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By JOSHUA GOODMAN and JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal watchdog is investigating whether the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration under chief Anne Milgram improperly awarded millions of dollars in no-bid contracts to hire her past associates. That’s according to several people familiar with the probe who spoke to The Associated Press. The

By MIKE SCHNEIDER and SIBI ARASU Associated Press India’s population will surpass China’s by the middle of this year. Unless it’s happened already? Demographers are unsure when exactly India will take the title from China as the most populous nation in the world because they are relying on estimates. But they know it’s going to

By KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India is on track to surpass China by mid-2023 as the world’s most populous nation, United Nations data said Wednesday, raising questions about whether a booming, young Indian population will fuel economic growth for years to come. While India’s 254 million people between ages 15 and

By AHMED AL-HAJ and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A crowd apparently spooked by gunfire and an electrical explosion stampeded at an event to distribute financial aid during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Yemen’s capital late Wednesday, killing at least 78 people and injuring at least 73 others, according to

By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A group of conservative Republican lawmakers in Montana deliberately misgendered a transgender colleague in demanding that she be censured for language she used on the floor while speaking against a bill that would ban gender-affirming medical care for children. The Montana Freedom Caucus posted its

WARROAD, Minn. (AP) — Authorities have rescued nine men who entered the United States illegally from Canada and were found in a sub-freezing Minnesota bog. The U.S. Border Patrol says the nine, ranging in age from 19 to 46, were found Tuesday near Warroad, a few miles south of the Canadian border. The men were

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