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Iowa Republicans will pursue a 6-week abortion ban during a special session that starts Tuesday 07/07/2023 05:03pm • DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa's Republican-controlled Legislature will aim to enact a ban on abortion after roughly six weeks of pregnancy during a rare special session that starts Tuesday, a draft of the bill released Friday shows. The proposed measure is similar to a 2018 law that a deadlocked st What will it take to stop Jersey Shore town from bulldozing its beach? $12M in fines hasn't done it 07/07/2023 03:45pm • NORTH WILDWOOD, N.J. (AP) — Not even $12 million worth of fines is enough to stop a Jersey Shore town from bulldozing sand on its beach to bolster eroded spots in defiance of state environmental officials. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection says North Wildwood once again carried Springsteen has mortality on his mind but celebration in his songs at London show 07/07/2023 02:40pm • LONDON (AP) — Bruce Springsteen was not going to let concert promoters pull the plug on him like the last time he played Hyde Park 11 years ago. “F--- ’em is right,” Springsteen growled in delight as he feigned concern that a looming curfew would bring down the lights on his sold-out show Th US priest who runs outreach for LGBTQ+ Catholics tapped by pope to join major Vatican gathering 07/07/2023 02:34pm • ROME (AP) — An American Jesuit who runs outreach ministry for LGBTQ+ Catholics was tapped by Pope Francis on Friday to be among participants at a major Vatican gathering of bishops and laypeople later this year. The Vatican unveiled the names of bishops, priests, nuns and laypersons who will take Aid group in Haiti suspends treatment after some 20 armed men storm hospital 07/07/2023 01:50pm • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Doctors Without Borders announced Friday that it has suspended treatment at one of its hospitals in Haiti after some 20 armed men burst into an operating room and snatched a patient. The incident occurred late Thursday at the Tabarre hospital in the capital of Port-au- Washington Gas celebrates their 175th birthday 07/07/2023 01:17pm • This content is provided by Washington Gas. We’ve been waiting all year—actually, 175 of them—to observe our quartoseptcentennial anniversary on July 8. This jawbreaker word represents a milestone birthday for our Washington Gas family, and we can’t wait to celebrate our past, present and 8-year-old girl in 'life-threatening condition' after deadly school car crash in Wimbledon 07/07/2023 12:05pm • LONDON (AP) — An 8-year-old girl is in a life-threatening condition in a hospital following a car crash at an elementary school in Wimbledon that claimed the life of another girl of the same age, London police said Friday. The Metropolitan Police also said a woman in her 40s is in critical conditi Iraq opens an investigation into the kidnapping of a missing Israeli-Russian academic 07/07/2023 09:32am • BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq opened an investigation into the case of a dual Israeli-Russian academic who has been missing in Iraq since March, a government spokesman said Friday. Bassem al-Awadi’s comments were the first official Iraqi statements since Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s offic Man who served 13 years for murder is acquitted at a retrial in Germany 07/07/2023 09:00am • BERLIN (AP) — A man who spent 13 years in prison in Germany for the death of an elderly woman was acquitted in a retrial on Friday by a court that determined the supposed murder victim had died in an accident. Manfred Genditzki, 63, was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison in 2010 b CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield builds bridges by investing in healthcare innovators 07/07/2023 08:05am • This content is sponsored by CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield. Providing affordable, accessible, equitable and quality healthcare is what CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield (CareFirst) strives to do every day, but the company goes a step further by building bridges and investing in other businesses Blast at a Russian explosives plant kills 6 and injures 2 07/07/2023 06:45am • MOSCOW (AP) — A blast at a Russian explosives plant on Friday killed six people and injured two more, emergency officials said. The explosion occurred as workers were dismantling equipment at one of the workshops of the Promsintez plant in Russia's Samara region, some 800 kilometers (500 miles) s Amid criticism over his war on gangs, El Salvador's President Bukele turns to sports 07/07/2023 01:00am • SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador President Nayib Bukele stood before tens of thousands of roaring sports fans with a message: I am not a dictator. “They say we live in a dictatorship,” Bukele said, but "ask bus passengers, people eating in restaurants, waiters. Ask whomever you wan Double-decker bus collision with second bus in Manhattan sends 18 people to hospitals 07/06/2023 10:56pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A crash involving a double-decker tour bus and a city bus in Manhattan Thursday evening sent 18 people to hospitals for treatment, fire and EMS officials said. Reports of a major vehicle crash came in just after 7 p.m., Deputy Chief Kevin Murphy with the New York Fire Department� Northeast DC residents remain concerned despite improving crime trends in one neighborhood 07/06/2023 09:45pm • Homicides, assaults and the number of crimes with dangerous weapons are down in the neighborhood near Phelps A.C.E. High School in Northeast D.C., police said Thursday, but city officials said residents are still concerned about recent acts of violence across the city. Mayor Muriel Bowser and com What is Threads? All your questions about Meta's new Twitter rival, answered 07/06/2023 08:11pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Threads, a text-based app built by Meta to rival Twitter, is live. The app, billed as the text version of Meta's photo-sharing platform Instagram, became available Wednesday night to users in more than 100 countries — including the U.S., Britain, Australia, Canada and Japan. Desp