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Court revives doctors' lawsuit saying FDA overstepped its authority with anti-ivermectin campaign 09/01/2023 07:29pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court Friday revived a lawsuit by three doctors who say the Food and Drug Administration overstepped its authority in a campaign against treating COVID-19 with the anti-parasite drug ivermectin. Ivermectin is commonly used to treat parasites in livestock. It US will regulate nursing home staffing for first time, but proposal lower than many advocates hoped 09/01/2023 04:22pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The federal government will, for the first time, dictate staffing levels at nursing homes, the Biden administration said Friday, responding to systemic problems bared by mass COVID-19 deaths. While such regulation has been sought for decades by allies of older adults and those with What the End of Race-Conscious College Admissions Could Mean for HBCUs 08/31/2023 08:00pm • While college enrollment has declined overall in recent years, in part due to the coronavirus pandemic, some historically Black colleges and universities have seen an influx of applicants -- a trend experts say is likely to continue in the wake of the recent Supreme Court ruling ending race-consciou Myanmar's High Court declines to hear Suu Kyi's appeals in 5 cases where sentences already commuted 08/31/2023 11:18am • BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s Supreme Court has declined to hear special appeals from the country’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi against her convictions in five cases of which the head of the military-installed government already pardoned her earlier this month, a legal official said Thursday. De U.S. envoy visits Fukushima to eat fish, criticize China's seafood ban over wastewater release 08/31/2023 10:25am • TOKYO (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to Japan visited a city in Fukushima on Thursday and had a seafood lunch with the mayor, talked to fishermen and stocked up on local produce to show they are safe after the release of treated radioactive wastewater from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant into the Former Thai leader Thaksin Shinawatra, jailed after returning from exile, requests a royal pardon 08/31/2023 09:36am • BANGKOK (AP) — Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who recently returned from exile and began serving an eight-year prison term, has requested a royal pardon, a senior member of the outgoing Cabinet said Thursday. Thaksin was moved from prison to a state hospital soon after his return l London’s plan to charge drivers of polluting cars sparks protests and stirs political passions 08/29/2023 11:19pm • LONDON (AP) — London’s traffic cameras are under attack. Police say hundreds of license plate-reading cameras have been damaged, disconnected or stolen by opponents of an anti-pollution charge on older vehicles that came into force across the metropolis on Tuesday. The vandalism by vigilantes ca A new Titanic expedition is planned. The US is fighting it, says wreck is a grave site 08/29/2023 09:10pm • NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The U.S. government is trying to stop a planned expedition to recover items of historical interest from the sunken Titanic, citing a federal law and an international agreement that treat the shipwreck as a hallowed gravesite. The expedition is being organized by RMS Titanic Inc New Mexico's top prosecutor vows to move ahead with Native education litigation 08/29/2023 07:30pm • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — It's been five years since a New Mexico judge issued a landmark ruling finding that the state was falling short in providing an adequate education to Native American students and many others, and the pace of progress since has been frustratingly slow for tribal leaders. N All assembly lines at Toyota's auto plants in Japan have been shut down by computer problems 08/29/2023 07:43am • TOKYO (AP) — All 28 vehicle assembly lines at Toyota’s 14 auto plants in Japan shut down Tuesday over a problem in its computer system that deals with incoming auto parts. The automaker doesn’t believe the problem was caused by a cyberattack but the cause is still under investigation, said spo Daughter of ex-Thai leader Thaksin says he is fatigued, as criticism grows of his hospitalization 08/29/2023 06:04am • BANGKOK (AP) — Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is suffering from stress and fatigue but is in good spirits, his daughter said Tuesday as criticism grew of his transfer to a hospital just hours after he began serving an eight-year prison sentence. Thaksin, who was ousted in a 2006 mil Biden will visit Hanoi next month as he seeks to strengthen US-Vietnam relations 08/28/2023 04:11pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is heading to Vietnam next month to meet with General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and other Vietnamese leaders, the White House announced on Monday. The president will travel to Hanoi on Sept. 10, tacking on the one-day visit to the Vietnamese capital after att Ex-Juventus president Andrea Agnelli has ban reduced from 16 to 10 months on appeal 08/28/2023 01:46pm • ROME (AP) — Former Juventus president Andrea Agnelli had one of his soccer bans reduced from 16 to 10 months after appealing to the Italian soccer federation in the salaries investigation on Monday. Agnelli was charged with fraud for the way he handled player salary cuts during the coronavirus pa Revelers pack London streets as Notting Hill Carnival celebrates Caribbean culture 08/28/2023 10:51am • LONDON (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of revelers packed the streets of west London on Monday for the climax of the Notting Hill Carnival, one of the world’s biggest celebrations of Caribbean music and culture. Organizers say up to 2 million people are expected to take in the music, parades, danci As COVID cases rise, a new variant gives Johns Hopkins virologist pause 08/27/2023 05:05pm • COVID cases are on the rise in the D.C. region, according to wastewater surveillance from BioBot Analytics. Meanwhile, a new variant — called BA.2.86 — is popping up around the world, catching the attention of public health officials and scientists. "This one just came on our radar screen," s