By MICHELLE R. SMITH Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — As the nation marked 1 million deaths from COVID-19 last week, the milestone was bookended by mass shootings that killed people simply liv…
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Long COVID affects more older adults; shots don’t prevent it
By LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer New U.S. research on long COVID-19 provides fresh evidence that it can happen even after breakthrough infections in vaccinated people, and that older adults face hi…
1.1 million Afghan children could face severe malnutrition
By RAHIM FAIEZ and LEE KEATH Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — In Afghanistan, 1.1 million children under the age of 5 will likely face the most severe form of malnutrition this year, according to the…
Onlookers urged police to charge into Texas school
By JAKE BLEIBERG, JIM VERTUNO and ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Frustrated onlookers urged police officers to charge into the Texas elementary school where a gunman’s rampa…
‘Precious individuals’ taken in Texas school shooting
By ELLIOT SPAGAT and ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press UVALDE, Texas (AP) — One student was an avid runner, so fast she swept the races at field day. Another was learning football plays from his grandf…
‘Trump is in the past’: Mounting losses show limits of power
By JILL COLVIN and JEFF MARTIN Associated Press WOODSTOCK, Ga. (AP) — Donald Trump opened May by lifting a trailing Senate candidate in Ohio to the Republican nomination, seemingly cementing the forme…
School massacre continues Texas’ grim run of mass shootings
By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Once again, one of America’s deadliest mass shootings happened in Texas. Past shootings targeted worshippers during a Sunday sermon, shoppe…
China wants 10 Pacific nations to endorse sweeping agreement
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — China wants 10 small Pacific nations to endorse a sweeping agreement covering everything from security to fisheries in what one leader war…
An ocean first: Underwater drone tracks CO2 in Alaska gulf
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press SEWARD, Alaska (AP) — In the cold, choppy waters of Alaska’s Resurrection Bay, all eyes were on the gray water, looking for one thing only. It wasn’t a spout from hum…
Oklahoma governor signs the nation’s strictest abortion ban
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt on Wednesday signed into law the nation’s strictest abortion ban, making the state the first in the nation to effectively…