Japan wants its hardworking citizens to try a 4-day workweek
Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan, a nation so hardworking its language has a term for literally working oneself to death, is trying to address a…
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In South Africa’s richest area, mother-to-baby HIV transmission is a concern despite free prevention
Associated Press PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — It’s a worrying question for health officials in one of the richest and most developed areas…
Continue Reading Young girls are using anti-aging products they see on social media. The harm is more than skin deep
AP Education Writer SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — When she was in fifth grade, Scarlett Goddard Strahan started to worry about getting wrinkles. By the…
Continue Reading 9 days, 640,000 children, 1.3M doses. The plan to vaccinate Gaza’s young against polio
Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The U.N. health agency and partners are launching a campaign starting Sunday to vaccinate 640,000 Palestinian…
Continue Reading Harris and Trump offer starkly different visions on climate change and energy
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As the Earth sizzled through a summer with four of the hottest days ever measured, Vice President Kamala Harris…
Continue Reading Women behind bars are often survivors of abuse. A series of new laws aim to reduce their sentences
Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Advocates for domestic violence survivors in Illinois celebrated earlier this month when Gov. JB Pritzker signed a…
Continue Reading Brazil blocks Musk’s X after company refuses to name local representative amid feud with judge
Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil started blocking Elon Musk’s social media platform X early Saturday, making it largely inaccessible on…
Continue Reading Trump courts conservative male influencers to try to reach younger men
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — At first glance, there’s little that a 78-year-old former president and a 23-year-old internet personality…
Continue Reading Defending champion Novak Djokovic is shocked at the US Open one night after Carlos Alcaraz’s loss
AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Defending champion Novak Djokovic has lost at the U.S. Open one night after Carlos Alcaraz did. Djokovic bowed out…
Continue Reading Trump team will seek dismissal of federal election subversion case as each side mulls the next steps
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for Donald Trump intend to urge a judge to dismiss the federal election subversion case against the…
Continue Reading 7 US troops hurt in a raid with Iraqi forces that left 15 suspected militants dead
Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States military and Iraq have launched a joint raid targeting suspected Islamic…
Continue Reading Yemen’s Houthi rebels fire 2 missiles at a container ship as an oil tanker burns
Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels have fired two missiles targeting a Liberian-flagged container ship in…
Continue Reading Storm Shanshan slowly moves across Japan as officials warn of torrential rains in major cities
Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Tropical Storm Shanshan is slowly making its way into central Japan, halting trains and leaving underground passages…
Continue Reading Maui judge agrees to ask state Supreme Court about barriers to $4B wildfire settlement
Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — The Hawaii Supreme Court will be asked to weigh in on an issue that threatens to thwart a $4 billion settlement in…
Continue Reading Judge rejects claims that generative AI tanked political conspiracy case against Fugees rapper Pras
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge has rejected a push for a new trial in a multimillion-dollar political conspiracy case against rapper…
Continue Reading Suspect in abduction and sexual assault of 9-year-old girl dies in car crash while fleeing police
NEW YORK (AP) — A man suspected of abducting a 9-year-old girl from a New York City supermarket and sexually assaulting her has been killed in a…
Continue Reading Mexican drug lord Osiel Cárdenas Guillén has been released from a US prison and may be deported
Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Osiel Cárdenas Guillén, one of Mexico’s most-feared drug lords, has been released from a U.S. prison after…
Continue Reading Trump says he’ll vote to uphold Florida abortion ban after seeming to signal he’d support repeal
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump now says he will vote no on a Florida ballot measure that would repeal the state’s six-week…
Continue Reading Man arrested in Colorado dog breeder’s killing, but the puppies are still missing
Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A man suspected in the killing of a Colorado dog breeder found dead last week has been arrested, but the…
Continue Reading Navajo Nation adopts changes to tribal law regulating the transportation of uranium across its land
Associated Press The Navajo Nation has approved emergency legislation meant to strengthen a tribal law that regulates the transportation of…
Continue Reading Kosovo shuts down 5 Serbian governing structures in the north and US reacts with alarm
Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo authorities have closed the ethnic Serb minority’s so-called parallel institutions in five…
Continue Reading Jewish students at Columbia faced hostile environment during pro-Palestinian protests, report finds
Associated Press A new report from Columbia University’s antisemitism task force describes a hostile climate for Jewish and Israeli students at the…
Continue Reading Oregon law rolling back drug decriminalization set to take effect and make possession a crime again
Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s experiment with drug decriminalization is coming to an end Sunday. A new law set to take effect…
Continue Reading Women’s college in Virginia bars transgender students based on founder’s will from 1900
Associated Press Sweet Briar College in Virginia has instituted an admissions policy that bars transgender women next school year. The decision makes…
Continue Reading Police say a man will face charges after storming into the press area at a Trump rally
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Police said Saturday that a man will face misdemeanor charges after he stormed into the press area at Donald Trump’s…
Continue Reading Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colo. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Sen.…
Continue Reading On the first day without X, many Brazilians say they feel disconnected from the world
Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — The blocking of social media platform X in Brazil has divided users and politicians over the legitimacy of the…
Continue Reading A measure to repeal a private school tuition funding law in Nebraska will make the November ballot
Associated Press Nebraska’s top election official says organizers have collected enough signatures to ask voters to repeal a new law that uses…
Continue Reading Judge allows smoking to continue in Atlantic City casinos, dealing blow to workers
Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey judge has ruled that smoking will be allowed to continue in Atlantic City’s casinos.…
Continue Reading Donald Trump moves to halt hush money proceedings, sentencing after asking federal court to step in
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s lawyers are moving to halt proceedings in his New York hush money criminal case and postpone next…
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