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Leader of NATO member Poland visits China, talks to Xi about Ukraine, peace and trade 06/24/2024 11:08am • BEIJING (AP) ��� Polish President Andrzej Duda met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping Monday for talks on Ukraine, peace and expanding bilateral trade on a visit to Beijing that brought the head of state of a NATO member to a country that has backed Russia in its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. At thei The Texas Rangers are frustrating LGBTQ+ advocates as the only MLB team without a Pride Night 06/24/2024 11:00am • ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) ��� Rafael McDonnell sometimes gets to address the staff of his beloved Texas Rangers on issues of diversity and inclusion through his role with the Resource Center, one of the leading LGBTQ+ organizations in the Dallas area. For several years, the Rangers have been the only Ma Conservative-backed group is creating a list of federal workers it suspects could resist Trump plans 06/24/2024 10:36am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� From his home office in small-town Kentucky, a seasoned political operative is quietly investigating scores of federal employees suspected of being hostile to the policies of Republican Donald Trump, a highly unusual and potentially chilling effort that dovetails with broader con How victims of LGBTQ hate crimes can get help in DC 06/24/2024 10:31am • "Continue to be brave, continue to be smart and continue to be safe," is the advice shared with LGBTQ people trying to navigate through life���s challenges by Monroe Poston, a D.C. native and transgender woman. Poston is the workforce development and outreach specialist for the D.C. Mayor's Offic Things to know about the gender-affirming care case as the Supreme Court prepares to weigh in 06/24/2024 10:11am • The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday that it will hear arguments on the constitutionality of state bans on gender-affirming care for transgender minors. The issue has emerged as a big one in the past few years. While transgender people have gained more visibility and acceptance in many respects, half Seoul says North Korea has resumed balloon launches likely to drop trash in South Korea 06/24/2024 10:09am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ��� North Korea resumed launches of balloons likely carrying trash toward South Korea on Monday night, South Korea's military said, in the latest round of a Cold War-style campaign on the Korean Peninsula. The launches came days after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russi Summer camps are for getting kids outdoors, but more frequent heat waves force changes 06/24/2024 09:36am • OREGONIA, Ohio (AP) ��� At the end of their weeklong sleepaway camp, a hush falls over the boisterous kids at YMCA���s Camp Kern as they prepare for a treasured annual tradition: after songs and skits around a bonfire, they write down their favorite memories on slips of paper. Most years, they toss Preeclampsia can be fatal for pregnant people and babies. New blood tests aim to show who's at risk 06/24/2024 09:17am • When you're expecting a baby, you hope nothing goes wrong. But at least one in 20 people who are pregnant develop a scary complication called preeclampsia, a high blood pressure disorder that kills 70,000 women and 500,000 babies worldwide every year. There was no way to know when it might strike �� Here's a look at Trump's VP shortlist and why each contender may get picked or fall short 06/24/2024 09:17am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Donald Trump has narrowed his vice presidential shortlist to a handful of contenders as he prepares to announce his pick in the days before ��� or perhaps even at ��� next month���s Republican National Convention. He told reporters Saturday that he already has made his decision A fire at a lithium battery factory in South Korea kills 22 mostly Chinese migrant workers 06/24/2024 08:56am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ��� A fire likely sparked by exploding lithium batteries swept through a manufacturing factory near South Korea���s capital on Monday, killing 22 mostly Chinese migrant workers and injuring eight, officials said. The fire began after batteries exploded while workers were exam Russia summons the American ambassador over a deadly attack that Moscow says used US-made missiles 06/24/2024 08:01am • The Russian Foreign Ministry summoned the American ambassador on Monday to protest what it says was the use of U.S.-made advanced missiles in a Ukrainian attack on Russian-annexed Crimea that reportedly killed four people and wounded more than 150. Washington ���has effectively become a party��� to Australia plans to restrict vape sales to pharmacies from next week 06/24/2024 07:21am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) ��� Australia plans to outlaw the sale of vapes outside pharmacies from next week under some of the world���s toughest restrictions on electronic cigarettes, the health minister said on Monday. The government had reached a compromise with the minor Greens party to get the l Chinese hackers have stepped up attacks on Taiwanese organizations, cybersecurity firm says 06/24/2024 05:26am • HONG KONG (AP) ��� A suspected Chinese state-sponsored hacking group has stepped up its targeting of Taiwanese organizations, particularly those in sectors such as government, education, technology and diplomacy, according to cybersecurity intelligence company Recorded Future. In recent years, rela Sickle cell gene therapy offers ���normal life��� for 12-year-old DC boy 06/24/2024 04:34am • 12-year-old Kendric Cromer (center), with father Keith (left) and mother Deborah (right). He will receive a new life-changing gene therapy this fall. He's the first in the nation to get the treatment that could cure his sickle cell disease. (Courtesy The Cromers) The wait is almost over for High-profile German far-right politician on trial again over alleged use of Nazi slogan 06/24/2024 04:14am • BERLIN (AP) ��� A prominent German far-right politician who plans to run for the governor's job in an eastern state later this year went on trial for the second time Monday on charges of knowingly using a Nazi slogan at a political event. Bj��rn H��cke was fined 13,000 euros ($13,900) last month for