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A child holds a man's finger during a service at Community Church of Seminole, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025, in Seminole, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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West Texans, Mennonites at center of measles outbreak choose medical freedom over vaccine mandates

SEMINOLE, Texas (AP) — Measles had struck this West Texas town, sickening dozens of children, but at the Community Church of Seminole, more than 350 worshippers gathered for a Sunday service. Sitting elbow-to-elbow, they filled the pews, siblings in matching button-down shirts and dresses, little girls’ hair tied neatly into pink bows. Fathers shushed babbling […]

MARCH 4, 2025

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FILE - In this long exposure photo, a string of SpaceX StarLink satellites passes over an old stone house near Florence, Kan., on May 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Reed Hoffmann, File)

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Chinese researchers suggest lasers and sabotage to counter Musk’s Starlink satellites

Stealth submarines fitted with space-shooting lasers, supply-chain sabotage and custom-built attack satellites armed with ion thrusters. Those are just some of the strategies Chinese scientists have been developing to counter what Beijing sees as a potent threat: Elon Musk’ s armada of Starlink communications satellites. Chinese government and military scientists, concerned about Starlink’s potential use by adversaries […]

JULY 31, 2025

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Russell Hedrick prepares a DJI drone to put crop cover on his farm, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024, in Hickory, N.C. (AP Photo/Allison Joyce)

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Many Americans have come to rely on Chinese-made drones. Now lawmakers want to ban them

WASHINGTON (AP) — Russell Hedrick, a North Carolina farmer, flies drones to spray fertilizers on his corn, soybean and wheat fields at a fraction of what it would cost him to use a conventional ground spreader. As a volunteer rescuer, Hedrick uses thermal drones to search for people trapped by mudslides and cargo drones to […]

DEC. 23, 2024

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Sitting next to her son Wael, left, Reem Ajour shows a picture of her daughter, Masaa, and her husband, Talal, on her cellphone in a camp outside Zuweida, Gaza Strip, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

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These Palestinians disappeared after encounters with Israeli troops in Gaza

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Reem Ajour says she last saw her husband and then 4-year-old daughter in March, when Israeli soldiers raided a family home in northern Gaza. She is haunted by those chaotic last moments, when the soldiers ordered her to go – to leave behind Talal and Masaa, both wounded. Eight […]

DEC. 11, 2024

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FILE - Argentine President Javier Milei addresses supporters during a rally in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)

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Argentina’s Milei marks one year in office. Here’s how his shock measures are reshaping the economy

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — When libertarian President Javier Milei assumed office one year ago, Argentine supermarkets were marking price increases on an almost daily basis. Middle-class families tried to spend their rapidly depreciating pesos as quickly as they got them, and economists warned the country was teetering on the brink of hyperinflation. It was […]

DEC. 10, 2024

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FILE - Mohammad Shouman carries the body of his daughter, Masa, who was killed in an Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, during her funeral in Rafah, southern Gaza, Jan. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair, File)

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Amnesty International says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Israel rejects the allegations

CAIRO (AP) — Amnesty International accused Israel of committing genocide in the Gaza Strip during its war with Hamas, saying it has sought to deliberately destroy Palestinians by mounting deadly attacks, demolishing vital infrastructure, and preventing the delivery of food, medicine and other aid. The human rights group released a report Thursday in the Middle […]

DEC. 5, 2024

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Amazon Web Services data center is seen at night on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024, in Boardman, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

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As data centers proliferate, conflict with local communities follows

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Richard Andre Newman thought he would live the rest of his life in his quiet, leafy neighborhood in suburban Virginia. He was born and raised in Bren Mar Park, where children ride their bikes and neighbors wave hello. But now, as he’s approaching 60, he’s considering selling his Fairfax County home […]

DEC. 5, 2024

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FILE - Tampa Bay Rays' Ryan Pepiot, left, adjusts the mustache of starting pitcher Tyler Alexander before a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Los Angeles, Friday, Aug. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)

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Demure, sanewashing, standalone ‘staches, sourdough: Let’s move on in 2025!

NEW YORK (AP) — We’ve demure-d our way through 2024. We’ve played passenger princess. We’ve baked enough sourdough to cover the world with our bubbly starters. We’ve rawdogged it and we’ve hyped it. All of it. There’s lots to leave behind as the new year rolls around. Here’s a tiny tip of the iceberg of […]

DEC. 3, 2024

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Voting rights and democracy activists ride together from Atlanta to Montgomery, Ala., on Saturday, May 16, 2026, for a rally against efforts by Republican legislative majorities to reduce Black representation in Congress from Southern states. (AP Photo/Bill Barrow)

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On the voting rights trail, bus riders to Montgomery retrace old steps while fighting a new fight

In 1965, Black Americans peacefully demonstrated for voting rights and were beaten by Alabama state troopers before returning two weeks later to complete their march under federal protection. Keith Odom was a toddler then.

MAY 17, 2026

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Bumps, bipartisanship in long fight for semiconductor bill

Five weeks ago, senior Biden administration aides gathered for their regular Thursday morning meeting about passing a bill to revive the U.S. computer chip sector, worried that it could be in peril. After 18 months, the bipartisan effort to provide $52 billion for semiconductors was getting close to the finish line. But they were concerned […]

AUG. 1, 2022

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A woman leans on a counter while waiting to receive free medicine at the Rodolfo Rossi Hospital in La Plata, Argentina, Thursday, May 8, 2025. According to experts, government workers and advocates, President Javier Milei's cutbacks have overwhelmed the nation’s public hospitals, upended vaccination efforts and taken a toll on the country’s poor and unemployed. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

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Argentines reel from health care cutbacks as President Milei’s state overhaul mirrors Trump’s

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — To outsiders, the Facebook group chat reads like a snarl of nonsensical emojis and letters. To uninsured Argentine cancer patients, it’s a lifeline. The surreptitious network connects advocates who have spare drugs to Argentines with cancer who lost access to their treatment in March 2024 when President Javier Milei suspended a federal agency, […]

JUNE 18, 2025

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Newell-Fonda's Rylee Hogrefe (32) fights for the ball with Storm Lake's Grace Kinkel (21) during a high school girls basketball game, Jan. 6, 2026, in Newell, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

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Even in Caitlin Clark’s home state, girls high school basketball in decline. It thrives in this town

The streets of Newell and Fonda are quiet. Rural decline has taken a toll on these northwest Iowa towns with main street storefronts shuttered and vacant houses scattered here and there. Yet the heart of these communities separated by 9 miles isn’t hard to find. It still beats at the Newell-Fonda High School gym, where […]

JAN. 28, 2026

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West Texans, Mennonites at center of measles outbreak choose medical freedom over vaccine mandates

Chinese researchers suggest lasers and sabotage to counter Musk’s Starlink satellites

Many Americans have come to rely on Chinese-made drones. Now lawmakers want to ban them

These Palestinians disappeared after encounters with Israeli troops in Gaza

Argentina’s Milei marks one year in office. Here’s how his shock measures are reshaping the economy

Amnesty International says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Israel rejects the allegations

As data centers proliferate, conflict with local communities follows

Demure, sanewashing, standalone ‘staches, sourdough: Let’s move on in 2025!

On the voting rights trail, bus riders to Montgomery retrace old steps while fighting a new fight

Bumps, bipartisanship in long fight for semiconductor bill

Argentines reel from health care cutbacks as President Milei’s state overhaul mirrors Trump’s

Even in Caitlin Clark’s home state, girls high school basketball in decline. It thrives in this town

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