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2 women who say abortion restrictions put them in medical peril feel compelled to campaign for Biden 04/07/2024 10:21am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� A Texas woman who went into premature labor, developed sepsis and nearly died and a Louisiana woman who said restrictive abortion laws prevented her from getting medical help for a miscarriage are now campaigning for President Joe Biden as the Democrat highlights how women's heal Half a year into the war in Gaza, here's a look at the conflict by the numbers 04/06/2024 08:02am • JERUSALEM (AP) ��� The Israel-Hamas war has stretched on for half a year and become one of the most destructive, deadly, and intractable conflicts of the 21st century. Since Hamas' Oct. 7 cross-border attack, Israel has pummeled the Gaza Strip, displacing the vast majority of the population and cau Aid worker deaths have appalled Israel's European allies. Some are considering a halt to arms sales 04/06/2024 12:07am • LONDON (AP) ��� The words coming from some of Israel���s closest allies have been startling in their vehemence: ���appalled,��� ���outraged,��� ���no more excuses.��� The Israeli military���s killing of seven aid workers in Gaza has triggered unprecedented criticism from European leaders, who are st After six months of war, Israel's isolation grows with no end in sight 04/05/2024 12:20am • JERUSALEM (AP) ��� When Israel declared war against Hamas last October, it stood unified at home and enjoyed broad backing from around the world following an unprecedented attack by the Islamic militant group. Six months later, Israel finds itself in a far different place: bogged down in Gaza, divid Myanmar's worst violence since the military takeover is intensifying the crisis, the UN says 04/04/2024 05:54pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) ��� Myanmar's escalating conflict and worst violence since the military takeover in 2021 are having a devastating impact on human rights, fundamental freedoms and basic needs of millions of people ��� as well as ���alarming spillover effects��� in the region, U.N. officials said In swing-state Wisconsin, Democrat hustles to keep key Senate seat against Trump-backed millionaire 04/04/2024 03:32pm • NEW GLARUS, Wis. (AP) ��� Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin, whose ���go everywhere��� 2018 campaign strategy became a model for how to win in battleground Wisconsin, knows her road to victory this year against a multimillionaire Republican supporter of former President Donald Trump goes through places The Latest | Iran promises payback for Israel's apparent strike that killed top generals 04/03/2024 07:15pm • Iranian leaders renewed their promise to hit back after an airstrike widely blamed on Israel destroyed Iran's Consulate in Syria, killing 12 people, including two elite Iranian generals. Iran���s President Ebrahim Raisi said Wednesday the attack ���will not remain without answer.��� The U.S. is conc The Latest | Israel's killing of aid workers in Gaza is a new blow to humanitarian efforts 04/03/2024 01:09am • Israeli airstrikes on aid workers delivering food in Gaza killed at least seven people ��� including a U.S.-Canada dual citizen and citizens of Australia, Poland and the United Kingdom. It's the latest Israeli military action to hit humanitarian efforts in the besieged Palestinian territory. World With famine looming, aid group halts food delivery in Gaza after Israeli strike kills 7 workers 04/03/2024 12:42am • DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) ��� Some of Israel's closest allies, including the United States, on Tuesday condemned the deaths of seven aid workers who were killed by airstrikes in Gaza ��� a loss that prompted multiple charities to suspend food deliveries to Palestinians on the brink of starvatio Tehran vows response after strike blamed on Israel destroyed Iran's Consulate in Syria and killed 12 04/02/2024 07:03pm • TEHRAN, Iran (AP) ��� Iran on Tuesday vowed to respond to an airstrike widely attributed to Israel that destroyed Iran���s Consulate in the Syrian capital of Damascus the previous day and killed 12 people, including two Iranian generals and a member of the Lebanese militant Hezbollah group. Four Syr Pope exposes confidential details of past conclaves and settles scores with Pope Benedict XVI's aide 04/02/2024 08:42am • VATICAN CITY (AP) ��� Pope Francis has exposed the political ���maneuvers��� used to sway votes during the two most recent elections of popes, while denying he is planning to reform the process for future conclaves, in a book-length interview published Tuesday. The confidential revelations are conta Gaza medical officials say Israeli strike kills 4 foreign aid workers, driver after delivering food 04/02/2024 12:48am • DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) ��� An apparent Israeli airstrike killed four international aid workers with the World Central Kitchen charity and their Palestinian driver late Monday, hours after the group brought in a new shipload of food to northern Gaza, which has been isolated and pushed to the The Latest | Israel ends raid on Gaza hospital; Iran says strike kills 2 generals in Syria 04/01/2024 11:46pm • The Israeli military has withdrawn from Gaza���s main hospital after a two-week raid, saying it killed some 200 militants in close-quarters fighting and detained hundreds. Palestinians who returned to Shifa Hospital, once the largest medical center in Gaza, said they found its buildings heavily bur Pope overcomes health concerns to preside over Easter Mass and appeal for peace in Gaza and Ukraine 03/31/2024 08:58pm • ROME (AP) ��� Pope Francis rallied from a winter-long bout of respiratory problems to lead some 60,000 people in Easter celebrations Sunday, making a strong appeal for a cease-fire in Gaza and a prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine. Francis presided over Easter Sunday Mass in a flower-decked St. Many Americans say immigrants contribute to economy but there's worry over risks, AP-NORC poll finds 03/29/2024 03:48pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Americans are more worried about legal immigrants committing crimes in the U.S. than they were a few years ago, a change driven largely by increased concern among Republicans, while Democrats continue to see a broad range of benefits from immigration, a new poll shows. The poll f