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WHO member countries agree on a draft ‘pandemic treaty’ to try to avoid COVID-19 mistakes
After the world’s largely disastrous response to the coronavirus, countries tasked the WHO with overseeing a pandemic treaty ...
Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen goes to El Salvador to push for Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s release
WASHINGTON (AP) — Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen arrived in El Salvador Wednesday to push for the release of Kilmar Abrego ...
UK’s top court says definition of a woman is based on biological sex and excludes transgender people
LONDON (AP) — The U.K. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a woman is someone born biologically female, excluding transgender ...
Israel says it will keep troops in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria indefinitely. What does that mean?
The Palestinians seek an independent state in east Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza, territories Israel captured in the 1967 ...
UCLA gymnastics, back in the NCAA Championships, wants to ‘take it all’
Gymnasts for fifth-seeded UCLA are staying in the ‘Bruin Bubble’ as they go up against No. 1 LSU, No. 4 Utah and No. 8 ...
The Oklahoma City bombing was 30 years ago. Some survivors worry America didn’t learn the lesson
From a mother who lost her first-born baby, a son who never got to know his father, and a young man so badly injured that he ...
BJ’s Restaurant introduces a Broccoli Cheddar Pizookie
The Huntington Beach-based restaurant chain will launch a limited-time item called the Broccoli Cheddar Pizookie on Thursday, ...
LA County wants to double the fines for street racing and takeovers
Supervisors say the speeding and tire-screeching behaviors have gotten more dangerous since COVID — and social media has only ...
Kaiser strike by Southern California mental health workers drags on. A hunger strike just ended
Eight workers wrapped up their five-day hunger strike as broken-off negotiations were set to resume in what is the longest ...
Judge finds probable cause to hold Trump administration in contempt for violating deportation order
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday said he has found probable cause to hold the Trump administration in criminal ...
Protesters arrested, 1 subdued with stun gun at Marjorie Taylor Greene’s town hall
ACWORTH, Ga. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene came to a town hall in suburban Atlanta on Tuesday night to deliver full ...
Older Arizona voters are closely watching Trump’s tariffs — and their retirement accounts
Trump carried Arizona voters who were age 65 or older, winning 52% of this group compared with Harris’ 47%, broadly in line with his national margin among seniors, according to AP VoteCast, an ...