Missouri House backs legal shield for weedkiller maker facing thousands of cancer-related lawsuits (apnews.com)
Airlines will now be required to give automatic cash refunds for canceled and delayed flights (apnews.com)
Russia vetoes a UN resolution calling for prevention of a dangerous nuclear arms race in space (apnews.com)
The Latest | Israeli strikes in Rafah kill at least 5 as ship comes under attack in the Gulf of Aden (apnews.com)
Palestinian hospital officials said Israeli airstrikes on the southern city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip killed at least five people....
New York appeals court overturns Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction from landmark #MeToo trial (apnews.com)
USDA updates rules for school meals that limit added sugars for the first time (apnews.com)
Arizona judge declares mistrial in the case of a rancher accused of fatally shooting a migrant (apnews.com)
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China to send three astronauts to Tiangong space station, part of its ambitious program (apnews.com)
China’s space agency is making final preparations to send a new crew to its space station on Thursday as part of its ambitious program that aims to put people on the moon by 2030.
Amnesty: World seeing near breakdown of international law amid wars in Gaza and Ukraine (apnews.com)
The world is seeing a near breakdown of international law amid flagrant rule-breaking in Gaza and Ukraine, multiplying armed conflicts, the rise of authoritarianism and huge rights violations in Sudan, Ethiopia and Myanmar, Amnesty International warned Wednesday as it published its annual report....
Senate passes bill forcing TikTok’s parent company to sell or face ban, sends to Biden for signature. Biden expected to sign on Wed. (apnews.com)
Arizona House advances a repeal of the state's near-total abortion ban to the Senate (apnews.com)
A proposed repeal of Arizona’s near-total ban on abortions won approval from the state House Wednesday after two weeks of mounting pressure on Republicans over an issue that has bedeviled former President Donald Trump’s campaign to return to the White House....
Spain approves plan to compensate victims of Catholic Church sex abuse. Church will be asked to pay (apnews.com)
Angry farmers in a once-lush Mexican state target avocado orchards that suck up too much water (apnews.com)
As a drought in Mexico drags on, angry subsistence farmers have begun taking direct action on thirsty avocado orchards and berry fields of commercial farms that are drying up streams in the mountains west of Mexico City....
Australian police arrest 7 alleged teen extremists linked to stabbing of a bishop in a Sydney church (apnews.com)
Australian police arrested seven teenagers accused of following a violent extremist ideology in raids across Sydney on Wednesday, as a judge extended a ban on social media platform X sharing video of a knife attack on a bishop that started the criminal investigation....
Arizona Democrats attempt to repeal the state’s 19th century abortion ban (apnews.com)
For a third straight week, Democrats at the Arizona Legislature are attempting Wednesday to repeal the state’s near-total ban on abortions, again spotlighting an issue that has put Republicans on the defensive in a battleground state for the presidential election....
Senate overwhelmingly passes aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan with big bipartisan vote (apnews.com)
Seattle hospital won't turn over gender-affirming care records in lawsuit settlement with Texas (apnews.com)
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is dropping a request for a Seattle hospital to hand over records regarding gender-affirming treatment potentially given to children from Texas as part of a lawsuit settlement announced Monday....
Elon Musk accuses Australia of censorship after court bans violent video (apnews.com)
New federal rule bars transgender school bathroom bans, but it likely isn't the final word (apnews.com)
The clash over bathroom policy and other elements of a federal regulation finalized last week could set the stage for another wave of legal battles over how transgender kids should be treated in the U.S.
'Catch and kill' will be described to jurors in Donald Trump's hush money trial as testimony resumes (apnews.com)
A longtime tabloid publisher is expected to tell jurors about his efforts to help Donald Trump stifle unflattering stories during the 2016 campaign.
New federal rule would bar 'noncompete' agreements for most employees (apnews.com)
Children of Flint water crisis make change as young environmental and health activists (apnews.com)
Their childhood memories are still vivid: warnings against drinking or cooking with tap water, enduring long lines for cases of water, washing from buckets filled with heated, bottled water. And for some, stomach aches, skin rashes and hair loss....
West Virginia confirms first measles case since 2009 (apnews.com)
US government agrees to $138.7M settlement over FBI's botching of Larry Nassar assault allegations (apnews.com)
Takeaways from AP report on how the search for the coronavirus origins turned toxic (apnews.com)
The Chinese government froze meaningful efforts to trace the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, despite publicly declaring it supported an open scientific inquiry, an Associated Press investigation has found....
