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London police chief rejects complaints of heavy-handed response to coronation protesters 05/12/2023 02:28pm • LONDON (AP) — London’s top police officer defended the department Friday from complaints of a heavy-handed response to protesters during the coronation of King Charles III, saying his officers intervened to prevent “serious disruption and criminality.” Metropolitan Police Commissioner Mark R In Pakistan clashes, Khan showed he commands huge crowds. What's driving them? 05/12/2023 01:46pm • ISLAMABAD (AP) — The arrest of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan earlier this week has shown how quickly his fervent loyalists can mobilize in large numbers. Within hours of his detention, his supporters torched vehicles and buildings, and attacked police and military facilities to expre Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 05/12/2023 01:37pm • 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 'Chonkosaurus,' plump Chicago snapping turtle captured on video, goes viral 05/12/2023 11:32am • CHICAGO (AP) — Footage of a plump snapping turtle relaxing along a Chicago waterway has gone viral after the man who filmed the well-fed reptile marveled at its size and nicknamed it “Chonkosaurus." Joey Santore was kayaking with a friend along the Chicago River last weekend when they spotted th Jacklyn Zeman, longtime 'General Hospital' cast member who played nurse Bobbie Spencer, dies at 70 05/12/2023 11:03am • Jacklyn Zeman, who became one of the most recognizable actors on daytime television during 45 years of playing nurse Bobbie Spencer on ABC’s “General Hospital,” has died. She was 70. Zeman died of cancer, her family confirmed Wednesday. News of her death was first announced by the show’s exe Representatives from 25 Indian Ocean nations discuss security, economic growth and cooperation 05/12/2023 10:15am • DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Representatives from 25 Indian Ocean nations discussed regional economic growth, cooperation and security at the Indian Ocean Conference in Bangladesh on Friday as the Indo-Pacific grows in importance amid changes in the world order. Government officials and experts discus The AP Interview: Mitsotakis hopes for better relations with Turkey if reelected as Greek premier 05/12/2023 08:27am • VOLOS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s prime minister says he will extend “a hand of friendship” to the winner of upcoming elections in the country's neighbor and longtime regional rival Turkey — but adds that he hopes the next government will "reconsider its approach toward the West.” Kyriakos M LOCALIZE IT: Federal funding at risk for health care worker recruitment program 05/12/2023 08:26am • EDITORS/NEWS DIRECTORS: Millions of dollars in funding for a federal program to recruit thousands of doctors, nurses and dentists in the country's most desperate regions is at risk. The federal government poured an extra $800 million into the National Health Service Corps to hire more health care wo 'Grateful to see people's smiles again': DC-area residents living life differently in post-COVID world 05/12/2023 08:21am • The World Health Organization says COVID-19 is no longer a public health emergency. But in a post-pandemic world, many D.C. area residents are living life in different ways. WTOP spoke to people in the D.C. region to see their level of concern is surrounding COVID-19 and to see what precautions� Hundreds of thousands to be evacuated as Bangladesh and Myanmar brace for severe cyclone 05/12/2023 07:22am • DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Authorities in Bangladesh and Myanmar prepared to evacuate hundreds of thousands of people Friday, warning them to stay away from coastal areas as a severe cyclone churned in the Bay of Bengal. Cyclone Mocha is expected to hit land on Sunday with wind speeds of up to 160 k California condors confront bird flu in flight from extinction 05/12/2023 07:16am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — The California condor is facing the deadliest strain of avian influenza in U.S. history, and the outbreak could jeopardize the iconic vulture with its 10-foot (3.05-meter) wingspan decades after conservationists saved the species from extinction. But nine newly hatched chicks, Vatican seeks to assure Caritas that papal firings were necessary, not a criticism of work 05/12/2023 06:42am • ROME (AP) — A top Vatican cardinal defended Pope Francis’ “drastic” leadership firings at the Holy See’s preeminent charity, saying Friday they were necessary for the wellbeing of staff at Caritas Internationalis and not a condemnation of its work. Cardinal Michael Czerny, whose developme Kansas City declares itself a LGBTQ+ sanctuary city 05/12/2023 06:33am • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Officials in Missouri's largest city approved a resolution Thursday to declare it a sanctuary for people seeking or providing gender-affirming care, defying state lawmakers who voted a day earlier to ban such care for minors and restrict it for some adults. Democratic Mayor Toyota: Data on more than 2 million vehicles in Japan were at risk in decade-long breach 05/12/2023 06:26am • TOKYO (AP) — A decade-long data breach in Toyota’s much-touted online service put some information on more than 2 million vehicles at risk, the Japanese automaker said Friday. Spanning from January 2012 to April 2023, the problem with Toyota’s cloud-based Connected service pertains only to ve Maryland officials urge Medicaid recipients to renew coverage 05/12/2023 06:13am • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland officials announced a public awareness campaign on Thursday to remind Medicaid recipients to renew their coverage since the federal government is reinstating a requirement that existed before the COVID-19 pandemic for states to verify eligibility. The announcement