Nebraska trans health bill advances, despite filibuster vow
By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Legislature has advanced a contentious bill that would ban gender-affirming…
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South Africa’s Ramaphosa welcomes Belgium’s King Philippe
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has welcomed Belgium’s King Philippe and Queen…
Continue ReadingPresident seals Finland’s NATO bid by signing required laws
By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — The Finnish president has formally sealed the Nordic country’s historic bid to join NATO by…
Continue ReadingFormer Man United goalkeeper Ben Foster signs for Wrexham
WREXHAM, Wales (AP) — Former Manchester United goalkeeper Ben Foster has come out of retirement to sign for Wrexham. The Welsh soccer team is owned…
Continue ReadingNC approves Medicaid expansion, reversing long opposition
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Republican-controlled North Carolina legislature has given final approval to a…
Continue ReadingPentagon: Budget readies US for possible China confrontation
By LOLITA C. BALDOR and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Pentagon leaders have told Congress that the U.S. military must be ready for…
Continue ReadingBones kept by former eugenics institute buried in Berlin
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Thousands of bone fragments, which may include the remains of victims of Nazi crimes, were buried…
Continue ReadingBook ban attempts hit record high in 2022, library org says
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A new report from the American Library Association says attempted book bannings and…
Continue ReadingMaryland police: Driver veered into a work zone, killing 6
By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — New details are emerging about a midweek crash along the Baltimore beltway that left six…
Continue ReadingReporter for Russian paper sentenced to 3 years in Belarus
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A court in Belarus has sentenced a reporter for the now-closed local edition of one of Russia’s most popular newspapers…
Continue ReadingOhio toxic train derailment upends school baseball, track
By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — As spring sports get underway at East Palestine High School in Ohio, organizers are…
Continue ReadingGerman unions call for wide-ranging transport strike Monday
BERLIN (AP) — German unions are calling on thousands of workers across the country’s transport system to stage a one-day strike on Monday that is…
Continue ReadingJapan’s winning WBC team drops in on Prime Minister Kishida
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Prime Minister Fumio Kishida might have had his most enjoyable day in office when Japan’s winning…
Continue ReadingPrince William thanks Poland for generosity to Ukrainians
By VANESSA GERA and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Prince William has paid tribute to Poles who lost their lives in past wars,…
Continue ReadingNigerian politician found guilty in UK organ harvesting plot
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A senior Nigerian politician and his wife have been found guilty of conspiring to transport a street…
Continue ReadingCalifornians eager for sunnier days after relentless winter
By STEFANIE DAZIO and GREGORY BULL Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — With spring now underway, California’s 39 million residents are hopeful…
Continue ReadingRussia’s security chief blasts West, dangles nuclear threats
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — A top Russian security official has declared that the risk of a nuclear war has risen and…
Continue ReadingArtwork that secretly honored Hong Kong dissidents removed
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong department store took down a digital artwork that contained hidden references to…
Continue ReadingPark outside: Hyundai, Kia recall vehicles due to fire risk
DETROIT (AP) — Hyundai and Kia are telling the owners of more than 571,000 SUVs and minivans in the U.S. to park them outdoors because the tow…
Continue ReadingChina criticizes possible US plan to force TikTok sale
BEIJING (AP) — China’s government says it would oppose possible U.S. plans to force TikTok’s Chinese owner to sell the short-video service as a…
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