China denies accusations of forced assimilation and curbs on religious freedom in Tibet (apnews.com)
France has banned pro-Palestinian protests and vowed to protect Jews from resurgent antisemitism (apnews.com)
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The Philippines and China report a new maritime confrontation near a contested South China Sea shoal (apnews.com)
Right turn on red? With pedestrian deaths rising, US cities are considering bans (apnews.com)
Media watchdog says it was just 'raising questions' with insinuations about photographers and Hamas (apnews.com)
Media watchdog says it was just 'raising questions' with insinuations about photographers and Hamas (apnews.com)
The head of an Israeli media watchdog, HonestReporting, says it was simply ‘raising questions’ by wondering whether Palestinian photojournalists who documented the Oct. 7 attack on Israel had been tipped off in advance that it had happened.
Former Indiana legislator agrees to plead guilty to fraud in casino corruption scheme (apnews.com)
Federal prosecutors say a former Indiana lawmaker has agreed to plead guilty to a federal charge alleging that he accepted promises of compensation from a casino company during his time in public office.
Judge declines to push back Trump's classified documents trial but postpones other deadlines (apnews.com)
A federal judge in Florida on Friday declined to delay Donald Trump’s classified documents trial, calling a request by the former president’s defense lawyers to postpone the date “premature.” But she postponed other deadlines in the case and signaled that she would revisit the trial date later....
Clashes over Israel-Hamas war shatter students' sense of safety on US college campuses (apnews.com)
As a Jewish student, Eden Roth always has felt safe and welcome at Tulane University, where more than 40% of the students are Jewish. That has been tested by the aftermath of last month’s Hamas incursion into Israel....
Verdict is in: Texas voters tell oldest judges it's time to retire (apnews.com)
When it comes to age on the ballot, Texas didn’t wait until 2024 to weigh in....
8 dead in crash after police chased a suspected human smuggler, Texas officials say (apnews.com)
The crash happened around 6:30 a.m. when the driver of a 2009 Honda Civic tried to outrun deputies from the Zavala County Sheriff’s Office and attempted to pass a semi truck, the state Department of Public Safety said. The Civic collided with a 2015 Chevrolet Equinox, which caught fire....
Toxic heavy smog in eastern Pakistan makes tens of thousands sick (apnews.com)
Toxic gray smog has sickened tens of thousands of people in Pakistan’s cultural capital of Lahore, forcing authorities to shut schools, markets and parks for four days, officials said Thursday....
Top US accident investigator says close calls between planes show that aviation is under stress (apnews.com)
Highly pathogenic avian flu detected at Alabama chicken farm, nearly 48K birds killed (apnews.com)
After confirming the presence of highly pathogenic avian flu in a flock of chickens, nearly 48,000 birds were killed at a north Alabama farm, state agriculture officials said....
Vatican says it's permissible for transgender Catholics to be baptized (apnews.com)
Astronaut Frank Borman, commander of the first Apollo mission to the moon, has died at age 95 (apnews.com)
Astronaut Frank Borman, who commanded Apollo 8’s historic Christmas 1968 flight that circled the moon 10 times and paved the way for the lunar landing the next year, has died. He was 95....
Ohio votes to legalize marijuana for adult recreational use, becoming 24th state to do so (apnews.com)
US childhood vaccination exemptions reach their highest level ever (apnews.com)
The proportion of U.S. kindergartners exempted from school vaccination requirements has hit its highest level ever, 3%, U.S. health officials said Thursday....
Los Angeles coroner's investigator accused of stealing a crucifix from around the neck of a dead man (apnews.com)
Liberal and moderate candidates take control of school boards in contentious races across US (apnews.com)
Voters in some of the highest-profile school board elections across the U.S. rebuked conservative candidates in local school board elections who want to ban books and restrict classroom conversations on race and gender....
The man charged in last year's attack against Nancy Pelosi's husband goes to trial in San Francisco (apnews.com)
The man accused of breaking into former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home, bludgeoning her husband with a hammer and seeking to kidnap her goes on trial Thursday....
Judge in Alaska upholds Biden administration's approval of the massive Willow oil-drilling project (apnews.com)
FDA approves new version of diabetes drug Mounjaro for weight loss (apnews.com)
A new version of the popular diabetes treatment Mounjaro can be sold as a weight-loss drug, U.S. regulators announced Wednesday....
Colorado funeral home owner, wife, arrested on charges linked to the handling of at least 190 bodies (apnews.com)
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The owner of a Colorado funeral home and his wife were arrested Wednesday in Oklahoma on charges linked to the discovery of 190 sets of decaying remains at one of their facilities, including some that apparently had been languishing there for four years.
7 Nashville officers on 'administrative assignment' after Covenant school shooter's writings leaked (apnews.com)
Seven Nashville police officers have been placed on “administrative assignment” amid an investigation into the unauthorized release of some writings by the shooter who killed six people, including three children, at a private elementary school in March, authorities said Wednesday....
