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Abortion-rights groups are courting Latino voters in Arizona and Florida 09/27/2024 10:23am • PHOENIX (AP) ��� When Lesley Chavez found out she was pregnant at age 16, she saw her daughter as a blessing from God and never considered an abortion, a view reinforced by her devout Christian mother. If she could have voted at the time, Chavez would have opposed expanding abortion access. But 10 y Israel-Hamas war latest: Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon have killed nearly 700 this week 09/26/2024 08:30pm • Nearly 700 people have been killed in Lebanon this week, according to Lebanon's health ministry, as Israel dramatically escalated strikes, saying it is targeting Hezbollah���s military capacities. Over the past week, Israel has carried out several strikes in Beirut targeting senior Hezbollah command Hong Kong court sentences editor to 21 months in jail in a case seen as a barometer of press freedom 09/26/2024 07:23pm • HONG KONG (AP) ��� A Hong Kong court sentenced a former editor of a shuttered news publication to 21 months in prison on Thursday in a sedition case widely seen as an indicator of media freedom in the city, once hailed as a beacon of press freedom in Asia. A second editor was freed after his sentenc Nine ruling party candidates vie to replace Japan's outgoing Prime Minister Kishida 09/25/2024 11:29pm • TOKYO (AP) ��� A record nine candidates are running in Japan's ruling party election Friday to replace outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. A former defense minister who is a longtime veteran, the relatively young son of a popular former prime minister and the economic security minister who would Israel tells its troops to prepare for a possible ground operation in Lebanon 09/25/2024 10:10pm • TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) ��� Israel is preparing for a possible ground operation in Lebanon, its army chief said Wednesday as Hezbollah fired dozens of rockets across the border and a missile aimed at Tel Aviv that was the militant group's deepest strike yet. Addressing troops on the northern border, C Israel-Hamas war latest: Israel threatens ground operation after long-range Hezbollah missile attack 09/25/2024 09:45pm • The Israeli military is preparing for a possible ground operation in Lebanon, the Israeli army chief said Wednesday as Hezbollah launched dozens of rockets into Israel, including a longer-range projectile that set off air raid sirens in Tel Aviv and across central Israel. It was the group���s farthe Congress passes temporary bill to avoid shutdown as lawmakers punt spending decisions to December 09/25/2024 06:47pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Congress on Wednesday passed a temporary measure that keeps government agencies funded into December, avoiding a shutdown for now while punting final spending decisions until after the Nov. 5 election. The Senate approved the measure by a vote of 78-18 shortly after the House The Latest: Candidates try to counter criticisms in dueling speeches 09/25/2024 06:31pm • Derided by Donald Trump as a ���communist,��� Vice President Kamala Harris is playing up her street cred as a capitalist. Attacked by Harris as a rich kid who got $400 million from his father on a ���silver platter,��� Trump is leaning into his raw populism. The two presidential candidates delivered Netanyahu will address the UN as Israel, bogged down by one war, barrels toward another 09/25/2024 04:51am • JERUSALEM (AP) ��� From the dais of the U.N. General Assembly just a year ago, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu triumphantly hailed a new peace he said would sweep through the Middle East. A year later, as he travels back to that same world stage, that vision is in tatters. The devastating Sri Lanka's new president calls a parliamentary election for November to consolidate his mandate 09/25/2024 01:40am • COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) ��� Sri Lanka���s new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake dissolved Parliament late Tuesday and called for a parliamentary election in less than two months in an effort to consolidate power after his weekend election victory. A government notification said that Parliament was 11 Financial Steps to Follow After the Loss of a Loved One 09/24/2024 08:00pm • The death of a loved one comes with pain and grief. In those moments of mourning, memories shared together and the feeling of loss dominate. Yet, even in these moments, love for the deceased requires that you take certain steps and carry out important tasks -- or you may face unnecessary financial s Australian woman detained in Turkey over alleged links to Kurdish insurgents 09/24/2024 02:51am • ISTANBUL (AP) ��� An Australian women was arrested in Turkey over her alleged links to a Kurdish militant group in a joint operation by anti-terrorist police and intelligence officers, Turkish media said. Cigdem Aslan, 51, was detained at Istanbul airport after an investigation found she was ���acti Israel-Hamas war latest: Israel launches intense airstrikes in Lebanon, killing over 492 people 09/23/2024 06:22pm • Israel launched hundreds of airstrikes in southern and eastern Lebanon on Monday, killing 492 people, including 35 children and 58 women, as the Israeli military called on residents to immediately evacuate places where it claimed the Hezbollah militant group stores weapons. Thousands of people fled Myanmar soldiers help clean up after a typhoon that killed more than 380 people 09/23/2024 10:18am • NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (AP) ��� Soldiers carted away debris Monday from parts of military-run Myanmar where floods and landslides from Typhoon Yagi and monsoon rains earlier this month left more than 380 dead and 89 missing, according to reports in state-run media. The death toll in Myanmar was higher t Most Hispanic Americans support abortion access: AP-NORC poll 09/23/2024 09:50am • For decades, some political analysts have sought to depict Hispanic Americans as ���socially conservative��� ��� and indeed many of them are. But a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows that a solid majority of this diverse population ��� whether they���re