As clinics pivot post-Roe, battle rages over syringe service in opioid-ravaged West Virginia
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Staff at Women’s Health Center of West Virginia know what it’s like to…
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Ukrainians move to North Dakota for oil field jobs to help families facing war back home
By JACK DURA Associated Press DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) — Maksym Bunchukov remembers hearing rockets explode in Zaporizhzhia as the war in Ukraine…
Continue ReadingHiroshima mayor calls nuclear deterrence ‘folly’ as city marks 78th anniversary of atomic bombing
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Hiroshima officials criticized growing support for nuclear weapons as a detterent resulting from…
Continue ReadingPhilippine military condemns Chinese coast guard’s use of water cannon on its boat in disputed sea
By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine military on Sunday condemned a Chinese coast guard ship’s…
Continue ReadingRosenwald Schools helped educate Black students in segregated South. Could a national park follow?
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press ST. GEORGE, S.C. (AP) — As Ralph James settled into the restored, highbacked desk at the segregated school he…
Continue ReadingRacist abuse by Mississippi officers reveals a culture of misconduct, residents say
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Monica Lee sat outside her parents’ home, where a former…
Continue ReadingSimone Biles dazzles in her return from a 2-year layoff to dominate the US Classic
By WILL GRAVES AP National Writer HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. (AP) — Simone Biles spent two years trying to distance herself from those strange days in…
Continue ReadingNorth Korean leader Kim tours weapons factories and vows to advance his arms and his war readiness
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has toured the country’s key weapons factories…
Continue ReadingWashington and Oregon leave behind heritage — and rivals — for stability in the Big Ten
By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — A day after leaving behind more than a century as a tenant to the premier athletic conference on the…
Continue ReadingYMCA camp session canceled, allowing staff to deal with emotional trauma of Idaho bus crash
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press An upcoming YMCA summer camp session in Idaho has been canceled so staffers can deal with the emotional trauma of a…
Continue ReadingKentucky candidates trade barbs at Fancy Farm picnic, the state’s premier political event
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FANCY FARM, Ky. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear and his Republican challenger faced off at Kentucky’s…
Continue Reading3-year-old filly injured in stakes race at Saratoga is euthanized and jockey gets thrown off
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) — Maple Leaf Mel was leading the field in the $500,000 Test at Saratoga when she sustained a catastrophic injury to her…
Continue ReadingOregon extends crab fishing restrictions to protect whales from getting caught in trap ropes
Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon has extended rules restricting the state’s lucrative Dungeness crab fishery in order to protect…
Continue ReadingEarthquake in eastern China knocks down houses and injures at least 21, but no deaths reported
BEIJING (AP) — An earthquake in eastern China before dawn has knocked down houses and injured at least 21 people, state media report, but no deaths…
Continue ReadingStriking Nigerian doctors to embark on nationwide protest over unmet demands by country’s leader
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Doctors from Nigerian public hospitals who have been on strike since last week say they…
Continue ReadingDeSantis steps up dire warning to GOP about distraction from Biden, amid Trump’s latest indictment
By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press VINTON, Iowa (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is increasingly pressing Republican voters to avoid the…
Continue ReadingSaudi Arabia, Bahrain urge citizens to leave Lebanon after Palestinian refugee camp clashes
BEIRUT (AP) — Bahrain has called on its citizens to leave Lebanon “for their own safety” hours after Saudi Arabia did the same without giving a…
Continue ReadingMcConnell is warmly embraced by Kentucky Republicans amid questions about his health
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) — U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell received a rousing welcome from the party…
Continue ReadingSt. Louis police protesters begin picking up checks in $4.9 million settlement
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Some of the people who were arrested during a 2017 protest over the acquittal of a white police officer in the shooting death of…
Continue ReadingNew York City high school student charged with hate-motivated murder in killing of gay dancer
NEW YORK (AP) — Police have arrested a 17-year-old high school student on a hate-motivated murder charge in the fatal stabbing of a professional…
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