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Sexual assaults rise in Central African Republic. Wagner, bandits and even peacekeepers are blamed 04/12/2024 05:54am • BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — It was too late for the mother to shield her children when the two masked and armed Russian fighters burst into her home, held her at gunpoint and took turns raping her. Her five children were forced to watch in the dark. Seated in a restaurant in Central Af Why did Yoon's party lose in South Korea's elections and what troubles does he face now? 04/12/2024 02:59am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean voters have handed liberals extended opposition control of parliament in what looks like a massive political setback to conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol. Some experts say the results of Wednesday’s parliamentary elections make Yoon “a lame duck” — 'They saved my life': Montgomery Co. police sergeant who lost legs in hit-and-run helps honor officers at awards ceremony 04/11/2024 08:54pm • Dozens of Montgomery County, Maryland, police officers were honored Thursday for their lifesaving and heroic acts; among them was a group that raced to help a fellow officer as they attempted to stop a speeding driver in October. Montgomery County police officers Matthew Duerr, Julian Martine Understanding Your Creatinine Levels 04/11/2024 08:00pm • Understanding your creatinine levels is important for monitoring kidney function. When you go for your yearly check-up, you'll likely have a routine blood test for creatinine. In some cases, your doctor may order a urine creatinine clearance test. High blood creatinine levels can indicate that your Does Medicare Pay for Hearing Aids? 04/11/2024 08:00pm • Hearing loss is a common condition in the U.S. and becomes increasingly more prevalent as we get older. In fact, more than 37.5 million American adults experience hearing loss, according to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. Untreated hearing loss doesn't just caus Woman who stabbed classmate to please 'Slender Man' won't be released from psychiatric hospital 04/11/2024 06:59pm • A Wisconsin woman who at age 12 said she stabbed a sixth-grade classmate nearly to death to please the online horror character Slender Man remains a risk to the public and won't be released yet from a psychiatric hospital, a judge said Thursday. Judge Michael Bohren ruled against Morgan Geyser, now Iowa asks state Supreme Court to let its restrictive abortion law go into effect 04/11/2024 06:24pm • DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa asked the state Supreme Court on Thursday to let its blocked abortion law go into effect and uphold it altogether, disputing abortion providers’ claims it infringes on women's rights to exercise bodily autonomy. The law, which bans most abortions after about six week DC surgeons 1st to use 3D-printed upper spine replicas for faster, more accurate surgeries 04/11/2024 05:51pm • When Mary Hall began experiencing immense pain in her upper back, which spanned down her neck and crossed her shoulder, she sought relief from doctors. She found that her pain was caused by arthritis which was completely eroding the cartilage on a portion of her spine. “It just kept getting wor AP WAS THERE: OJ Simpson’s slow-speed chase 04/11/2024 05:11pm • EDITOR’S NOTE: The first week of the O.J. Simpson case in mid-June 1994 moved quickly, with reporters racing to reach the news. The only thing that was slow was The Chase. The football great had been accused of killing his ex-wife and her friend, and there he was on live television, in the back of Movie Review: ‘Food, Inc. 2’ revisits food system, sees reason for frustration and (a little) hope 04/11/2024 04:20pm • The makers of the influential 2008 documentary “Food, Inc.” never planned to make a sequel. They figured they’d said it all in their harrowing look at a broken, unsustainable food system — a system led, they argued, by a few multinational corporations whose monopoly squeezes out local farmer A journalist. An army sergeant. An 80-year-old patient. Haitian human rights group details gang toll 04/11/2024 03:22pm • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A photographer slain in a drive-by shooting. An 80-year-old patient executed in a hospital surgery room. A couple decapitated as they closed their small store for the day. A new report released by a Haitian human rights group details the horrific violence unleashed thi Federal appeals court hears arguments on nation's first ban on gender-affirming care for minors 04/11/2024 01:47pm • ST. LOUIS (AP) — Arguments before a federal appeals court that is considering whether to reinstate Arkansas' first-in-the-nation ban on gender-affirming care for minors focused Thursday on whether it and similar restrictions adopted by two dozen states discriminate on the basis of sex. Ten judges Poland has a strict abortion law — and many abortions. Lawmakers are now tackling the legislation 04/11/2024 11:58am • WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s parliament held a long-awaited debate Thursday on liberalizing the country's strict abortion law. The traditionally Catholic nation has one of the most restrictive laws in Europe, but many women terminate pregnancies at home with pills mailed from abroad. Lawmakers DC overdose deaths soar to record high as fentanyl has 'taken over the drug supply' 04/11/2024 11:46am • Opioid overdose deaths have been trending upward in the nation's capital for years, and a new report from the D.C. Office of the Chief Medical Examiner shows they hit a record high last year. Throughout 2023, there were 518 opioid-related deaths in the District, according to the report. That A mission of mercy, then a fatal strike: How an aid convoy in Gaza became Israel’s target 04/11/2024 11:14am • DEIR AL BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — It was hours after sundown when the eight aid trucks drove from the makeshift jetty, cobbled together from tons of wreckage left across Gaza by months of war. The trucks were escorted by three vehicles carrying aid workers from the World Central Kitchen, the relie