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Pakistan court grants protection from arrest to ex-leader Nawaz Sharif, allowing his return home 10/19/2023 05:24am • ISLAMABAD (AP) — A court in Pakistan on Thursday granted several days of protection from arrest to former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in graft cases, clearing the way for him to return home from self-imposed exile in London, where he went in 2019 for medical treatment. The decision by the Islamaba Israel will let Egypt deliver some aid to Gaza, as doctors struggle to treat hospital blast victims 10/18/2023 11:57pm • KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel said Wednesday that it will allow Egypt to deliver limited humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. The first crack in a punishing 10-day siege on the territory came one day after a blast at a hospital killed hundreds and put immense strain on Gaza's struggling med Live updates | Israel OKs limited aid for Gaza as regional tensions rise following hospital blast 10/18/2023 11:38pm • President Joe Biden has visited Israel on an urgent mission to keep the Israel-Hamas war from spiraling into a broader regional conflict. The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that limited humanitarian aid would be allowed into Gaza from Egypt following a request fro RFK Jr. spent years stoking fear and mistrust of vaccines. These people were hurt by his work 10/18/2023 09:48pm • When 12-year-old Braden Fahey collapsed during football practice and died, it was just the beginning of his parents’ nightmare. Deep in their grief a few months later, Gina and Padrig Fahey received news that shocked them to their core: A favorite photo of their beloved son was plastered on the co President Biden wraps up his visit to wartime Israel with a warning against being 'consumed' by rage 10/18/2023 09:43pm • TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — President Joe Biden swept into wartime Israel for a 7 1/2-hour visit Wednesday that produced a heaping dose of vocal support, a deal to get limited humanitarian aid into Gaza from Egypt, likely by the end of the week, and a plea for Israelis not to allow rage over the deadl GOP's Jim Jordan fails again on vote for House speaker as frustrated Republicans search for options 10/18/2023 09:32pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Rep. Jim Jordan failed again Wednesday on a crucial second ballot to become House speaker, but the hard-fighting ally of Donald Trump showed no signs of dropping out despite losing support from even more of his GOP colleagues. Next steps were highly uncertain as angry, California tech CEO convicted in COVID-19 and allergy test fraud case sentenced to 8 years in prison 10/18/2023 07:51pm • SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A Silicon Valley executive who lied to investors about inventing technology that tested for allergies and COVID-19 using only a few drops of blood was sentenced Wednesday to eight years in prison and ordered to pay $24 million in restitution, federal prosecutors said. Mark Chicago's top cop says using police stations as short-term migrant housing is burden for department 10/18/2023 04:48pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago's new police chief said the city's use of police stations as temporary housing for the growing population of migrants seeking asylum has been a “burden” on the nation's second-largest police department. Police Superintendent Larry Snelling told The Associated Press in a What are the signs of burnout in young athletes? 10/18/2023 03:15pm • Burnout: It's something many people experience and for athletes who are focused on being the best at their sport, it is common. While this includes professional adult athletes, it is also prevalent among child athletes. Dr. Keyur Desai, a primary care sports medicine physician at Children’s Nat Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 10/18/2023 01:35pm • Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov Pakistan's ex-leader Nawaz Sharif seeks protection from arrest ahead of return from voluntary exile 10/18/2023 12:52pm • ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday sought protection from arrest from a court in Islamabad ahead of his planned return to the country, his attorney and officials said. Sharif, who lived in voluntary exile in London until this month, is expected to return ho Corrupt ex-Baltimore police officer asks for compassionate prison release, citing cancer diagnosis 10/18/2023 11:36am • BALTIMORE (AP) — A former Baltimore police officer convicted in 2018 as part of the department’s Gun Trace Task Force corruption scandal is asking a federal judge for compassionate release from prison, saying he’s been diagnosed with terminal cancer. Daniel Hersl, the oldest member of the d Neymar leaves Brazil match in tears with left knee injury; team doctor says severity unknown 10/18/2023 12:11am • MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Neymar was in tears as he left the field with a left knee injury at the end of the first half of Brazil's 2-0 World Cup qualifying loss at Uruguay on Tuesday. The 31-year-old striker tripped and fell during a run in the 44th minute at the Centenario Stadium and was immed Father and other family members are convicted in New Mexico kidnapping and terrorism case 10/17/2023 08:26pm • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Jurors on Tuesday convicted a father of terrorism charges in a case that stemmed from the search for a 3-year-old boy who went missing from Georgia and was found dead hundreds of miles away at a squalid compound in northern New Mexico in 2018. Prosecutors told jurors that 5 Ways Stress Makes You Gain Weight 10/17/2023 08:00pm • You're stressed out lately and you've been comfort eating like there's no tomorrow. Then "tomorrow" comes, and your belly is a little bigger. Is it just the result of extra calories you're consuming or is there something more to stress and weight gain? The answer is a bit of both. Stress can take a