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A new Nebraska law makes court diversion program available to veterans. Other states could follow 06/06/2024 06:03pm • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) ��� Facing his fifth drunk driving offense in 25 years, Robert Jackson of Olathe, Kansas, was given a choice: go to court and take a possible jail sentence, or commit to a diversion program that keeps military veterans out of jail. Jackson didn't hesitate to take the option that wou FDA advisers urge targeting JN.1 strain in recipe for fall's COVID vaccines 06/05/2024 07:33pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Government advisers Wednesday said it���s time to update the recipe for the COVID-19 vaccines Americans will receive in the fall -- targeting a version of the ever-evolving coronavirus called JN.1. While COVID-19 cases currently are low, more surges are inevitable and manufacture Speaker Johnson appoints two Trump allies to a committee that handles classified intelligence 06/05/2024 05:25pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday appointed two far-right Republicans to the powerful House Intelligence Committee, positioning two close allies of Donald Trump who worked to overturn the 2020 presidential election on a panel that receives sensitive classified briefings and The first Black leader of Wales loses a no-confidence vote but says he won't resign 06/05/2024 03:25pm • LONDON (AP) ��� The first minister of Wales, Vaughan Gething, lost a no-confidence vote in the Welsh parliament on Wednesday, less than three months after he made history as the first Black leader of a government in the U.K. The opposition Conservatives called the nonbinding vote in Gething, who hea Panel rejects psychedelic drug MDMA as a PTSD treatment in possible setback for advocates 06/04/2024 09:23pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� A first-of-a-kind proposal to begin using the mind-altering drug MDMA as a treatment for PTSD was roundly criticized Tuesday ��� a potentially major setback to psychedelic advocates who hope to win a landmark federal approval and bring the banned drugs into the medical mainstream Service dogs helped ease PTSD symptoms in US military veterans, researchers say 06/04/2024 08:22pm • Specially trained service dogs helped ease PTSD symptoms in U.S. military veterans in a small study that the researchers hope will help expand options for service members. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs provides talk therapy and medications to veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder an US urges UN Security Council to support cease-fire plan in Gaza announced by President Biden 06/04/2024 12:28am • UNITED NATIONS (AP) ��� The United States urged the U.N. Security Council on Monday to support the three-phase plan announced by President Joe Biden aimed at ending the nearly eight-month war in Gaza, freeing all hostages and sending massive aid into the devastated territory. U.S. Ambassador Linda T The Latest | Four more Israeli hostages declared dead, and Palestinians seek to join genocide case 06/03/2024 09:40pm • Israel's military confirmed the deaths of four more hostages held by Hamas ��� including three men in their 80s who were seen in a Hamas video begging for their release. Around 80 hostages captured on Oct. 7 are believed to still be alive in Gaza, alongside the remains of 43 others. Monday's announc Neighbors react after rowdy Potomac, Md. pool party: 'Where was the county?' 06/03/2024 03:10pm • Mindy Farber and John Camp came home from dinner on Saturday, May 25, and found their quiet neighborhood packed with cars. ���I've never seen anything like it,��� Farber told WTOP. The house near them on Stapleford Hall Drive had become the site of a reportedly raucous pool party, with tic Israel seeks a 'governing alternative' to Hamas in Gaza. It's been tried and failed before 06/02/2024 04:08pm • JERUSALEM (AP) ��� Israel is looking into an alternative local governing body for Gaza, the defense minister said Sunday, proposing a future beyond Hamas but giving no idea who those challengers might be. Defense Minister Yoav Gallant���s comments came at a time of new uncertainty in the eight-month Meet the candidates: DC's primary election headlined by several contested council races 06/01/2024 09:29am • D.C. is guaranteed at least one new council member when the dust settles from this election cycle, and there are several other contested council races. In Ward 7, longtime council member and former Mayor Vince Gray is stepping down, and a crowded field has emerged to fill his seat. In Wards 4 UN votes to end Iraq political mission established after 2003 US-led invasion toppled Saddam Hussein 05/31/2024 10:03pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) ��� The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously Friday to end the U.N. political mission in Iraq established in 2003 following the United States-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein to coordinate post-conflict humanitarian and reconstruction efforts, and to help res Lab-grown meat isn't on store shelves yet, but some states have already banned it 05/30/2024 02:12pm • Lab-grown meat is not currently available in any U.S. grocery stores or restaurants. If some lawmakers have their way, it never will be. Earlier this month, both Florida and Alabama banned the sale of cultivated meat and seafood, which is grown from animal cells. In Iowa, the governor signed a bill Xi pledges more Gaza aid and talks trade at summit with Arab leaders 05/30/2024 06:28am • BEIJING (AP) ��� Chinese President Xi Jinping reiterated calls for the establishment of an independent Palestinian state and promised more humanitarian aid for people in Gaza as he opened a summit with leaders of Arab states Thursday in Beijing. ���Since last October, the Palestinian-Israeli conflic The Latest | Israel expands Rafah offensive, saying it now controls Gaza's entire border with Egypt 05/29/2024 05:55pm • Israel���s military said Wednesday it has seized control of the entire length of Gaza���s border with Egypt, without elaborating. Capturing the strategic Philadelphi corridor signals that Israel has deepened its offensive in southern Gaza. Palestinians in the border city of Rafah reported heavy figh