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Australian police shoot dead a boy, 16, armed with a knife after he stabbed a man in Perth 05/05/2024 02:10am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A 16-year-old boy armed with a knife was shot dead by police after he stabbed a man in the Australian west coast city of Perth, officials said Sunday. The incident occurred in the parking lot of a hardware store in suburban Willetton on Saturday night. The teen attacked After Roe, the network of people who help others get abortions see themselves as 'the underground' 05/04/2024 08:48am • NAMPA, Idaho (AP) — Waiting in a long post office line with the latest shipment of “abortion aftercare kits,” Kimra Luna got a text. A woman who’d taken abortion pills three weeks earlier was worried about bleeding — and disclosing the cause to a doctor. “Bleeding doesn’t mean you need After Roe, the network of people who help others get abortions see themselves as 'the underground' 05/04/2024 08:47am • NAMPA, Idaho (AP) — Waiting in a long post office line with the latest shipment of “abortion aftercare kits,” Kimra Luna got a text. A woman who’d taken abortion pills three weeks earlier was worried about bleeding — and disclosing the cause to a doctor. “Bleeding doesn’t mean you need Things to do in the DC area: AAPI Heritage Month events, Adams Morgan PorchFest … and more! 05/02/2024 07:49am • All throughout May, WTOP is celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with stories about the people and places shaping the D.C. region. You won't want to miss WTOP's guide on the many Asian festivals that are expected over the course of the month of May. From the NVA Thai Stre Saudi Arabia confirms a fitness influencer received an 11-year sentence over 'terrorist offenses' 05/01/2024 05:48am • JERUSALEM (AP) — Saudi Arabia confirmed in a letter to the United Nations that a female fitness instruction who was popular online received an 11-year prison sentence but did not specify any of her alleged “terrorism offenses.” Though the kingdom insisted the case had nothing to do with the in Amazon reports strong 1Q results driven by its cloud-computing unit and Prime Video ad dollars 04/30/2024 06:40pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon on Tuesday reported strong results for the first quarter, driven by growth in its cloud-computing unit and new advertising dollars from its Prime Video streaming service. The Seattle-based e-commerce giant said it brought in $143.31 billion in revenue in the first three mon Walmart launches store-label food brand as it seeks to appeal to younger shoppers 04/30/2024 11:19am • NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart is launching the U.S. retailer's biggest store-label food brand in 20 years in terms of the breadth of items, seeking to appeal to younger customers who are not loyal to grocery brands and want chef-inspired foods that are more affordably priced. The brand, called Bettergo Philippine students are told to stay home as Southeast Asia swelters in prolonged heat wave 04/29/2024 08:59pm • MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Southeast Asia was coping with a weekslong heat wave on Monday as record-high temperatures led to school closings in several countries and urgent health warnings throughout the region. Millions of students in all public schools across the Philippines were ordered to stay What Is Variable APR? 04/29/2024 08:00pm • You've probably noticed the term "variable APR" on your credit card agreement or on credit card offers you've received online and in the mail. But what exactly is a variable annual percentage rate? Variable APR means that the annual percentage rate, your interest stated as a yearly rate, can change Dozens of deaths reveal risks of injecting sedatives into people restrained by police 04/27/2024 06:21am • Demetrio Jackson was desperate for medical help when the paramedics arrived. The 43-year-old was surrounded by police who arrested him after responding to a trespassing call in a Wisconsin parking lot. Officers had shocked him with a Taser and pinned him as he pleaded that he couldn’t breathe. Now Surging auto insurance rates squeeze drivers, fuel inflation 04/26/2024 01:15pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Relentlessly rising auto insurance rates are squeezing car owners and stoking inflation. Auto insurance rates rose 2.6% in March and are up 22% from a year ago. Premium costs have been marching steadily higher since 2022, even as inflation at the consumer level steadily cooled from Online retailer Shein is latest to face strict European Union digital regulations 04/26/2024 10:57am • LONDON (AP) — Online fast-fashion retailer Shein must face the European Union's strictest level of digital regulations, the bloc said on Friday as it added the company to its list of big platforms that need extra scrutiny. The EU's Executive Commission said it formally classed Shein as a “very Should I Use a Wire Transfer or Cashier's Check for Closing? 04/25/2024 08:00pm • If you've finally reached the closing stage of the homebuying process, then you are nearing the finish line. However, closing involves a specific set of procedures that must be followed carefully to avoid delays or complications. One of these processes is securing a bank-certified payment method, Selling weight-loss and muscle-building supplements to minors in New York is now illegal 04/25/2024 06:31pm • ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — It’s now illegal to sell weight-loss and muscle-building supplements to minors in New York, under a first-in-the-nation law that went into effect this week. Experts say loose federal regulation of dietary supplements has resulted in these products sometimes including unappro Bishop stabbed during Sydney church service backs X's legal case to share video of the attack 04/25/2024 06:23am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A Sydney bishop who was stabbed repeatedly in an alleged extremist attack blamed on a teenager has backed X Corp. owner Elon Musk’s legal bid to overturn an Australian ban on sharing graphic video of the attack on social media. A live stream of the knife attack on Apr