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Texas judge fines New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A Texas judge on Thursday ordered a New York doctor to pay more than $100,000 in penalties for prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas, a ruling that could test "shield l...

Feb 14, 2025

California braces for heavy rains as car pileup in winter storm closes an Oregon interstate

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Snow and ice in whiteout conditions contributed to as many as 30 cars involved in a pileup on a major highway connecting Oregon and Idaho, reportedly injuring several people, as a w...

Feb 14, 2025

Judge orders Trump administration to temporarily allow funds for foreign aid to flow again

WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Thursday to temporarily lift a three-week funding freeze that has shut down U.S. aid and development work worldwide, citing the sw...

Feb 14, 2025

Zelenskyy says Trump gave him his telephone number, believes US president is key to ending the war

MUNICH (AP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says U.S. President Trump has given him his cellphone number. Zelenskyy believes Trump is the key to ending the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Zelenskyy...

Feb 14, 2025

Heavy rain pummels slide-prone Southern California as crashes close roads in the Northwest

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A swift debris flow swept a Los Angeles Fire Department vehicle off the Pacific Coast Highway and into the ocean as heavy rain fell across Southern California on Thursday, creating ...

Feb 14, 2025

A look at Pope Francis' previous hospitalizations and health problems

ROME (AP) - Pope Francis was hospitalized Friday for the fourth time since being elected in 2013, after he was diagnosed with bronchitis last week. Francis had part of one lung removed as a young man ...

Feb 14, 2025

Rwanda-backed rebels advance into eastern Congo's 2nd major city of Bukavu, residents say

GOMA, Congo (AP) - Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo entered the region's second-largest city of Bukavu on Friday, local and civil society leaders said, the latest ground gained since a major esca...

Feb 14, 2025

Homeowner pleads guilty to shooting Black teen Ralph Yarl who rang the wrong doorbell

LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) - An 86-year-old Kansas City man pleaded guilty Friday to a lesser charge in the 2023 shooting of Ralph Yarl, a Black honor student who rang the white man's doorbell by mistake. Andr...

Feb 14, 2025

A drone pierced the outer shell of Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear plant. Radiation levels are normal

CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR POWER STATION, Ukraine (AP) - A drone armed with a warhead hit the protective outer shell of Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear plant early Friday, punching a hole in the structure and brie...

Feb 14, 2025

US Vice President JD Vance meets German far-right leader as he criticizes 'firewalls' in Europe

MUNICH (AP) - U.S. Vice President JD Vance met the leader of a German far-right party during a visit to Munich on Friday, nine days before a German election and after lecturing European leaders about ...

Feb 14, 2025