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'I feel trapped': Scores of underage Rohingya girls forced into abusive marriages in Malaysia 12/13/2023 11:35am • KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) ��� In a bedroom in Malaysia that has become a prison, the 14-year-old girl wipes away tears as she sits cross-legged on the concrete floor. It is here, she says, where her 35-year-old husband rapes her nearly every night. Last year, the Rohingya girl sacrificed herself t 'I feel trapped': Scores of underage Rohingya girls forced into abusive marriages in Malaysia 12/13/2023 11:31am • KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) ��� In a bedroom in Malaysia that has become a prison, the 14-year-old girl wipes away tears as she sits cross-legged on the concrete floor. It is here, she says, where her 35-year-old husband rapes her nearly every night. Last year, the Rohingya girl sacrificed herself t Father of July 4th Illinois parade shooting suspect released early from jail for good behavior 12/13/2023 11:00am • WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) ��� The father of the suspect in a deadly 2022 Fourth of July parade shooting in suburban Chicago has been released early from jail after serving part of a 60-day sentence for sponsoring a firearm application for his son. Robert Crimo Jr. was released Wednesday for good behavior, AP Breakthrough Entertainer: Kris Bowers, quickly scoring the title of Hollywood's favorite composer 12/13/2023 09:14am • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Kris Bowers grew up in Los Angeles, just a few minutes away from The World Stage performance space, and immersed in jazz. Music, he knew, was always his path. ���I told them (my parents) when I was 12, I want to go to school for jazz and tour as a jazz artist and then transition 2023 in other words: AI might be the term of the year, but consider these far-flung contenders 12/13/2023 12:03am • Many sentiments are universal. Many words are not. As 2023 ends, The Associated Press reached out to colleagues around the world for terms that emerged this year and seized or crystalized the popular mood. Some were newsy, some cultural. A couple were kind of delightful. Whatever the language, the Live updates | Israel plans to keep fighting as UN General Assembly votes for a cease-fire in Gaza 12/12/2023 11:41pm • Israel pressed ahead with an offensive against Gaza���s Hamas rulers that it says could go on for weeks or months. But the United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to demand a humanitarian cease-fire in a strong demonstration of global support for ending the Israel-Hamas war. General As Career competition kicks in at a Montgomery Co. high school 12/12/2023 09:40pm • Not all high school competitions take place on a field or court. At Thomas Edison High School of Technology in Montgomery County, Maryland, students in various disciplines are elbow-deep in SkillsUSA competitions. Not only are students honing their skills, but they're getting feedback, and once t Packed hospitals, treacherous roads, harried parents: Newborns in Gaza face steeper odds of survival 12/12/2023 08:23pm • DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) ��� The birth of their daughter should have marked the beginning of a joyful chapter for the young Palestinian couple. Instead, the devastating war in Gaza, now in its third month, has turned childbirth and parenthood into a time of worry and fear for Salim and Israa UN General Assembly votes overwhelmingly to demand a humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza 12/12/2023 07:28pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) ��� The U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to demand a humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza in a strong demonstration of global support for ending the Israel-Hamas war. The vote also showed the growing isolation of the United States and Israel. The vote in the 193-m 9 Dividend Aristocrat Stocks to Buy Now 12/12/2023 07:00pm • When a company can avoid cutting its dividend even during economic recessions and crises, investors know it is a reliable stock. However, there's a special breed of dividend stocks that takes reliability, consistency and dependability to another level. The Dividend Aristocrats Index, assembled by S& Epic wins its antitrust lawsuit against the Play Store. What does this verdict mean for Google? 12/12/2023 04:49pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� Google lost an antitrust lawsuit over barriers to its Android app store, as a federal court jury has decided that the company's payments system was anticompetitive and damaged smartphone consumers and software developers. It���s a blow to a major pillar of Google���s technolog Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 12/12/2023 02:56pm • 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 Death of Adam Johnson from skate blade prompts new look at neck guard mandates in youth hockey 12/12/2023 02:45pm • SOUTH WINDSOR, Conn. (AP) ��� A day after professional hockey player Adam Johnson suffered a fatal cut to his throat during a game in England, Dan Sacco went out and ordered his 10-year-old twins new neck guards. Colton and Harper Sacco play together as squirts ��� 9- and 10-year-olds ��� for the yo Missouri county to pay $1.2 million to settle lawsuit over inmate restraint chair death 12/12/2023 02:01pm • Missouri's second-largest county will pay a $1.2 million settlement to the parents of a 21-year-old man with mental health concerns who, according to a lawsuit, screamed ���I can't breathe��� as he was subdued by jail staff before dying in a restraint chair. The Jackson County Legislature in Kansas Kwam�� Ryan to become music director of Charlotte Symphony in 2024-25 12/12/2023 12:04pm • Kwam�� Ryan was hired Tuesday as music director of the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra in North Carolina and given a four-year contract to start with the 2024-25 season. The 53-year-old succeeds Christopher Warren-Green, who stepped down after the 2021-22 season, his 12th as music director. Ryan will s