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NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week 04/28/2023 06:17pm • A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts: ___ No, Fauci didn’t say face masks were a ‘failu Colorado governor signs 4 gun control bills after massacre 04/28/2023 05:48pm • DENVER (AP) — Colorado’s governor signed four gun control bills Friday, following the lead of other states struggling to confront a nationwide surge in violent crime and mass shootings, despite a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that expanded Second Amendment rights. Before the ink was even dry Man gets life sentence in front-lawn killing of Virginia military couple 04/28/2023 05:39pm • A man convicted of killing a Virginia military couple — both U.S. Army colonels — who were shot "execution-style" in the front lawn of their Springfield, Virginia, home in 2021, has been sentenced to life in prison. Ronnie Marshall, 22, was convicted of aggravated murder and two counts of the Data Doctors: When should you upgrade to Windows 11? 04/28/2023 05:16pm • Q: With Windows 10 being discontinued, should I upgrade to Windows 11 now? A: Windows 10 isn’t being discontinued, but it’s coming up to its "End of Life' in Microsoft's support life cycle. It’s hard to believe that Windows 10 will be 10 years old when Microsoft discontinues support for Abortion bans fail in conservative South Carolina, Nebraska 04/28/2023 05:12pm • LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Abortion bans in Nebraska and South Carolina fell short of advancing in close votes amid heated debates among Republicans, confounding conservatives who have dominated both legislatures and further exposing the chasm on the issue of abortion within the GOP. In Nebraska, where 2 abortion bans failed, 1 passed in US statehouses this week 04/28/2023 05:02pm • Ten months after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade and a nationwide right to abortion, states are pushing in opposite directions on the issue. This week, one state adopted a ban, two states tried to but didn't get support from enough lawmakers and three states advanced measures to prote Heavy clashes rock Sudan’s capital despite truce extension 04/28/2023 03:59pm • CAIRO (AP) — Heavy explosions and gunfire rocked Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, and its twin city of Omdurman early Friday, residents said, despite the extension of a fragile truce between the county’s two top generals whose power struggle has killed hundreds. After two weeks of fighting that has What to know about tick, Lyme season following a mild winter 04/28/2023 03:53pm • PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — After a mild winter in the U.S., will there be an uptick in ticks this year? Researchers say it is hard to predict how the tick season will play out. This year’s mild winter and early snow melt, though, could mean more ticks earlier than usual and a wider spread of Lyme di Kicked off Medicaid: Millions at risk as states trim rolls 04/28/2023 11:18am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Days out from a surgery and with a young son undergoing chemotherapy, Kyle McHenry was scrambling to figure out if his Florida family will still be covered by Medicaid come Monday. One form on the state's website said coverage for their sick 5-year-old son, Ryder, had been denied Culture war clash gives Kansas new medication abortion law 04/28/2023 12:15am • TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas clinics will be required to tell patients that medication abortions can be stopped using a drug regimen that the providers consider ineffective and potentially dangerous after a key legislative vote Thursday in the nation's ongoing partisan culture war. The Republican-co Today in History: April 28, Mussolini is executed 04/28/2023 12:00am • Today in History Today is Friday, April 28, the 118th day of 2023. There are 247 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 28, 1994, former CIA official Aldrich Ames, who had passed U.S. secrets to the Soviet Union and then Russia, pleaded guilty to espionage and tax evasion Should Black women screen for breast cancer earlier then suggested? 04/27/2023 09:02pm • New research suggests a fresh approach to screening for breast cancer that focuses on race and ethnicity could be needed. The data comes from a study from the JAMA Network. The findings show Black women may need breast cancer screenings earlier than any other demographic. "Maybe our guidelines Kansas sets trans athlete rule; gender-affirming care saved 04/27/2023 08:45pm • TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas board decided Wednesday that high schools and middle schools must see transgender athletes' first birth certificates to decide what teams they can join, while an effort in the Legislature to end gender-affirming care for transgender minors failed. The Kansas State High Nebraska 6-week abortion ban fails to advance in Legislature 04/27/2023 06:46pm • LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — An effort to advance a bill that would ban abortion around the sixth week of pregnancy fell one vote short of breaking a filibuster in the Nebraska Legislature on Thursday. This means the bill is unlikely to move forward this year, despite Republican Gov. Jim Pillen making a p Fighters rampage in Darfur as Sudan extends fragile truce 04/27/2023 06:29pm • CAIRO (AP) — Armed fighters rampaged through a city in Sudan’s war-ravaged region of Darfur on Thursday, battling each other and looting shops and homes, residents said. The violence came despite the extension of a fragile truce between Sudan's two top generals, whose power struggle has killed h