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The North Korean leader calls for women to have more children to halt a fall in the birthrate 12/04/2023 03:56am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ��� North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said it is a duty of women to halt a fall in the country���s births in order to strengthen national power, state media said Monday, as his government steps up the call for the people to have more children. While getting a detailed read Israeli offensive shifts to crowded southern Gaza, driving up death toll despite evacuation orders 12/02/2023 11:33pm • KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) ��� Israel pounded targets in crowded southern Gaza on Saturday and ordered more neighborhoods designated for attack to evacuate, driving up the death toll as the United States and others urged it to do more to protect civilians a day after a truce collapsed. The prospec Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows 12/01/2023 06:39pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� ABC���s ���This Week��� ��� White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby; Ron Dermer, Israeli minister of strategic affairs; Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla. ___ NBC's ���Meet the Press��� ��� Kirby; Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican presidential candidate; Allyso Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 12/01/2023 01:28pm • Here���s a look at how AP���s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP���s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 11/30/2023 01:32pm • Here���s a look at how AP���s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP���s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov Sweden halts adoptions from South Korea after claims of falsified papers on origins of children 11/29/2023 05:47pm • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) ��� Sweden���s main adoption agency said Wednesday it was halting adoptions from South Korea, following claims of falsified papers on the origins of children adopted from the Asian country. Swedes have been adopting children from South Korea since the 1950s. On Wednesday, th Canada says Google will pay $74 million annually to Canadian news industry under new online law 11/29/2023 03:05pm • TORONTO (AP) ��� Canada's government said Wednesday it reached a deal with Google for the company to contribute $100 million Canadian dollars annually to the country's news industry to comply with a new Canadian law requiring tech companies to pay publishers for their content. The agreement removes Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 11/29/2023 01:16pm • Here���s a look at how AP���s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP���s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov Israel likens Hamas to the Islamic State group. But the comparison misses the mark in key ways 11/29/2023 12:18pm • JERUSALEM (AP) ��� It has become an Israeli mantra throughout the latest war in Gaza: Hamas is ISIS. Since the bloody Hamas attack on Oct. 7 that triggered the conflict, Israeli leaders and commanders have likened the Palestinian militant group to the Islamic State group in virtually every speech an In the US, Black survivors are nearly invisible in the Catholic clergy sexual abuse crisis 11/29/2023 07:58am • BALTIMORE (AP) ��� As Charles Richardson gradually lost his eyesight to complications from diabetes, certain childhood memories haunted him even more. The Catholic priest appeared vividly in his mind���s eye ��� the one who promised him a spot on a travel basketball team, took him out for burgers a Live updates | Israel releases 30 prisoners after Hamas frees 12 hostages in extended truce deal 11/29/2023 01:40am • The latest swap of Hamas militant-held hostages for Palestinians imprisoned by Israel took place Tuesday evening as part of a cease-fire agreement between the warring sides. Ten Israeli hostages ��� nine women and a 17-year-old girl ��� and two Thais were handed over to the Red Cross in Gaza and we New Mexico creates new council to address cases of missing and slain Native Americans 11/28/2023 07:25pm • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) ��� New Mexico is creating a new advisory council that will be charged with implementing a state plan for responding to cases of missing or slain Native Americans, with top state officials vowing Tuesday that the work will lead to more people being found and families gaining c Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 11/28/2023 01:09pm • Here���s a look at how AP���s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP���s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov 60 years after JFK's death, today's Kennedys choose other paths to public service 11/27/2023 07:33pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Patrick Kennedy, son of Sen. Ted Kennedy and nephew of President John F. Kennedy, remembers being a young state legislator in Rhode Island some 30 years ago and hearing encouraging words from the opposition leader at the time. ���I just want you to know that no matter what you do, Live updates | Israel releases Palestinian prisoners and Hamas frees 11 hostages as truce extended 11/27/2023 07:11pm • A temporary truce between Israel and Hamas has been extended for two more days, the key mediator Qatar announced on Monday, which would have been the final day of the cease-fire. In the fourth swap under the original four-day truce, 11 Israeli hostages, all women and children, were released from Ham