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With STDs on the rise, this morning-after-style pill may help
NEW YORK — U.S. health officials released data Tuesday showing how chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis cases have been accelerating, but doctors are hoping an old drug will help fight the sexually transmitted infections. Experts believe STDs have been rising because of declining condom use, inadequate sex education and reduced testing...
Israeli Holocaust memorial criticizes deal with Poland
JERUSALEM — Israel’s national Holocaust memorial has criticized a new agreement renewing Israeli school trips to Poland, saying it recommends a number of “problematic sites” that distort history. Yad Vashem issued its statement weeks after Israel and Poland announced a breakthrough agreement meant to repair ties that had been badly...
Attorneys outline complex plot in trial of slain kids’ mom
BOISE, Idaho — Idaho prosecutors have suggested motives, showed graphic photos and described a complicated plot involving efforts to cast out evil spirits in the triple murder trial of a woman accused in the deaths of her two kids and a romantic rival. On Tuesday, a detective who helped unearth...
What we know about victims of the Louisville bank shooting
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Tributes were growing Monday for the five people slain in a shooting at a Louisville bank, with friends sharing details of their lives and mourners gathering at vigils. Details were also emerging about some of the wounded, including a rookie officer who was just recently sworn in....
FBI issues warning about ‘juice jacking’ when using public charging stations
Travelers using public cellphone charging stations at airports - and other places - have been warned by the FBI to be wary of using them. Your information could be a victim of “juice jacking” by those stations available to the public in places including airports, hotels and shopping centers. Earlier...
Dalai Lama apologizes after video shows him kissing boy
DHARAMSALA, India — Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama apologized Monday after a video showing him kissing a child on the lips triggered criticism. A statement posted on his official website said the 87-year-old leader regretted the incident and wished to “apologize to the boy and his family, as well...
Some U.S. states stock abortion medications after court ruling
BOSTON — A growing number of states led by Democratic governors are stockpiling doses of drugs used in medication abortions, amid fears that a court ruling could restrict access to the most commonly used method of abortion in the U.S. Massachusetts has purchased enough doses of the drug mifepristone —...
Biden ends covid national emergency after Congress acts
WASHINGTON — The U.S. national emergency to respond to the covid-19 pandemic ended Monday as President Joe Biden signed a bipartisan congressional resolution to bring it to a close after three years — weeks before it was set to expire alongside a separate public health emergency. The national emergency allowed...
Will your next car be electric? New poll has mixed results
WASHINGTON — Many Americans aren’t yet sold on going electric for their next cars, a new poll shows, with high prices and too few charging stations the main deterrents. About 4 in 10 U.S. adults are at least somewhat likely to switch, but the history-making shift from the country’s century-plus...
Senate Democrats ask chief justice to probe Clarence Thomas’ luxury trips
WASHINGTON — All Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee have called on Chief Justice John Roberts to investigate undisclosed luxury trips that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas accepted from a wealthy Republican donor. The panel, the Democrats said in a Monday letter, would soon hold a hearing on the court’s...
Trump due back in New York for questioning in AG’s fraud lawsuit
NEW YORK — Donald Trump is scheduled Thursday to return to New York for a deposition in a business fraud lawsuit filed against him and his company by the state’s attorney general, according to a person familiar with the matter. It will be the former president’s first trip to New...
Justice Department appeals Texas abortion pill order
AUSTIN, Texas — The Justice Department on Monday appealed a Texas court ruling that would halt approval of a drug used in the most common method of abortion in the U.S., calling the decision “extraordinary and unprecedented.” If allowed to stand, the order issued last week by U.S. District Judge...
1 dead, 1 wounded in shooting outside Louisville college
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A man was fatally shot and a woman wounded outside a community college in downtown Louisville on Monday, just a few hours after a mass shooting at a bank blocks away, police said. The two shootings were not related, Louisville Metro Police said in a statement. The...
A list of recent high-profile shootings in the U.S.
The latest high-profile shooting in the United States happened Monday in Louisville, Ky., when at least four people were killed at a downtown bank. The shooting in downtown Louisville is the 15th mass killing of the year in the U.S. in which four or more people were killed other than...
Trump appeals ruling that Mike Pence has to testify to Jan. 6 grand juryVideo
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump is appealing a court decision that would require former Vice President Mike Pence to appear before a federal grand jury investigating efforts to undermine the 2020 presidential election, according to a person familiar with the matter. A federal judge in Washington in late March rejected the...
Fox News settles 2020 election-related defamation suit with Venezuelan businessman
It’s not the settlement the media industry has been anticipating, but Fox News has reached an agreement with a Venezuelan businessman whose name was linked to false allegations about voting machines used in the 2020 election. Attorneys for Fox News and Majed Khalil, the plaintiff in the suit, filed a...
Grand jury charges mother of Virginia 6-year-old who shot teacher
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — A Newport News grand jury on Monday indicted the mother of the 6-year-old boy who shot his first grade teacher at Richneck Elementary School three months ago. Deja Nicole Taylor, 25, of Newport News — whose son shot 25-year-old teacher Abby Zwerner during class on Jan....
Netanyahu reverses firing of defense minister amid tension
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday reversed his decision to fire his defense minister over criticism of the government’s contentious plan to overhaul the judiciary. In a televised speech, Netanyahu said that Yoav Gallant is staying at his post. “I decided to put the differences we had...
British PM urges Northern Ireland politicians to go back to work
LONDON — U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak praised the bravery of political leaders who struck the Good Friday peace accord 25 years ago Monday, as he urged Northern Ireland’s current politicians to return to work. While the peace deal largely brought an end to 30 years of hostilities, the Northern...
Leaked documents a ‘very serious’ risk to security: Pentagon
WASHINGTON — The online leaks of scores of highly classified documents about the Ukraine war present a “very serious” risk to national security, and senior leaders are quickly taking steps to mitigate the damage, a top Pentagon spokesman said Monday. Chris Meagher, assistant to the secretary of defense for public...
Illustrated Anne Frank book removed by Florida school
ORLANDO, Fla. — A high school along Florida’s Atlantic Coast has removed a graphic novel based on the diary of Anne Frank after a leader of a conservative advocacy group challenged it, claiming it minimized the Holocaust. “Anne Frank’s Diary: The Graphic Adaptation” was removed from a library at Vero...
Money, power, sex: Attorney says Idaho slain kids’ mom used all 3
BOISE, Idaho — A mother accused in the triple murder of her two youngest children as well as her new husband’s previous wife was willing to “remove any obstacle in her way to get what she wants,” a prosecutor told jurors Monday morning. “The defendant used money, power and sex...
Louisville bank employee livestreamed attack that killed 5Video
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Louisville bank employee armed with a rifle opened fire at his workplace Monday morning, killing five people — including a close friend of Kentucky’s governor — while livestreaming the attack on Instagram, authorities said. Police arrived as shots were still being fired inside Old National Bank...
UN food agency: $800M urgently needed for Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD — The U.N. food agency said Monday it urgently needs $800 million for the next six months to help Afghanistan, which is at the highest risk of famine in a quarter of a century. Aid agencies have been providing food, education and health care support to Afghans in the...
Grand jury weighs charges for police in Jayland Walker death
A grand jury in Ohio will hear evidence this week to decide whether police officers should face criminal charges in the shooting of Jayland Walker, a 25-year-old Black man whose death sparked protests in Akron last summer. Eight officers fired dozens of rounds at Walker following a car and foot...
