COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Senate on Wednesday approved a ban on transgender students using bathrooms that fit their gender identities and sent the measure to Republican Gov. Mike DeWine. FILE - Signage hangs outside a restroom at 21c Museum Hotel in Durham, N.C., May 12, 2016. (AP...
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The FBI said Wednesday it is offering up to $25,000 as a reward for information about the suspect behind recent ballot box fires in Oregon and Washington state. FILE - A damaged ballot drop box is displayed during a news conference at the Multnomah County Elections Division...
PARIS (AP) — Protests erupted in Paris on Wednesday against a controversial gala organized by far-right figures in support of Israel. The event, intended to raise funds for the Israeli military, included Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich among its invited guests. Protesters take part in a...
NEW YORK (AP) — The decline in U.S. drug overdose deaths appears to have continued this year, giving experts hope the nation is seeing sustained improvement in the persistent epidemic. FILE - A container of Narcan, or naloxone, sits on tree roots at a longstanding homeless encampment in...
A woman lights a candle as offering near flowers placed outside the "Zhuhai People's Fitness Plaza" where a man deliberately rammed his car into people exercising at the sports center, killing some and injuring others in Zhuhai in southern China's Guangdong province on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (AP...
Doctors teach children about eye protection knowledge in Yinchuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, May 28, 2022. (Xinhua/Ai Fumei) BEIJING (Xinhua) -- The Chinese government has unveiled new measures to prevent and curb the rate of myopia among children, as nearsightedness...
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol answers a reporters' question during a news conference at the Presidential Office in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (Kim Hong-Ji/Pool Photo via AP, File) SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has dusted off his golf...
A pumpjack operates in the foreground while a wind turbine at the Buckeye Wind Energy wind farm rises in the distance, Monday, Sept. 30, 2024, near Hays, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — Even as Earth sets new heat records , humanity this year is pumping 330 million...
This photo shows a sports center where a man rammed a car into people exercising in Zhuhai, China Monday, Nov. 11, 2024. (Kyodo News via AP) ZHUHAI, China (AP) — A man who authorities said was upset over his divorce settlement rammed his car into a crowd of people exercising at a sports complex...
Former President Donald Trump, standing with defense attorney Todd Blanche, speaks at the conclusion of proceedings for the day at his trial at Manhattan criminal court, Tuesday, May 14, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, Pool) NEW YORK (AP) — A judge is due to decide Tuesday whether to...
ADDS NAME - Jazmine Te Hiwi, right, embraces a friend as they arrive at Parliament House in Wellington, New Zealand ahead of the apology to the survivors of abuse in state, faith-based and foster care over a period of seven decades, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Charlotte Graham-McLay )...
Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley, United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Simon Stiell, United Nations climate chief, Antonio Guterres, United Nations secretary-general, Ilham Aliyev, Azerbaijan president and Turkey President Recep Tayyip front center, pose with others for a group photo at...
