Insurer delays and denials hamper patients seeking at-home breathing machines
By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Lou Gehrig’s disease took away Grace Armant’s ability to speak, but the 84-year-old still has plenty to say about…
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Biden leans into his age and effectiveness in his first post-Super Tuesday ad in battleground states
By ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is making no excuses for his age in the first campaign ad of a…
Continue Reading At least 19 dead and 7 missing as landslide and flash floods hit Indonesia’s Sumatra island
PADANG, Indonesia (AP) — Torrential rains have triggered flash floods and a landslide on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, killing at least 19 people…
Continue Reading US Treasury official pushes Lebanon to halt the flow of funding to Hamas
By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A top U.S. Treasury official has pressed Lebanese authorities to prevent funds from being funneled to…
Continue Reading Intense rainfall sweeps across Dubai and the wider United Arab Emirates, disrupting flights
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Intense rainfall has swept across Dubai and the wider United Arab Emirates, causing localized flooding and…
Continue Reading New Hampshire troopers fatally shoot armed man during foot pursuit with a police dog, official says
ROCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire attorney general says police shot and killed a man during a foot chase after he was taken down by a police…
Continue Reading Senegal’s presidential candidates kick off campaigns after violent protests over a delay of the vote
By BABACAR DIONE and JACK THOMPSON Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Presidential candidates in Senegal have kicked off their election…
Continue Reading Poland’s foreign minister says the presence of NATO troops in Ukraine is ‘not unthinkable’
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s foreign minister says the presence of NATO forces “is not unthinkable” and…
Continue Reading Romania wins legal battle against a Canadian miner over failed plans to open a gold mine
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — The Romanian government has won a yearslong legal dispute with a Canadian mining company seeking damages over failed…
Continue Reading Violence is battering Haiti’s fragile economy and causing food and water shortages
By EVENS SANON and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Unrelenting gang attacks in Haiti have paralyzed the country and left…
Continue Reading Who are the Russian dissidents still serving time after Alexei Navalny died behind bars?
By DASHA LITVINOVA and KATIE MARIE DAVIES Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to secure his fifth…
Continue Reading Portugal is electing a new parliament and government. Here’s what to know about the major issues
By BARRY HATTON Associated Press LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal is holding an early general election on Sunday when 10.8 million registered…
Continue Reading A cleaner finds 2 dead babies in glass bottles in a vacated Hong Kong apartment. Police arrest 2
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong police say a cleaning person found two dead baby boys in glass bottles in the living room of a vacated apartment.…
Continue Reading Italy’s migrant detention centers in spotlight after death of Guinean and calls to close them down
By PAOLO SANTALUCIA Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pressure is building on authorities in Italy to close a notorious Rome migrant detention center…
Continue Reading Kenyan activists are on a mission to end gender-based violence as attacks on women surge
By TOM ODULA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Njeri Migwi’s phone buzzes incessantly. Phone calls and messages keep coming in from women…
Continue Reading A lonely radio nerd. A poet. Vladimir Putin’s crackdown sweeps up ordinary Russians
By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A lonely man jailed for criticizing the government on his ham radio. A poet assaulted…
Continue Reading Female representation remains low in US statehouses, particularly Democrats in the South
By LEAH WILLINGHAM and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Nearly 130 years since the first three women were elected to…
Continue Reading The US is springing forward to daylight saving. For Navajo and Hopi tribes, it’s a time of confusion
By TERRY TANG Associated Press TUBA CITY, Ariz. (AP) — Melissa Blackhair is not eager to spring forward Sunday. “I’m dreading it. I just…
Continue Reading How the US military is scrambling to build a floating dock for urgently needed aid to Gaza
By LOLITA C. BALDOR and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Even before President Joe Biden announced in his State of the Union address…
Continue Reading UN chief: Legal equality for women could take 300 years as backlash rises against women’s rights
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Legal equality for women could take centuries as the fight for gender equality is…
Continue Reading Biden, Trump issue dire warnings of the other, as rematch comes into view in Georgia
By JOSH BOAK and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump warned of dire…
Continue Reading Michigan residents urged not to pick up debris from explosive vaping supplies fire that killed 1
CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Authorities investigating a fire and explosions that rocked a suburban Detroit building filled with vaping industry…
Continue Reading Hawaii firefighters get control of fire at a biomass power plant on Kauai
LIHUE, Hawaii (AP) — Firefighters in Hawaii have gotten control of a large fire at a biomass plant on Kauai Island. KITV Island News reports crews…
Continue Reading Mexico-bound plane lands in LA in 4th emergency this week for United Airlines
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A United Airlines jetliner headed to Mexico City from San Francisco has made an…
Continue Reading AP Decision Notes: What to expect in the March 12 presidential contests
By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Super Tuesday put President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump within reach of clinching…
Continue Reading WWE strikes deal with Logan Paul and KSI’s Prime, will feature brand on center of ring mat
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer WWE has struck a deal with Prime, the beverage brand of YouTube stars Logan Paul and KSI, that will see its…
Continue Reading 9 killed in western Wisconsin traffic crash involving a semitruck and a van
DEWHURST, Wis. (AP) — A crash at a western Wisconsin highway intersection involving a semitrailer and a van has killed nine people. Clark County…
Continue Reading Roswell police have new patches that are out of this world, with flying saucers and alien faces
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press Famous for being the spot where a spacecraft purportedly crashed in 1947, Roswell, New Mexico, has become a…
Continue Reading Helicopter carrying National Guardsmen and Border Patrol agent crashes in Texas, killing 3
LA GRULLA, Texas (AP) — A helicopter flying over the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas crashed Friday, killing two National Guard soldiers and a Border…
Continue Reading Nathan Hochman advances to Los Angeles County district attorney runoff against George Gascón
By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former federal prosecutor Nathan Hochman and progressive incumbent George Gascón have…
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