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The 'super year' of elections has been super bad for incumbents as voters punish them in droves 11/17/2024 12:07am • BANGKOK (AP) ��� Whether on the left or the right, regardless of how long they���ve been in power, sitting governments around the world have been drubbed this year by disgruntled voters in what has been called the ���super year��� for elections. Donald Trump's victory in the U.S. presidential electi Trump chooses anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary 11/14/2024 09:01pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� President-elect Donald Trump announced Thursday he will nominate anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, putting a man whose views public health officials have decried as dangerous in charge of a massive agency that oversees The Latest: Trump selects anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary 11/14/2024 09:01pm • President-elect Donald Trump says he will nominate anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. Trump���s pick of conservative loyalist Matt Gaetz to serve as attorney general has Democrats sounding the alarm with Sen. Dick Durbin saying Gaetz ���w What to know about Doug Collins, Trump's pick to oversee veterans affairs 11/14/2024 08:35pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� President-elect Donald Trump announced Thursday that he would appoint Doug Collins to lead the Veterans Affairs Department in his new administration. Here are five things to know about the former Republican congressman from Georgia who would lead the agency tasked with providing hea Rand Paul wants to bring back Trump's 'Remain in Mexico' policy as a Senate chair 11/14/2024 04:00pm • Kentucky U.S. Sen. Rand Paul said Thursday that he will lead the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, where he intends to immediately take up President-elect Donald Trump's plan to reinstate a policy requiring asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico for hearings in U.S. immigration Food aid interventions can curb climate change-induced hardship. But should they do more? 11/14/2024 04:49am • CHIPINGE, Zimbabwe (AP) ��� Gertrude Siduna appears to have little appetite for corn farming season. Rather than prepare her land in Zimbabwe���s arid southeastern Chipinge district for the crop that has fed her family for generations, the 49-year-old ��� bitter at repeated droughts that have decima Middle East latest: 3 young siblings killed in Gaza as Israeli strikes in Lebanon kill 6 11/13/2024 09:24pm • An Israeli strike on a home in northern Gaza killed three siblings aged 6 and under, among at least six people killed in airstrikes in the war-ravaged territory, Palestinian medics said. In Lebanon, an Israeli airstrike on an apartment building south of Beirut on Wednesday killed at least six people In Africa, meager expectations and some hopes for a second Trump presidency 11/13/2024 12:04am • ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) ��� African leaders may have been quick to congratulate Donald Trump on his election, professing a desire for mutually beneficial partnerships, but there are meager expectations that his presidency will change things for this continent of over 1.4 billion people. In the wake of Middle East latest: US won't halt any weapons to Israel over Gaza humanitarian aid situation 11/12/2024 10:14pm • Eight international aid groups said Tuesday that Israel has failed to meet U.S. demands for greater humanitarian access to the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, where hunger experts say the north may already be experiencing famine. However, the Biden administration said Tuesday it won't limit weapons transfe Middle East latest: Israeli minister reports some progress toward cease-fire but Hezbollah unaware 11/11/2024 08:00pm • Israel���s new foreign minister said Monday that there has been ���certain progress��� in efforts to end the fighting with Lebanon���s Hezbollah. But a spokesman for the militant group said it had not received any official proposal and was prepared to wage a long war if needed. The Biden administrat Ovulation: Symptoms and Calculating When It Happens 11/11/2024 07:00pm • Understanding how your menstrual cycle works will improve your chances of successfully getting pregnant -- or avoiding pregnancy -- depending on your goal. It's important to know when ovulation occurs and the factors that can affect fertility. Starting around middle-school age, young women and girls Biden and Harris appear together for the first time since she lost the election to Trump 11/11/2024 03:41pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday made their first joint appearance since her election loss when they observed Veterans Day together by laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery. The pair then went to the cem Veterans face challenges starting small businesses but there are plenty of resources to help 11/10/2024 12:37pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Many veterans who���ve started small businesses tell a similar story: Their military service prepared them mentally for the task, but they were at a disadvantage when it came to the financial part. ���Vetrepreneurs��� ��� veterans that start small businesses or startups -- own near Americans are feeling anxious ��� so they���re ���doom spending��� 11/10/2024 04:00am • (CNN) ��� Kelsea Palm was feeling out of sorts as the presidential election was approaching. So, she did what many Americans do when they���re feeling anxious: She went shopping. The Wheaton College senior and her friend hit shops in Massachusetts the weekend before Election Day, and while Palm p The Latest: House remains in the balance as world reaction to Trump victory keeps pouring in 11/08/2024 06:16pm • Republican leaders are projecting confidence that they will keep control of the U.S. House as more races were decided in their favor Thursday, while Democrats insist they still see a path toward the majority and sought assurances every vote will be counted. The Republicans won control of the U.S. Se