Search

The Latest | Largest hospital in central Gaza faces imminent shutdown due to lack of fuel 05/23/2024 05:11pm • The largest hospital serving central Gaza faces imminent shutdown because it is running out of power after Israel’s military assault in Rafah severely limited entry of fuel for generators, the Health Ministry in Gaza said Thursday. Losing Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital would leave only two hospitals op HPV vaccines prevent cancer in men as well as women, new research suggests 05/23/2024 05:04pm • New research suggests the HPV vaccine is preventing cancer in men, as well as in women, but fewer boys than girls are getting the shots in the United States. The HPV vaccine was developed to prevent cervical cancer in women and experts give it credit, along with screening, for lowering cervical canc Closed casino hotels in Mississippi could house unaccompanied migrant children 05/23/2024 04:50pm • TUNICA RESORTS, Miss. (AP) — Officials are considering a proposal to house unaccompanied migrant children at two former casino hotels in northwest Mississippi, an idea that has drawn opposition including from the local sheriff who said the county lacks resources to accommodate the plan. Local new Border bill fails Senate test vote as Democrats seek to underscore Republican resistance 05/23/2024 04:05pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans again blocked a bill meant to clamp down on the number of migrants allowed to claim asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer sought Thursday to underscore GOP resistance to the proposal. The legislation, negotiated by a bipartisa White House pushes tech industry to shut down market for sexually abusive AI deepfakes 05/23/2024 03:14pm • President Joe Biden's administration is pushing the tech industry and financial institutions to shut down a growing market of abusive sexual images made with artificial intelligence technology. New generative AI tools have made it easy to transform someone's likeness into a sexually explicit AI deep Iran inters its late president at holiest Shiite site in nation after fatal helicopter crash 05/23/2024 03:14pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran interred President Ebrahim Raisi at the nation's holiest Shiite shrine Thursday, days after he was killed in a helicopter crash that added to the woes of a country already beset by international sanctions, internal unrest and tensions abroad. Raisi, who died In South Africa, a community struggling for clean water reflects wider discontent ahead of election 05/23/2024 02:58pm • HAMMANSKRAAL, South Africa (AP) — On days when a municipal truck comes to Hammanskraal to deliver drinking water, a queue of South Africans starts forming early in the morning to fill their buckets. This is not a distant, rural community, but a township on the edge of the administrative capital ci If this is Rafael Nadal’s last French Open, it should be similar to Serena Williams’ last US Open 05/23/2024 01:23pm • If this is, as expected, Rafael Nadal's final French Open, it will be one that everyone — the 37-year-old Spaniard included — surely will remember vividly. No matter how healthy the guy everyone calls “Rafa” might be. No matter how long his stay in Paris lasts. No matter whether he somehow a French President Macron says he won't rush through voting reforms that triggered New Caledonia riots 05/23/2024 12:32pm • French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday on a visit to riot-hit New Caledonia that he won’t force through the contested voting reform that sparked the French Pacific territory's deadly unrest, saying he wants local leaders to come up with an alternate agreement for the archipelago’s future Va. teacher pay gets a boost in budget, but it’s still projected to fall short of national average 05/23/2024 11:18am • Legislation that would have aligned Virginia teachers’ pay with the national average or higher by the 2027-28 school year won bipartisan support but was blocked from the state budget by Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s veto last week. The two-year budget, signed last week, includes $540 million to hel Takeaways: How intelligence agencies' are cautiously embracing generative AI 05/23/2024 05:23am • ARLINGTON, Virginia (AP) — U.S. intelligence agencies are scrambling to embrace the AI revolution, convinced they’ll otherwise be smothered in data as sensor-generated surveillance tech further blankets the planet. They also need to keep pace with competitors, who are already using AI to seed so A comment from Trump and GOP actions in the states put contraceptive access in the 2024 spotlight 05/23/2024 12:01am • CHICAGO (AP) — Republican lawmakers in states across the U.S. have been rejecting Democrats' efforts to protect or expand access to birth control, an issue Democrats are promoting as a major issue in this year's elections along with abortion and other reproductive rights concerns. Former Presid Thousands of journalists have fled homelands due to repression, threats and conflict, UN expert says 05/22/2024 11:51pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Thousands of journalists have fled their home countries in recent years to escape political repression, save their lives and escape conflict – but in exile they are often vulnerable to physical, digital and legal threats, a U.N. investigator said Wednesday. Irene Khan said 5 of the Best Undervalued Blue-Chip Stocks to Buy Now 05/22/2024 08:00pm • The performance of the U.S. stock market has been excellent in 2024. Year to date, the S&P 500 Index and the Nasdaq-100 index are both up over 11%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is higher by more than 5%. This is good news for equity investors with money in the market, but there is a downside 10 Best Investments for 2024 05/22/2024 08:00pm • What's in store as the market looks ahead to the second half of 2024? Technological and geopolitical trends continue to drive stock prices. In a twist, the usually sleepy utilities sector has led S&P 500 performance in the past three months, fueled by optimism about growing revenue from power-hu