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DeSantis signs bills targeting drag shows, pronouns, bathroom use and transgender children

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press
May 17, 2023 1:00 am - TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed bills Wednesday that ban gender-affirming care for minors, target drag shows, restrict discussion of "preferred pron...
Drug overdoses in the U.S. slightly increased last year. But experts see hopeful signs

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer
May 17, 2023 1:00 am - NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Drug overdose deaths in the U.S. went up slightly last year after two big leaps during the pandemic. Officials with the Centers for Disease Control an...
Dozens of Serbia schools receive bomb threats following mass shootings in early May

By JOVANA GEC Associated Press
May 17, 2023 1:00 am - BELGRADE, Serbia - Dozens of Serbian schools on Wednesday received bomb threats, the education ministry said, amid security concerns following two mass shootings early t...
Prince Harry and Meghan pursued in their car by photographers in New York

By MICHAEL R. SISAK, BOBBY CALVAN and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press
May 17, 2023 1:00 am - NEW YORK - Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, were pursued in their car by photographers after a charity event in New York, an injury-free incident that the mayor and th...
PEN America, Penguin Random House sue Florida school district over book bans

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press
May 17, 2023 1:00 am - TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Writers' group PEN America and publisher Penguin Random House sued a Florida school district Wednesday over its removal of books about race and LGBTQ...
Fewer Venezuelan arrivals lead to drop in illegal entries to U.S. after pandemic asylum limits

By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press
May 17, 2023 1:00 am - SAN DIEGO - A 98% drop in Venezuelans arriving at the U.S. southern border has help lead to a steep decline in migrants crossing illegally from Mexico since pandemic-rel...
'America will not default': Biden confident of budget deal with GOP lawmakers

By SEUNG MIN KIM and LISA MASCARO Associated Press
May 17, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - An optimistic President Joe Biden declared Wednesday he is confident the U.S. will avoid an unprecedented and potentially catastrophic debt default, saying ...
Ukrainian trauma surgeon operates on soldiers all day long amid Russia's war

By ILLIA NOVIKOV and VASILISA STEPANENKO Associated Press
May 17, 2023 1:00 am - KYIV, Ukraine - As the lead trauma surgeon at a military hospital in Ukraine's capital, Petro Nikitin has his hands deep in a war churning hundreds of kilometers (miles)...
Justice Department watchdog finds US attorney in Massachusetts tried to influence DA election

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, LINDSAY WHITEHURST and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press
May 17, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The top federal prosecutor in Massachusetts, who has announced her resignation, tried to use her position to influence the outcome of a race for Boston's di...
Lawmakers warn leaky, crumbling UK Parliament at risk of 'catastrophic' event

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press
May 17, 2023 1:00 am - LONDON - Britain's Parliament building is an architectural masterpiece, a UNESCO World Heritage Site visited by 1 million people a year. It's also a crumbling, leaky, as...

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