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Transgender Kansas residents can keep updating their documents despite a new law, governor says 06/29/2023 05:05pm • TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Democratic governor in Kansas declared Thursday that the state will keep allowing transgender residents to alter their driver's licenses and birth certificates, despite a new law aimed at preventing it. Gov. Laura Kelly issued a directive that allows agencies under her con Prince George's Co. unveils summer crime-fighting plan with no youth curfew — for now 06/29/2023 04:56pm • Officials in Prince George's County, Maryland, unveiled plans Thursday to fight crime this summer, focusing on boosting police presence in specific, high-crime areas and community programming to keep kids off the streets. Strictly enforcing a youth curfew — as the county did late last summer af Another Tigers pitcher gets hurt when starter Reese Olson takes comebacker off knee 06/29/2023 03:20pm • ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Another Detroit Tigers pitcher got hurt when starter Reese Olson took a comebacker off his left knee and exited in the second inning of Thursday's game against the Texas Rangers. Olson immediately dropped to the ground and grabbed his left leg after being struck on Josh Sm The Supreme Court made big decisions this week and more are coming. Here's what you need to know 06/29/2023 02:53pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is expected to announce major decisions Friday on President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness program and a case that impacts gay rights. It's the court's final day before the justices go on their summer break. Already this week the justices have released imp How to stay healthy as smoke spreads from Canada wildfires 06/29/2023 01:32pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Massive fires are burning up stretches of Canadian forests and sending plumes of smoke into the U.S. As a haze stretches over parts of the U.S., health authorities have raised the alarm about poor air quality. Here's how you can protect your health from the smoky haze. STAY INDOORS Migrants in Mexico fall victim to rampant scams on their way to the US 06/29/2023 01:00pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Latin American migrants making their often-arduous journey to the United States frequently fall victim to scams that can amount to thousands of dollars in losses paid to fraudulent businesses that spread disinformation and prey on the vulnerable. The scammers range from human tr PHOTOS: Thai festival set to bring a cultural experience to National Mall this weekend 06/29/2023 11:25am • If you’re looking for a few celebrations to check out this weekend, the National Mall will be transformed into a cultural experience. The first Sawasdee DC Festival, which means “Hello D.C.” in Thai, will commemorate the 190th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the U.S. an How safe is the air? Here's how to check and what the numbers mean 06/29/2023 11:10am • NEW YORK (AP) — How can you check the air quality in your area and what do the numbers mean? The Environmental Protection Agency monitors the air around the country and compiles an air quality index, or AQI. Here’s what to know about the index and how to keep tabs on your area, especially in U.S Safety concerns dominate Norfolk Southern railroad CEO's job since Ohio derailment 06/29/2023 08:44am • ATLANTA (AP) — Norfolk Southern's CEO has spoken often of safety and better service since he took the job over a year ago, but it's safety that has dominated discussions after one of his trains derailed and caught fire in February in Ohio, creating towering black smoke, forcing evacuations and rai The AP Interview: Olympics boss vows Paris Games will be safe, says no resignations planned in probe 06/29/2023 07:52am • SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — What was shaping up as a regular workday turned out to be anything but for the organizers of France’s first summer Olympic Games in a century. French anti-corruption police raided their bustling Olympic headquarters on the outskirts of Paris, arriving unannounced and a Woman's leg is amputated after being trapped under a moving walkway in a Thai airport 06/29/2023 05:53am • BANGKOK (AP) — A woman's leg had to be amputated in a Thai airport after it was trapped by a movable walkway Thursday, officials said. The 57-year-old Thai passenger was due to board a morning flight from Bangkok’s Don Mueang Airport to the southern Nakhon Si Thammarat province when she was c US says it's horrified by conditions in Ethiopia after theft leads to food aid pause and deaths 06/29/2023 04:13am • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United States humanitarian agency told The Associated Press it is horrified by conditions in Ethiopia, where local officials have reported hundreds of hunger deaths in recent weeks after the U.S. and the United Nations paused food aid for one-sixth of the country's popula Facebook content moderators in Kenya call the work 'torture.' Their lawsuit may ripple worldwide 06/29/2023 03:52am • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — On the verge of tears, Nathan Nkunzimana recalled watching a video of a child being molested and another of a woman being killed. Eight hours a day, his job as a content moderator for a Facebook contractor required him to look at horrors so the world wouldn’t have to. Some Tovar hits 3-run double to spark the Rockies past the Dodgers, 9-8 06/29/2023 12:43am • DENVER (AP) — Ezequiel Tovar hit a three-run double in a five-run sixth inning to rally the Colorado Rockies over the Los Angeles Dodgers, 9-8 on Wednesday night. The rookie shortstop also singled in extending his hitting streak to 11 games. “Look what he’s done the last month, look what he’ French police, protesters clash after Macron calls police fatal shooting of teen 'inexcusable' 06/28/2023 11:48pm • NANTERRE, France (AP) — Police clashed with protesters overnight just hours after French President Emmanuel Macron called the shooting death of a 17-year-old delivery driver by police “inexcusable” and pleaded for calm while justice takes its course. It was the second night of violence in the