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Anti-Muslim Twitter feed in Spain: 'A recipe for disaster' 05/05/2023 03:06pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The person who operates the Twitter account claims to be an Islamic fundamentalist living in Spain, empathizing with violent extremists and longing for the days, more than six centuries ago, when Muslims ruled the country. The views are as fake as the account, part of a loose and Nigerian senator, wife jailed in UK for organ-harvest plot 05/05/2023 10:44am • LONDON (AP) — A senior Nigerian politician and his wife were handed prison sentences Friday for conspiring to transport a street trader to the U.K. as part of an organ-harvesting plot. Ike Ekweremadu, former deputy president of the Nigerian Senate, and his wife Beatrice were convicted in March of GOP boycott in Oregon halts bills on guns, abortion and more 05/05/2023 12:52am • SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Most Republican members of the Oregon Senate failed to show up for the second straight day Thursday, delaying action by the majority Democrats on bills on gun safety, abortion rights and gender-affirming health care. The stayaway prevented a quorum, with Senate President Rob 8 fatally shot in Serbia town a day after 9 killed at school 05/04/2023 10:07pm • BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A shooter killed at least eight people and wounded 13 in a drive-by attack near a town close to Belgrade late Thursday, the second such mass killing in Serbia in two days, state television reported. The attacker shot randomly at people near the town of Mladenovac, some 5 NC lawmakers pass 12-week abortion ban; governor vows veto 05/04/2023 09:52pm • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina lawmakers on Thursday approved and sent to the governor a ban on nearly all abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy, down from the current 20 weeks, in response to last year’s overturning of Roe v. Wade at the U.S. Supreme Court. The ban is one of the least oner Montgomery Co. parents facing murder charges, accused of not addressing ‘emaciated’ teen’s medical needs 05/04/2023 09:00pm • Two Montgomery County, Maryland, parents are facing second-degree murder charges for failing to provide their 17-year-old child with necessary medical care and slowly watching the teenager die in the living room of their home, prosecutors argued in court Thursday afternoon. Dominique and Cynthia DeSantis to sign bill banning gender-affirming care to kids 05/04/2023 05:55pm • TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is expected to sign a bill legislators sent him Thursday that would keep doctors from prescribing drugs and performing procedures on minors who are seeking gender-affirming care. The bill, which passed in the House largely along political lines, w In latest abortion law chapter: Bill signings, court rulings 05/04/2023 05:13pm • Courts this week blocked abortion restrictions from taking effect in two states, while lawmakers in a third are forging ahead with a plan for a new ban that's less stringent than most. Those are some of the latest developments in an abortion landscape that is being crafted by lawmakers, governors an GOP boycott: What's halting vote on guns, abortion and more? 05/04/2023 03:43pm • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Partisan tensions in Oregon skyrocketed this week because Republican state senators haven't shown up to work since Tuesday, meaning the Democrats who control the chamber don’t have enough people to lawfully convene. The move is casting doubt on planned votes set for this we GOP prosecutor urges judge to toss Wisconsin abortion suit 05/04/2023 03:42pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Attorneys for a Republican prosecutor urged a judge Thursday to toss out a lawsuit seeking to repeal Wisconsin's 174-year-old abortion ban, arguing that a newer state law permitting pre-viability abortions complements the ban rather than supersedes it, as Democrats maintain. W Shelling in Sudanese capital disrupts aid delivery efforts 05/04/2023 03:02pm • CAIRO (AP) — Heavy shelling in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum on Thursday disrupted efforts to deliver badly needed aid to trapped civilians, after yet another fragile and frequently violated truce ran out, residents said. Sudan has plunged into chaos since fighting erupted in mid-April between Pro Bowl tackle Taylor Lewan sues doctor over ACL repair 05/04/2023 02:58pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A three-time Pro Bowl left tackle released by the Tennessee Titans in February over a failed physical issue is suing renowned orthopedist Dr. James Andrews for medical malpractice for the October 2020 surgery repairing his torn right ACL leaving him with “severe and perma COVID fell to fourth leading cause of death for Americans in 2022 05/04/2023 01:00pm • ▶ Watch Video: Latest COVID booster guidance as new Arcturus subvariant spreads The spread of COVID-19 has been slowing, but the virus still remained one of the leading causes of death for Americans in 2022, falling from third place to fourth place last year.Among Sandy León recalls harrowing day young daughter fell in pool 05/04/2023 11:12am • HOUSTON (AP) — Sandy León has worn many jersey numbers during a long career in Major League Baseball. To understand the gravity of the No. 12 that adorns the catcher’s uniform this season with the Texas Rangers, he has to revisit the worst day of his life. That was Aug. 18, 2020. León, then p Italian philosopher Ordine wins prestigious Spanish award 05/04/2023 07:03am • MADRID (AP) — Italian author and philosopher Nuccio Ordine has won Spain’s Princess of Asturias award for communication and humanities for 2023. Prize organizers said Thursday that Ordine, who teaches literature at Calabria University, was chosen for “his defense of the humanities and his comm