US begins delivering munitions to Israel as the American death toll rises to 11 in Hamas attacks (apnews.com)
US expands probe into Ford engine failures to include two motors and nearly 709,000 vehicles (apnews.com)
U.S. auto safety investigators have expanded a probe into Ford Motor Co. engine failures to include nearly 709,000 vehicles....
China flies 103 military planes toward Taiwan in a new high of activity the island calls harassment (apnews.com)
China’s military sent 103 warplanes toward Taiwan in a 24-hour period in what the island’s defense ministry called a recent new high....
Secret records: Government says Marine's adoption of Afghan orphan seen as abduction, must be undone (apnews.com)
The U.S. government has warned a Virginia judge that an American Marine’s adoption of an Afghan war orphan was flawed and could be seen as international child abduction.
Biden brushes off House impeachment inquiry and says Republicans want to shut down the government (apnews.com)
President Joe Biden late Wednesday brushed off the House Republicans’ impeachment inquiry, saying the way he sees it, they launched the investigation against him because they want to shut down the federal government....
Republican opposition to abortion threatens global HIV/AIDS program that has saved 25 million lives (apnews.com)
The AIDS epidemic has killed more than 40 million people since the first recorded cases in 1981, tripling child mortality and carving decades off life expectancy in the hardest-hit areas of Africa, where the cost of treatment put it out of reach. Horrified, then-President George W. Bush and the U.S. Congress two decades ago...
India's government replaces 'India' with ancient name 'Bharat' in dinner invitation to G20 guests (apnews.com)
Judge rules Florida law banning some Chinese property purchases can be enforced (apnews.com)
new law that bans citizens of China and some other countries from purchasing property in large swaths of Florida can be enforced while being challenged in court, a federal judge ruled Thursday....
More states expect schools to keep trans girls off girls teams as K-12 classes resume (apnews.com)
As children across the U.S. head back to classes and practices for fall sports, four more states are expecting their K-12 schools to keep transgender girls off their girls teams....
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried jailed in New York; judge says crypto mogul tampered with witnesses (apnews.com)
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was sent to jail Friday to await trial after a bail hearing for the fallen cryptocurrency wiz left a judge convinced that he had repeatedly tried to influence witnesses against him.
Dungeons & Dragons tells illustrators to stop using AI to generate artwork for fantasy franchise (apnews.com)
Dungeons & Dragons tells illustrators to stop using AI to generate artwork for fantasy franchise::The Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game franchise says it won’t allow artists to use artificial intelligence technology to draw its cast of sorcerers, druids and other characters and scenery.
Powerful former North Dakota lawmaker pleads guilty to traveling to Europe to pay for sex with minor (apnews.com)
A powerful former North Dakota lawmaker pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to a charge that he traveled to Europe with the intent to pay for sex with a minor....
Men’s Olympic triathlon is postponed due to concerns over water quality in Paris’ Seine River (apnews.com)
The men’s Olympic triathlon planned for Tuesday has been postponed over concerns about water quality in Paris’ Seine River, where the swimming portion of the race was supposed to take place....
US Coast Guard patrol spots Chinese naval ships off Alaska island (apnews.com)
A U.S. Coast Guard cutter on routine patrol in the Bering Sea came across several Chinese military ships in international waters but within the U.S. exclusive economic zone, officials said....
Supreme Court refuses to hear bite mark case (apnews.com)
The U.S. Supreme Court declined Tuesday to review the case of an Alabama man who has spent decades in prison for a murder conviction supported by recanted and discredited testimony about bite marks....
Alex Jones’ personal assets to be sold to pay $1.5B Sandy Hook debt. Company bankruptcy is dismissed (apnews.com)
A federal judge on Friday ordered the liquidation of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones ′ personal assets but dismissed his company’s separate bankruptcy case, leaving the future of his Infowars media platform uncertain as he owes $1.5 billion for his false claims that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax....
The Mirage casino, which ushered in an era of Las Vegas Strip megaresorts in the '90s, is closing (apnews.com)
Biden administration is sending $1 billion more in weapons, ammo to Israel, congressional aides say (apnews.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/15415020...
America's debt tops $34 trillion, but a commission to address it appears dead in Congress (apnews.com)
For Mike Johnson it was effectively a Day 1 priority....
Ukraine says it foiled a Russian spy agency plot to assassinate President Zelenskyy (apnews.com)
Ukrainian counterintelligence investigators have foiled a Russian plot to assassinate President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other top military and political figures, Ukraine’s state security service said Tuesday....
Arizona's Democratic leaders get enough votes to repeal 19th century abortion ban (apnews.com)
Dozens of deaths reveal risks of injecting sedatives into people restrained by police (apnews.com)
A mission of mercy, then a fatal mistake: How an aid convoy in Gaza became Israel's target (apnews.com)
The path to the April 1 attack started months ago, as aid groups desperately looked for ways to feed millions cut off from regular food deliveries. Gaza was sealed off by Israeli forces within hours of the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas militants that ignited the war. Since then, more than 33,000 Palestinians have been killed and more...
Why did more than 1,000 people die after police subdued them with force that isn't meant to kill? (apnews.com)
Carl Grant, a Vietnam veteran with dementia, wandered out of a hospital room to charge a cellphone he imagined he had. When he wouldn’t sit still, the police officer escorting Grant body-slammed him, ricocheting the patient’s head off the floor....
Dairy cattle in Texas and Kansas test positive for bird flu (apnews.com)
Milk from dairy cows in Texas and Kansas has tested positive for bird flu, U.S. officials said Monday....
