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AP PHOTOS: In quake-devastated Turkey, voting in presidential election is no simple task 05/12/2023 02:19am • ANTAKYA, Turkey (AP) — For many voters from southern Turkey, casting ballots in Sunday’s presidential and parliamentary elections will be an uphill battle. The elections are taking place just three months after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake — the deadliest quake in the country’s modern history A look at the parties and issues in Thailand's election on Sunday 05/12/2023 12:55am • BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand votes Sunday in an election many see as an opportunity to break free from military-dominated governments that have held power for most of the nation's modern history. THE BASICS: Some 52 million eligible voters will choose among candidates from 70 parties to serve a four-ye Shooting at Mercedes factory in Germany leaves 2 dead; suspect detained 05/12/2023 12:24am • BERLIN (AP) — A man opened fire at a Mercedes-Benz factory in southwestern Germany on Thursday, leaving two people dead, authorities and the company said. The shooting occurred in Sindelfingen, a city near Stuttgart. The suspect, a 53-year-old Turkish citizen, was taken into custody, the Stuttgart Federal government's $1 billion effort to recruit next generation of doctors at risk 05/12/2023 12:05am • SALISBURY, Md. (AP) — Thousands of women living in rural, eastern Maryland have few options when they're looking for someone to deliver their babies. The local hospital doesn't have an obstetrics doctor on staff so most women in this region, flanked by sprawling farm fields and antique stores, tu Today in History: May 12, Soviets lift Berlin Blockade 05/12/2023 12:00am • Today in History Today is Friday, May 12, the 132nd day of 2023. There are 233 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 12, 1949, the Soviet Union lifted the Berlin Blockade, which the Western powers had succeeded in circumventing with their Berlin Airlift. On this date: In Migrants rush across US border in final hours before Title 42 expires 05/11/2023 11:05pm • MATAMOROS, Mexico (AP) — Migrants rushed across the Mexico border Thursday, racing to enter the U.S. before pandemic-related asylum restrictions are lifted in a shift that threatens to put a historic strain on the nation’s beleaguered immigration system. The imminent end of the rules known as Ti House Republicans pass new asylum restrictions as Title 42 ends; Biden promises veto 05/11/2023 10:27pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans passed a sweeping bill Thursday to build more U.S.-Mexico border wall and impose new restrictions on asylum seekers, creating a hard-line counter to President Joe Biden's policies just as migrants are amassing along the border with the end of coronavirus pandemi UN human rights body passes resolution on human rights abuses in Sudan, amid worsening conflict 05/11/2023 08:40pm • GENEVA (AP) — The United Nation's top human rights body adopted a resolution Thursday that drew attention to mounting civilian deaths and rights abuses in Sudan since a bloody conflict erupted between the African country's two top generals last month. The violence in Sudan has so far killed more t Kansas governor thwarts small legal settlement with business over COVID-19 restrictions 05/11/2023 08:06pm • TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas' Democratic governor on Thursday scuttled a small legal settlement favored by top Republican officials between the state and the owner of a Wichita fitness studio forced to shut down during the first months of the coronavirus pandemic and then operate under restrictions. 8 of the Best Vanguard ETFs for Retirees 05/11/2023 08:00pm • In the past, retirees invested quite differently. Often, a retirement portfolio consisted of blue-chip stocks and bonds managed by a financial advisor, or of expensive, actively managed mutual funds. This changed in 1976 when John Bogle and Vanguard launched the First Index Investment Trust, a low-c What Is Debt-to-Income Ratio? 05/11/2023 08:00pm • Debt-to-income ratio reflects the percentage of your gross monthly income, or earnings before taxes and other deductions, used to pay your monthly debts. Lenders use your debt-to-income, or DTI, ratio to evaluate your ability to manage the money you have borrowed and determine your capacity to take 3 Steps International College Students Should Take Before Coming to Campus 05/11/2023 08:00pm • Newly admitted undergraduate international students are likely to feel a mix of excitement and uncertainty about what to expect when they arrive on U.S. campuses in the fall. And even though the United States' COVID-19 public health emergency has officially ended, there are some remnants of the pand 6 Best Health Care ETFs to Buy Now 05/11/2023 08:00pm • When the economy is wheezing along at a glacial pace and the stock market is highly volatile, smart investors turn to so-called defensive stocks that can weather economic storms and keep portfolios stabilized in times of market peril. One stabilizing industry, in particular, is health care, where co New Mexico woman accused in January death of her newborn son, who was found in a hospital trash can 05/11/2023 07:59pm • ARTESIA, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico woman has been charged with first-degree murder in the January death of her newborn son, whose body authorities said she placed in a trash can. Alexee Trevizo, 19, also was charged this week with tampering with evidence, according to a criminal complaint filed in Facing influx of asylum-seekers, New York City says it has reached its limit on migrants 05/11/2023 07:55pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The end of a pandemic-era immigration restriction could send a new wave of asylum-seekers toward New York City — a place that has long prided itself on welcoming the world's huddled masses. But as migrants gathered at the southern U.S. border, Mayor Eric Adams warned his city wou