Competing abortion pill rulings sow broad alarm, confusion
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and KEN MILLER Associated Press Emma Hernandez is defiant even if she fears what may come in the latest stage of the…
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Cyclist Ethan Boyes dies after being struck in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Award-winning cyclist Ethan Boyes died after being struck by a car at a national park in San Francisco, the U.S. Park Police…
Continue ReadingGrand Canyon delays opening of North Rim due to snowfall
NORTH RIM, Ariz. (AP) — Officials at Grand Canyon National Park are delaying the opening of the North Rim to visitors for the 2023 season. Like…
Continue ReadingIsraelis protest judicial overhaul despite violence surge
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Thousands of Israelis gathered for a weekly demonstration against the government’s contentious judicial overhaul plans…
Continue ReadingYemen: Saudis free 13 Houthis as Omani officials visit Sanaa
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels say Saudi Arabia released 13 war prisoners. The Houthis say the prisoners…
Continue ReadingIsraeli military retaliates after rockets fired from Syria
By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military said its forces attacked targets in Syria early Sunday after six rockets…
Continue ReadingAt least 44 people killed by jihadis in Burkina Faso’s north
By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Burkina Faso’s government says that at least 44 people were killed by Islamic…
Continue ReadingMemphis Zoo bids farewell to panda ahead of return to China
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Visitors at the Memphis Zoo said goodbye Saturday to giant panda Ya Ya during a farewell party ahead of her departure back to…
Continue ReadingPope Francis returns to public eye for Easter vigil Mass
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis returned to public view on Saturday, presiding over Easter vigil Mass…
Continue ReadingWhat does 1870s Comstock Act have to do with abortion pills?
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A 19th century “anti-vice” law is at the center of a new court ruling that threatens…
Continue ReadingShow stopper: Singalong fans ejected, ‘Bodyguard’ halted
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — A British performance of “The Bodyguard” musical ended in unrequited love for some audience members who…
Continue ReadingJazz saxophonist, teacher Edward “Kidd” Jordan dies at 87
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Jazz saxophonist and music teacher Edward “Kidd” Jordan died in his sleep Friday, surrounded by family at his New Orleans…
Continue ReadingPolice: Fleeing father dropped toddler who died in brook
CLARKSBURG, Mass. (AP) — Police say a 2-year-old boy from Vermont found dead in a brook may have been dropped there by his father as he fled the…
Continue ReadingCourt backs teacher firing over transgender students’ names
By KATHLEEN FOODY The Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — An Indiana school district did not violate a former music teacher’s rights by pushing…
Continue ReadingWhirling disease detected at New Mexico fish hatchery
SANTA ROSA, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico wildlife managers say they will have fewer rainbow trout to stock in lakes and rivers around the state this…
Continue ReadingMobile home park residents form co-ops to save their homes
By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — When Gadiel Galvez learned that the owner of his mobile home park south of…
Continue ReadingThousands of doctors plan to walk off job again in England
LONDON (AP) — The British public health system is warning that a planned four-day strike by tens of thousands of doctors could lead to the…
Continue ReadingEstonia PM’s party clinches new coalition government deal
By JARI TANNER and KOSTYA MANENKOV Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Estonia’s Prime Minister Kaja Kallas says her center-right Reform…
Continue ReadingReport: Florida officials cut key data from vaccine study
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — An analysis that was the basis of a highly criticized recommendation from Florida’s surgeon general cautioning young men…
Continue ReadingAfghan religious scholars criticize girls’ education ban
JALALABAD, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan religious scholars Saturday criticized a ban on female education, as a key Taliban minister warned clerics not…
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