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Pentagon chief Austin remains hospitalized, will not travel to Brussels for Ukraine, NATO meetings 02/12/2024 04:09pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has canceled his trip to Brussels to meet with NATO ministers and work on Ukraine military aid as he remains hospitalized while dealing with further health issues following prostate cancer surgery, the Pentagon said Monday. Austin, 70, was taken Rio's Carnival parade makes urgent plea to stop illegal mining in Indigenous lands 02/12/2024 03:35pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Carnival dancers have taken the biggest stage in Rio de Janeiro to pay tribute to Brazil's largest Indigenous group and pressure President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to deliver on promises to eradicate illegal mining. Carnival has long been a platform for samba schools to pro San Jose Sharks' Tomas Hertl likely out for several weeks after undergoing knee surgery 02/12/2024 01:33pm • SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — San Jose Sharks forward Tomas Hertl is likely sidelined for several weeks after undergoing knee surgery. The team announced Monday that Hertl decided to have a procedure to clean out loose cartilage in his left knee. General manager Mike Grier said the exact timeline for H Post-Roe v. Wade, more patients rely on early prenatal testing as states toughen abortion laws 02/12/2024 12:51pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Since Roe v. Wade was overturned, many health care providers say an increasing number of patients are deciding the fate of their pregnancies on whatever information they can gather before state abortion bans kick in. But early ultrasounds show far less about the condition of a f Thousands of minority Serbs protest Kosovo's decision to abolish the Serbian dinar 02/12/2024 12:31pm • MITROVICA, Kosovo (AP) — Thousands of minority Serbs in Kosovo on Monday protested a ban on the use of the Serbian currenc y in areas where they live, an issue that is proviking the latest crisis in relations between Serbia and Kosovo. Tensions escalated after the government of Kosovo, a former S Wisconsin Republicans eye surprise open congressional seat in strong GOP district 02/12/2024 12:10pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The surprise retirement of a GOP congressman in a solidly Republican Wisconsin congressional district has potential candidates weighing a run, even as a former state lawmaker quickly jumped into the race. U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher announced Saturday that he won’t run for a fi Post-Roe v. Wade, more patients rely on early prenatal testing as states toughen abortion laws 02/12/2024 10:57am • WASHINGTON (AP) — In Utah, more of Dr. Cara Heuser’s maternal-fetal medicine patients are requesting early ultrasounds, hoping to detect serious problems in time to choose whether to continue the pregnancy or have an abortion. In North Carolina, more obstetrics patients of Dr. Clayton Alfonso an New NATO member Finland elects a president set to keep up hard line on neighboring Russia 02/12/2024 10:20am • HELSINKI (AP) — Former Prime Minister Alexander Stubb has narrowly won a runoff vote to become Finland's next president, who will steer security policy that includes integrating the new NATO member into the alliance at a time of concern over Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The final tally from Sunda Foreign aid drops sharply as Taliban abuses jeopardize the Afghan health system, group says 02/12/2024 08:56am • ISLAMABAD (AP) — Human Rights Watch said Monday that Afghanistan’s public health system has been hit hard following a sharp reduction in foreign assistance, coupled with serious Taliban abuses against women and girls, jeopardizing the right to healthcare of millions of Afghans. In a report, the Defense Secretary Austin is hospitalized with bladder issue, transfers powers to his deputy 02/12/2024 07:00am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was hospitalized again Sunday to address a bladder issue as he continues to recover from prostate cancer and has transferred authorities to his deputy, the Pentagon said. Austin was diagnosed with prostate cancer in December and continues to deal A search is underway for a Polish doctor kidnapped from a hospital in Chad 02/12/2024 06:59am • N’DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — A search was underway for a Polish doctor kidnapped in southern Chad, officials and media in Poland reported Monday. The woman was volunteering at the Saint-Michel Hospital, several hundred kilometers (miles) from the capital in the Central African nation, when attackers Republicans work to recruit female and minority candidates even as they criticize diversity programs 02/12/2024 06:53am • WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are critical of diversity and inclusion programs within the federal government and elsewhere, but they see recruiting women and minority candidates, along with veterans, as key to expanding their slim majority in November. Rep. Richard Hudson, the chairman of th Virginia's Youngkin aims to bolster mental health care, part of national focus after the pandemic 02/12/2024 06:21am • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — John Clair, the police chief of a small Appalachian town in southwest Virginia, spends his days consumed by a growing problem: the frequency with which his officers are tapped to detain, transport and wait in hospitals with people in the throes of a mental health crisis. Of Facing setbacks against resistance forces, Myanmar's military government activates conscription law 02/12/2024 03:06am • BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government on Saturday activated for the first time a decade-old conscription law that makes young men and women subject to at least two years of military service if called up, effective immediately. The announcement of the measure on state television amounts to Brazil’s aluminum can street party brings joy, and a green message, to revelers 02/11/2024 07:37pm • MADRE DE DEUS, Brazil (AP) — They couldn't see it, but they could hear it. Carnival revelers Sunday in northeastern Brazil 's Madre de Deus heard the aluminum can street party before spotting it: More than 30 paraders decked out in cumbersome outfits made from hundreds of beer and soda cans clang