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Associated Press SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A crowd of people apparently spooked by gunfire and an electrical explosion stampeded at an event to distribute financial aid in Yemen’s capital late Wednesday, killing at least 78 and injuring at least 73 others, according to eyewitnesses and Houthi rebel officials. Abdel-Rahman Ahmed and Yahia Mohsen, who witnessed

By JAVIER CORDOBA Associated Press SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Costa Rica’s president is promising to put more police in the streets and he wants legal changes to confront record-setting numbers of homicides that have shaken daily life in a country long known for peaceful stability. Choosing to make his speech in the plaza

By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Colorado lawmakers have pushed forward a slew of aggressive gun control bills that are nearing the governor’s desk for signatures. If passed, the once purple state that only recently saw a Democratic takeover will be more closely aligned with the liberal strongholds of California and

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE and BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis added more wins to his agenda targeting the LGBTQ+ community as a state board approved an expansion of what critics call the “Don’t Say Gay” law Wednesday, and the House passed bills on gender-transition treatments, bathroom use and

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Microsoft has agreed to buy a $50 million parcel of land in southeastern Wisconsin meant for Foxconn after the world’s largest electronics manufacturer failed to fulfill grandiose promises to build a massive facility that would employ thousands of workers. Microsoft plans to build a $1 billion

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s Bolshoi Theater has removed a ballet dedicated to dancer Rudolf Nureyev from its repertoire, citing a new Russian law that expands restrictions on activities seen as promoting LGBT rights. Bolshoi director Vladimir Urin said Wednesday that the ballet “Nureyev” has been pulled because of the new legislation, according to the Interfax

By KIM CHANDLER and JEFF AMY Associated Press DADEVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Investigators say two teenagers and a 20—year-old man have been arrested and charged with reckless murder after a shooting that killed four young people at a Sweet Sixteen birthday party in Alabama. District Attorney Mike Segrest said Wednesday the two teens would be

By TERRY CHEA and JANIE HAR Associated Press ANTIOCH, Calif. (AP) — A California city voted Tuesday to audit its troubled police department after racist text messages sent by officers were made public earlier this month. Officials have named 17 officers who sent text messages, including the president of the Antioch police union. But a

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge has denied a motion to move the trial of a woman accused of killing and dismembering a man in Green Bay. Twenty-five-year-old Taylor Schabusiness is charged with first-degree intentional homicide, mutilating a corpse and third-degree sexual assault in the killing of 25-year-old Shad Thyrion in February 2022.

By TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America North Dakota state senators are sending to Republican Gov. Doug Burgum a veto-proof bill that would ban abortion at six weeks of pregnancy, even in cases of rape or incest. It would be one of the strictest abortion bans in the country. Supporters say the bill would further

by LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy unveiled a sweeping package Wednesday that would raise the nation’s debt limit by $1.5 trillion into next year while imposing a long list of Republican priorities, including new spending caps, work requirements for recipients of government aid and others that

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is leaving women’s access to a widely used abortion pill untouched until at least Friday, while the justices consider whether to allow restrictions on the drug mifepristone to take effect. The court is dealing with a new abortion controversy less than a year after