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Military commanders will be told to send transgender troops to medical checks to oust them

WASHINGTON (AP) - Military commanders will be told to identify troops in their units who are transgender or have gender dysphoria, then send them to get medical checks in order to force them out of th...

May 15, 2025

Florida executes suspected serial killer once eyed for possible link to the OJ Simpson case

STARKE, Fla. (AP) - A suspected serial killer once scrutinized for a possible link to the O.J. Simpson case that riveted the nation in the 1990s was executed Thursday in Florida for the murder of a wo...

May 15, 2025

Autopsies misclassified in-custody deaths that were actually homicides, Maryland officials say

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - An audit of Maryland autopsies has uncovered at least 36 in-custody police deaths that should have been considered homicides, state officials announced Thursday following a compr...

May 15, 2025

DeSantis signs a bill making Florida the 2nd state to ban fluoride from its water system

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a measure Thursday prohibiting local governments from adding fluoride to their water systems, making it the second state in the...

May 15, 2025

Ukraine's Zelenskyy says he is sending a delegation to Istanbul for peace talks with Russia

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday he will send a team headed by Defense Minister Rustem Umerov to the Turkish city of Istanbul for peace talks with a Russian ...

May 15, 2025

Wisconsin judge pleads not guilty to helping a man evade federal immigration agents

MILWAUKEE (AP) - A Wisconsin judge pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges that she helped a man who is in the country illegally evade U.S. immigration authorities looking to arrest him in her courtroo...

May 15, 2025

54 people killed in overnight airstrikes on southern Gaza city, hospital says

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) - A hospital in southern Gaza says 54 people have been killed in overnight airstrikes on the city of Khan Younis. An Associated Press cameraman in Khan Younis counted 10 a...

May 14, 2025

New Zealand's Parliament will debate suspending Māori lawmakers who performed a protest haka

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - A New Zealand parliamentary committee has recommended the unprecedented suspensions of three Mori lawmakers for performing a protest haka in the debating chamber last ye...

May 14, 2025

South African leader and Trump will meet next week after US took in white South Africans as refugees

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - President Donald Trump and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa are scheduled to meet at the White House next week following allegations by Trump - and denied by Sout...

May 14, 2025

Missouri lawmakers approve referendum to repeal abortion-rights amendment

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Six months after Missouri voters approved an abortion-rights amendment, Republican state lawmakers on Wednesday approved a new referendum that would seek the amendment's rep...

May 14, 2025