Critics question if longtime Democratic congressman from Georgia is too old for reelection
By JEFF AMY Associated Press CONYERS, Ga. (AP) — U.S. Rep. David Scott faces multiple Democratic primary opponents in his quest for a 12th…
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A new form of mpox that may spread more easily found in Congo’s biggest outbreak
By MARIA CHENG and CHRISTINA MALKIA Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo is struggling to contain its biggest mpox outbreak, and…
Continue Reading Captain sentenced to 4 years for criminal negligence in fiery deaths of 34 aboard scuba boat
By STEFANIE DAZIO and AMY TAXIN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge in Los Angeles has sentenced a scuba dive boat captain to four…
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Barbra Banda’s 2 goals keep Orlando Pride undefeated in NWSL
By SUSIE RANTZ Associated Press Barbra Banda was involved in all four of Orlando’s goals as the Pride beat the North Carolina Courage 4-1 on…
Continue Reading Student journalists are covering their own campuses in convulsion. Here’s what they have to say
By DAVID BAUDER and CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Student journalists at campuses across the country are getting a…
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Smoke alarm awakens NE Bend residents, who catch fire early, limiting damage; cause traced to woodstove ashes
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A smoke alarm awakened residents of a northeast Bend home early Wednesday morning, alerting them to a house fire that damaged a…
Continue Reading Arizona’s Democratic governor signs a bill to repeal 1864 ban on most abortions
By ANITA SNOW and MORGAN LEE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has relegated a Civil War-era ban on most…
Continue Reading Faceless people, invisible hands: New Army video aims to lure recruits for psychological operations
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press FORT LIBERTY, N.C. (AP) — The video is unsettling, with haunting images of faceless people, fire and soldiers.…
Continue Reading Time is on their side: Rolling Stones rock New Orleans Jazz Fest after 2 previous tries
By CHEVEL JOHNSON RODRIGUE and KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival is usually akin to a…
Continue Reading More than 2,100 people have been arrested during pro-Palestinian protests on US college campuses
By JULIE WATSON, CHRISTOPHER L. KELLER, CAROLYN THOMPSON and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police have arrested more than…
Continue Reading Biden says ‘order must prevail’ during campus protests over the war in Gaza
By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is rejecting calls from student protesters to change his approach to the…
Continue Reading For ex-Derby winner Silver Charm, it’s a life of leisure and Old Friends at Kentucky retirement farm
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press GEORGETOWN, Ky. (AP) — Michael Blowen can step outside his house any day of the week and visit retired…
Continue Reading Serbia prepares to mark school shooting anniversary. A mother says ‘everyone rushed to forget’
By MARKO DROBNJAKOVIC and JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia is preparing to mark the anniversary of a school shooting last…
Continue Reading Arizona repealed its 1864 abortion ban. Democrats are still planning to use it against Trump
By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s 1864 abortion ban will soon be gone from the law books, but not from the campaign…
Continue Reading Maternal deaths have fallen to pre-pandemic levels, new US data says
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — New government data suggests U.S. maternal deaths have fallen back to pre-pandemic levels. About…
Continue Reading At time of rising antisemitism, Holocaust survivors take on denial and hate in new digital campaign
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) — Holocaust survivors are participating in a digital campaign called #CancelHate…
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US says Russia used choking agents against Ukrainian troops, breaching chemical weapons ban
By Jessie Yeung and Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — The United States has formally accused Russia of using chemical weapons “as a method of…
Continue Reading Hakeem Jeffries isn’t speaker yet, but the Democrat may be the most powerful person in Congress
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Without wielding the gavel or holding a formal job laid out in the Constitution,…
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US maternal mortality rate declines, but disparities remain, new CDC data shows
By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — After a sharp rise in women dying in pregnancy, childbirth or postpartum earlier in the Covid-19 pandemic,…
Continue ReadingTrump gives his strongman’s ambitions free rein on a day off from court
Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump used his day off from a criminal trial related to a past election to cast a dark,…
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