2% of kids and 7% of adults have gotten the new COVID shots, US data show (apnews.com)
A month after federal officials recommended new versions of COVID-19 vaccines, 7% of U.S. adults and 2% of children have gotten a shot....
AP visual analysis: Rocket from Gaza appeared to go astray, likely caused deadly hospital explosion (apnews.com)
Abortion restrictions in Russia spark outrage as the country takes a conservative turn (apnews.com)
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Despite its last-minute scheduling, the meeting at a bookstore in Russia’s westernmost city of Kaliningrad still drew about 60 people, with many outraged by a lawmaker’s efforts to ban abortions in local private clinics....
War-weary mothers, wives and children of Ukrainian soldiers demand a cap on military service time (apnews.com)
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Scores of protesters gathered on the streets of Ukrainian cities on Friday to demand a cap of 18 months on mandatory military service, amid new suggestions of possible Ukrainian and international weariness with the 20-month war....
A police dog attacked a Black trucker on his knees. An Ohio city is dealing with the aftermath (apnews.com)
Former NYC jail guards avoid prison time for 8-minute delay in helping inmate who attempted suicide (apnews.com)
Fullerton, Wilson and two other officers were charged in connection with 18-year-old Nicholas Feliciano’s suicide attempt at the Rikers Island jail complex on Nov. 27, 2019. The other officers’ cases remain pending. Feliciano suffered permanent brain damage and needs long-term medical care....
EPA to strengthen lead protections in drinking water after multiple crises, including Flint (apnews.com)
About four decades ago, when the Environmental Protection Agency was first trying to figure out what to do about lead in drinking water, Ronnie Levin quantified its damage: Roughly 40 million people drank water with dangerous levels of lead, degrading the intelligence of thousands of kids....
Acapulco residents are fending for themselves in absence of aid (apnews.com)
Spain's report on Catholic Church sex abuse estimates victims could number in hundreds of thousands (apnews.com)
Mass arrests target LGBTQ+ people in Nigeria while abuses against them are ignored, activists say (apnews.com)
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Law enforcement authorities in Nigeria are using the country’s same-sex prohibition law to target the LGBTQ+ community while ignoring abuses against them, rights groups and lawyers say, in the wake of fresh mass arrests of gay people....
Food insecurity shot up last year with inflation and the end of pandemic-era aid, a new report says (apnews.com)
An estimated 17 million households reported problems finding enough food in 2022 — a sharp jump from 2021 when boosted government aid helped ease the pandemic-induced economic shutdown....
US renews warning it will defend Philippines after incidents with Chinese vessels in South China Sea (apnews.com)
The United States renewed a warning Monday that it would defend the Philippines in case of an armed attack under a 1951 treaty, after Chinese ships blocked and collided with two Filipino vessels off a contested shoal in the South China Sea....
Amid massive search for mass killing suspect, Maine residents remain behind locked doors (apnews.com)
Shocked and fearful Maine residents are keeping to their homes for a second night as hundreds of police and FBI agents search intently for Robert Card, a U.S.
US military says Chinese fighter jet came within 10 feet of B-52 bomber over South China Sea (apnews.com)
A Chinese fighter jet came within 10 feet of an American B-52 bomber flying over the South China Sea, nearly causing an accident, the U.S. military said, underscoring the potential for a mishap as both countries vie for influence in the region....
Maine passed a law to try to prevent mass shootings. Some say more is needed after Lewiston killings (apnews.com)
Barely four years before a gunman’s deadly rampage in Maine, a state that is staunchly protective of gun rights, the governor signed a law aimed at preventing a mass shooting like the one Wednesday night that claimed at least 18 lives....
US fighter jets strike Iran-linked sites in Syria in retaliation for attacks on US troops (apnews.com)
Malaysia picks powerful ruler of Johor state as country's new king under rotation system (apnews.com)
US strikes Iran-linked sites in Syria in retaliation for attacks on US troops (apnews.com)
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Orban doubles down at EU summit to defend meeting Putin. One leader calls it a very wrong message (apnews.com)
If a warm handshake with Russian President Vladimir Putin weren’t provocative enough, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban went into an EU summit Thursday saying he was right to meet the EU’s foremost enemy and that most of the other leaders were wrong....
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FDA warns about giving probiotics to preterm babies after infant death, other injuries (apnews.com)
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning health care providers and the public about injuries and at least one death in premature infants who were given probiotic products in the hospital....
Amid massive search for mass killing suspect, Maine residents remain behind locked doors (apnews.com)
Shocked and fearful Maine residents kept to their homes for a second night as hundreds of heavily armed police and FBI agents searched intensely for Robert Card, an Army reservist authorities say fatally shot 18 people at a bowling alley and a bar in the worst mass killing in state history....
Bagged, precut onions linked to salmonella outbreak that has sickened 73 people in 22 states (apnews.com)
An outbreak of salmonella poisoning linked to bagged, precut onions has sickened at least 73 people in 22 states, including 15 who were hospitalized, U.S. health officials said Tuesday....
Swedish court acquits Russian-born businessman of spying for Moscow (apnews.com)
Utah sues TikTok, alleging it lures children into addictive and destructive social media habits (apnews.com)
Utah became the latest state Tuesday to file a lawsuit against TikTok, alleging the company is “baiting” children into addictive and unhealthy social media habits....
