Alabama library mistakenly adds children's book to "explicit" list because of author's name (apnews.com)
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....
A doctors group calls its 'excited delirium' paper outdated and withdraws its approval (apnews.com)
A leading doctors group on Thursday formally withdrew its approval of a 2009 paper on “excited delirium,” a document that critics say has been used to justify excessive force by police....
College students are still struggling with basic math. Professors blame the pandemic (apnews.com)
Colleges across the country are grappling with the same problem as academic setbacks from the pandemic follow students to campus. At many universities, engineering and biology majors are struggling to grasp fractions and exponents. More students are being placed into pre-college math, starting a semester or more behind for their...
Vatican says it's permissible for transgender Catholics to be baptized (apnews.com)
GOP’s Jim Jordan fails again on vote for House speaker as frustrated Republicans search for options (apnews.com)
Republican Rep. Jim Jordan failed again Wednesday on a crucial second ballot to become House speaker, but the hard-fighting ally of Donald Trump showed no signs of dropping out despite losing support from even more of his GOP colleagues....
An American tourist is arrested for smashing ancient Roman statues at a museum in Israel (apnews.com)
Israeli police have arrested an American tourist at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem after he hurled works of art to the floor, defacing two second-century Roman statues....
Fan ejected from US Open match after German player said the man used language from Hitler's regime (apnews.com)
A fan was ejected from a U.S. Open tennis match early Tuesday morning after German player Alexander Zverev complained the man used language from Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime....
Mexico’s Supreme Court decriminalizes abortion nationwide (apnews.com)
Three found dead at remote Rocky Mountain campsite were trying to escape society, stepsister says (apnews.com)
The stepsister of a Colorado woman who was found dead along with her sister and teenage son at a remote Rocky Mountain campsite says the women fled into the wilderness after struggling to cope with societal changes in recent years, but they were unequipped to survive off the grid....
A rice shortage is sending prices soaring across the world. And things could get worse (apnews.com)
Countries worldwide are scrambling to secure rice after a partial ban on exports by India cut global supplies by roughly a fifth.
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In session reacting to school shooting, Tennessee GOP lawmaker orders removal of public from hearing (apnews.com)
Families close to a Nashville fatal school shooting broke down in tears Tuesday after a Tennessee Republican leader ordered state troopers to remove them and others from a legislative hearing room while they waited to testify in favor of gun control measures....
Michigan prosecutors charge Trump allies in felonies involving voting machines, illegal ‘testing’ (apnews.com)
A former Republican attorney general candidate and another supporter of former President Donald Trump have been criminally charged in Michigan in connection with accessing and tampering with voting machines after the 2020 election, according to court records.
Evidence shows Hamas militants likely used some North Korean weapons in attack on Israel (apnews.com)
Hamas fighters likely fired North Korean weapons during their Oct. 7 assault on Israel, a militant video and weapons seized by Israel show, despite Pyongyang’s denials that it arms the militant group....
Juveniles charged with dousing acid on playground slides that injured 4 children (apnews.com)
Two juveniles have been charged after several slides at a Massachusetts park were doused with acid in this summer and four children were injured, the Hampden District Attorney Anthony Gulluni said....
After nearly 30 years, Pennsylvania will end state funding for anti-abortion counseling centers (apnews.com)
After nearly 30 years, Pennsylvania's new governor plans to end a contract with an organization that distributes funds to anti-abortion counseling centers.
As thaw accelerates, Swiss glaciers have lost 10% of their volume in the past 2 years, experts say (apnews.com)
GENEVA (AP) — A Swiss Academy of Sciences panel is reporting a dramatic acceleration of glacier melt in the Alpine country, which has lost 10% of its ice volume in just two years after high summer heat and low snow volumes in winter....
Kansas will no longer change trans people's birth certificates to reflect their gender identities (apnews.com)
Kansas will no longer change transgender people’s birth certificates to reflect their gender identities, the state health department said Friday, citing a new law that prevents the state from legally recognizing those identities....
Carmakers are failing the privacy test. Owners have little or no control over data collected (apnews.com)
Most major car manufacturers admit they may be selling your personal information — though they are vague on the buyers, a new study finds, and half say they would share it with the government or law enforcement without a court order....
Hollywood studios break off strike talks with actors, who slam 'bullying tactics' (apnews.com)
Talks bitterly broke off between Hollywood actors and studios late Wednesday, killing any hopes that the three-month strike by performers would come to an end anytime soon....
Missouri Republican seeks exceptions to near-total abortion ban, including for rape and incest cases (apnews.com)
A Missouri Republican on Wednesday proposed constitutional amendments that would allow exceptions to the state’s near-total abortion ban in cases of rape, incest and fatal abnormalities....
Racist abuse by Mississippi officers reveals a culture of misconduct, residents say (apnews.com)
The charges follow an investigation by The Associated Press linking some of the deputies to at least four violent encounters with Black men since 2019 that left two dead and another with lasting injuries. Law enforcement officers are seldom charged for crimes committed on the job, and it is rarer still for them to plead guilty.
Pope suggests blessings for same-sex unions possible in response to 5 conservative cardinals (apnews.com)
'Doc' Antle of Netflix's 'Tiger King' pleads guilty to wildlife trafficking and money laundering (apnews.com)
An exotic wildlife preserve owner who gained notoriety on the popular Netflix series “Tiger King” plead guilty Monday to animal trafficking and money laundering, the U.S. Justice Department announced....
