitch McConnell is the highest-ranking Republican in Congress who has yet to endorse Donald Trump’s bid to return to the White House — having once called the defeated president “morally responsible” for the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol attack. But that’s potentially about to change.

By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Highway signs welcome drivers entering North Carolina to “the nation’s most military friendly state,” and veterans here know they’re being courted. But in a state where camouflage-colored appeals have become commonplace, recent efforts by progressive groups to cut into what has long been a

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Supreme Court Justices Karen Baker and Rhonda Wood advanced to a runoff election for chief justice this fall, ensuring that for the first time a woman will be elected to lead the seven-member panel. Justice Barbara Webb and former state legislator Jay Martin were