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Local election workers fear threats to their safety as November nears. One group is trying to help 04/22/2024 12:08am • TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The group gathered inside the conference room, mostly women, fell silent as the audio recording began to play. The male voice, clearly agitated, railed against what he thought had been fraud that cost former President Donald Trump reelection four years ago. “You What You Should Know About the RSV Vaccines 04/21/2024 08:00pm • When it comes to seasonal viruses, you're probably concerned about the flu and COVID. On the other hand, the respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV for short, may not be on your radar. But it should be. Here's what you need to know about RSV and the vaccines. What Is RSV?RSV is a common respiratory vir Hawaii lawmakers take aim at vacation rentals after Lahaina wildfire amplifies Maui housing crisis 04/21/2024 06:06pm • HONOLULU (AP) — Amy Chadwick spent years scrimping and saving as a single mother of two to buy a house in the town of Lahaina on the Hawaiian island of Maui. But after a devastating fire leveled Lahaina in August and reduced Chadwick's home to white dust, the cheapest rental she and her now-husban Haitians scramble to survive, seeking food, water and safety as gang violence chokes the capital 04/21/2024 01:52pm • PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — As the sun sets, a burly man bellows into a megaphone while a curious crowd gathers around him. Next to him is a small cardboard box with several banknotes worth 10 Haitian gourdes — about 7 U.S. cents. “Everyone give whatever they have!” the man shouts as he gra The House passes billions in aid for Ukraine and Israel after months of struggle. Next is the Senate 04/21/2024 10:05am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has approved $95 billion in foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies in a rare weekend session as Democrats and Republicans banded together after months of hard-right resistance over renewed American support for repelling Russia’s invasion. With an overwh Key players: Who's who at Donald Trump’s hush money criminal trial 04/20/2024 11:30pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s hush money criminal trial shifts to opening statements Monday, followed by the start of witness testimony. A jury of seven men and five women, plus six alternates, was picked last week. The trial centers on allegations the former president falsified his company’ Blinken will be the latest top US official to visit China in a bid to keep ties on an even keel 04/20/2024 02:21pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to China this coming week as Washington and Beijing try to keep ties on an even keel despite major differences on issues from the path to peace in the Middle East to the supply of synthetic opioids that have heightened fears over glob Indonesian police arrest 8 suspected militants, part of a banned extremist group with al-Qaida links 04/20/2024 06:20am • PALU, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s elite counterterrorism police arrested eight suspected militants in recent days believed to be part of a new cell linked to Jemaah Islamiyah, an al-Qaida-linked group, authorities said Saturday. Police conducted raids in Central Sulawesi province between Tuesda Mexican police investigate a man as a possible serial killer after finding bones and a saw 04/20/2024 03:45am • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico City police said late Friday they are investigating a murder suspect as a possible serial killer after bones, a saw, blood and the ID cards of missing women were found at rooms he rented. Mexico City prosecutors did not identify the suspect by name, but said that he was Maurizio Cattelan, Zoe Saldana join iconoclastic Vatican Biennale exhibition inside women’s prison 04/20/2024 01:57am • VENICE, Italy (AP) — A pair of nude feet — dirty, wounded and vulnerable — are painted on the façade of the Venice women’s prison chapel. It's the work of Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan and part of the Vatican’s pavilion at the Venice Biennale contemporary art show in an innovative coll A man escaped Sudan's bloody civil war. His mysterious death in Missisippi has sparked suspicion 04/20/2024 12:14am • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — As a child, Dau Mabil escaped war-torn Sudan and built a new life in Mississippi. This month, fishermen found the body of the 33-year-old Mabil floating in a river, prompting calls for a federal investigation into his disappearance and death. Mabil, who lived in Jackson with How a new app could help protect your personal data 04/19/2024 08:00pm • Everything you do online can be seen by websites that use cookies to follow and sell your data. Now, a new app by Consumer Reports wants to make the market more transparent about which companies are collecting your personal data and what you can do to stop it. The free app is called "Permission S What we know about the shooting of an Uber driver in Ohio and the scam surrounding it 04/19/2024 07:47pm • It was a common scam that ended with an uncommon outcome, tragically in an Ohio driveway. William J. Brock fatally shot an Uber driver because he wrongly assumed she was part of a scheme to extract $12,000 in supposed bond money for a relative, authorities said this week. Lo-Letha Hall was a victim South Africa man convicted in deaths of 2 Alaska Native women faces revocation of U.S. citizenship 04/19/2024 06:45pm • ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Federal prosecutors want to revoke the U.S. citizenship of a South Africa man convicted of killing two Alaska Native women for allegedly lying on his naturalization application for saying he had neither killed nor hurt anyone. Brian Steven Smith, 52, was convicted earlier The Latest | Opening statements in Trump hush money trial set for Monday after latest appeal fails 04/19/2024 06:00pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Opening statements in Donald Trump's hush money case are set to begin next week after a jury of 12 people and six alternates was seated Friday. The seating of the jury sets the stage for weeks of testimony in a case charging Trump with falsifying business records to suppress storie