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Meta, TikTok and other social media CEOs testify in heated Senate hearing on child exploitation 01/31/2024 08:26pm • Sexual predators. Addictive features. Suicide and eating disorders. Unrealistic beauty standards. Bullying. These are just some of the issues young people are dealing with on social media ��� and children's advocates and lawmakers say companies are not doing enough to protect them. On Wednesday, the Michigan school shooter's mom was worried he might do 'something dumb,' friend says 01/31/2024 06:35pm • PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) ��� Hours before a 2021 mass school shooting in Michigan, the mother of a teenager who killed four students said she was worried that he was "going to do something dumb,��� a man who had a close relationship with her testified Wednesday. Brian Meloche said Jennifer Crumbley expla US Asians and Pacific Islanders worry over economy, health care costs, AP-NORC/AAPI data poll shows 01/30/2024 01:00pm • Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States are somewhat more optimistic than the overall adult population about their personal finances, but recent polling shows the outlook isn't quite as sunny when it comes to keeping up with household expenses or unexpected medical costs. A new po How Hard Is Medical School and What Is the Med School Curriculum? 01/29/2024 07:00pm • While it might be a breath of fresh air to finish an undergraduate education, plunging into medical school next is a rigorous challenge that all prospective doctors must prepare for. Medical School vs. Undergraduate Coursework: What's the Difference?"Undergrad is difficult, especially as a premedica Judge denies Cher temporary conservatorship she's seeking over son, but the issue isn't dead yet 01/29/2024 05:18pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� A judge on Monday rejected Cher's request that her adult son be put into a court conservatorship controlling his money. The Oscar- and Grammy-winning singer and actor had argued in a petition that 47-year-old Elijah Blue Allman's large payments from the trust of his late father Community health centers serve 1 in 11 Americans. They're a safety net under stress 01/29/2024 12:26pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Elisa Reyes has come to Plaza del Sol Family Health Center for doctor���s appointments for more than a decade. Though she moved away a while ago, the 33-year-old keeps returning, even if it means a two-hour roundtrip bus ride. That���s because her two children see the same doctor Community health centers serve 1 in 11 Americans. They're a safety net that's under stress 01/29/2024 10:59am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Elisa Reyes has come to Plaza del Sol Family Health Center for doctor���s appointments for more than a decade. She moved away a while ago but keeps returning ��� even if it means a two-hour roundtrip bus ride. That���s because her two children see the same doctor she does. Because Biden is trying to balance Gaza protests and free speech rights as demonstrators disrupt his events 01/28/2024 07:25am • MANASSAS, Va. (AP) ��� It was President Joe Biden's first big campaign rally of the year, a chance to spotlight the issue of protecting abortion rights. Instead, at least a dozen times during Biden's 22-minute speech, demonstrators scattered throughout the audience rose to shout out demands for a ce Live updates | UN court keeps genocide case against Israel alive as Gaza death toll surpasses 26,000 01/26/2024 09:47pm • The death toll from the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip surpassed 26,000 on Friday as the International Court of Justice ordered Israel to limit deaths and damage but stopped short of demanding a cease-fire in the Palestinian territory. The Health Ministry in Hamas-ruled Gaza said that 26,083 peo Danish report underscores 'systematic illegal behavior' in adoptions of children from South Korea 01/25/2024 08:20pm • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) ��� A Danish report on Thursday said adoptions of children from South Korea to Denmark in the 1970s and 1980s was ���characterized by systematic illegal behavior��� in the Asian country. These violations, the report said, made it ���possible to change information about a chi Live updates | Shooting into crowd kills 20 in north Gaza, combat in the south displaces thousands 01/25/2024 05:54pm • Gaza���s Health Ministry said Israeli fire struck a crowd of people waiting for humanitarian aid at a roundabout in Gaza City on Thursday, killing at least 20 and wounding 150. The Israeli military says it was looking into the reports. Meanwhile, the death toll from a strike the day before on a crow Biden, eager for a 2020 rematch in November, is quick to anoint Trump as his 2024 rival 01/25/2024 03:27pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Joe Biden is zeroing in on an expected rematch against Donald Trump after this week���s New Hampshire primaries, eager to sharpen the contrast with his predecessor. Ten months from Election Day, Biden's write-in victory in a New Hampshire race he didn���t formally conte Hong Kong's top court restores activist's conviction over banned vigil on Tiananmen crackdown 01/25/2024 05:20am • HONG KONG (AP) ��� Hong Kong���s top court on Thursday restored a prominent detained activist���s conviction over a banned vigil commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, marking the latest setback for the city���s democracy supporters. Chow Hang-tung, a former leader o Cyprus rescues 60 Syrian migrants from rickety boat after 6 days at sea. Five minors hospitalized 01/24/2024 02:24pm • NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) ��� Cypriot police rescued 60 Syrian migrants from a rickety wooden boat that had been at sea for six days, and five minors had to be hospitalized, three of them in intensive care, authorities said Wednesday. The migrants were found some 55 kilometers (34 miles) off the island Coroner���s service says there are fatalities after charter plane crashes in northwest Canada 01/24/2024 02:32am • FORT SMITH, Northwest Territories (AP) ��� A coroner's service in Canada's Northwest Territories said there are fatalities from Tuesday's plane crash near the community of Fort Smith. The Northwest Territories Coroner���s Service did not say how many have died or give further details, saying it must