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An Afghan woman wanted to be a doctor. Now she makes pickles as the Taliban restricts women's roles 07/03/2024 12:55am • KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) â Frozan Ahmadzai is one of 200,000 Afghan women who have the Talibanâs permission to work. She should have graduated from university this year in pursuit of her dream of becoming a doctor, but the Taliban have barred women from higher education and excluded them from man The Latest | Palestinians flee Khan Younis as Israel says 1.9 million are crammed in central Gaza The Latest | Palestinians flee Khan Younis as Israel says 1.9 million are crammed in central Gaza 07/02/2024 06:46pm • Palestinians are streaming out of eastern Khan Younis, the second-largest city in Gaza, as an Israeli evacuation order affects roughly 250,000 people, the United Nations said Tuesday. Israelâs military estimated that around 1.9 million people â more than 80% of all Palestinians in the Gaza Strip UN launches global road safety campaign in US with goal of halving the number of victims by 2030 07/01/2024 08:06pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) â The United Nations on Monday launched its global road safety campaign in the United States, which aims to halve the number of road-related victims worldwide by 2030. The two-year advertising campaign seeks to educate people on basic, but life-saving, safety measures, such as Puerto Rico will include status plebiscite in November's general elections 07/01/2024 07:20pm • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) â Gov. Pedro Pierluisi announced Monday that Puerto Ricoâs political status will be on the ballot in the general elections this November, and for the first time the islandâs current status as a U.S. territory will not be an option in the non-binding plebiscite. Voter Nine years after Obergefell, number of same-sex marriages has jumped in Maryland Nine years after Obergefell, number of same-sex marriages has jumped in Maryland 06/30/2024 11:17am • Same-sex couples could already get married in Maryland before the U.S. Supreme Court extended the right nationwide nine years ago, but the numbers have risen sharply since the ruling was handed down in Obergefell v. Hodges. The U.S. Census Bureau estimates that there were about 4,400 same-sex mar The Latest | ‘Carry your son and run’: Gaza families describe fleeing Rafah under Israeli fire The Latest | â˜Carry your son and runâ: Gaza families describe fleeing Rafah under Israeli fire 06/28/2024 04:56pm • Displaced Palestinian families in Gaza's south have fled what they said was intensifying Israeli fire in northern areas of Rafah to seek shelter elsewhere, describing a chaotic night as the sounds of fighting drew closer and prompted the difficult decision to evacuate. âœJust carry your son and ru School's out and NYC migrant families face a summer of uncertainty 06/28/2024 05:56am • NEW YORK (AP) â When Damien Carchipulla started his first school year in New York City in September, the first grader's family was living in a Manhattan hotel for migrant families. In the 10 months since, the family of four from Ecuador has moved shelters three times under a policy Mayor Eric Adam The Supreme Court allows emergency abortions in Idaho for now in a limited ruling The Supreme Court allows emergency abortions in Idaho for now in a limited ruling 06/27/2024 07:46pm • WASHINGTON (AP) â The Supreme Court cleared the way Thursday for Idaho hospitals to provide emergency abortions, for now, in a procedural order that left key questions unanswered and could mean the issue ends up before the conservative-majority court again soon. The order was briefly posted on th Israel lets 19 kids leave Gaza who are sick or wounded, first medical evacuation in nearly 2 months Israel lets 19 kids leave Gaza who are sick or wounded, first medical evacuation in nearly 2 months 06/27/2024 07:13pm • KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) â Israeli authorities say 68 people â 19 sick or wounded children plus their companions â have been allowed out of the Gaza Strip and into Egypt in the first medical evacuation since early May, when the territoryâs sole travel crossing was shut down after Israel California bill crafted to require school payments to college athletes pulled by sponsor 06/27/2024 06:33pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) â A proposal that would require California universities to pay their athletes through a âœdegree completion fundâ has been withdrawn from consideration at the state legislature. Assemblyman Chris Holden pulled his proposed bill, the College Athlete Protection Act, from The Latest | Gaza families bid a tearful goodbye to critically ill kids leaving for treatment abroad The Latest | Gaza families bid a tearful goodbye to critically ill kids leaving for treatment abroad 06/27/2024 05:38pm • Families bid a tearful goodbye to over a dozen critically ill children who left Gaza for treatment abroad on Thursday. Itâs the first medical evacuation since the territoryâs sole travel crossing shut down in early May after Israeli forces captured it, Palestinian officials say. Kamela Abukweik 7 in 10 Americans think Supreme Court justices put ideology over impartiality: AP-NORC poll 7 in 10 Americans think Supreme Court justices put ideology over impartiality: AP-NORC poll 06/27/2024 12:02am • WASHINGTON (AP) â A solid majority of Americans say Supreme Court justices are more likely to be guided by their own ideology rather than serving as neutral arbiters of government authority, a new poll finds, as the high court is poised to rule on major cases involving former President Donald Trum The Latest | Iran-allied militants claim an attack targeting the Israeli port city of Eilat The Latest | Iran-allied militants claim an attack targeting the Israeli port city of Eilat 06/26/2024 05:58pm • An Iranian-backed umbrella group known as the Islamic Resistance in Iraq claimed an attack targeting the southern Israeli port city of Eilat on Wednesday. The militants are allied with Yemen's Houthi rebels, who are suspected of attacking a ship in the Gulf of Aden the same day. Shipping has reduce Justices seem set to allow emergency abortions in Idaho for now, a prematurely posted opinion says Justices seem set to allow emergency abortions in Idaho for now, a prematurely posted opinion says 06/26/2024 05:57pm • WASHINGTON (AP) â The Supreme Court appears poised to allow emergency abortions in Idaho when a pregnant patientâs health is at serious risk, according to a copy of the opinion briefly posted on the court's website Wednesday and obtained by Bloomberg News. The document suggests the court will fi What is the federal law at the center of the Supreme Court's latest abortion case? What is the federal law at the center of the Supreme Court's latest abortion case? 06/26/2024 04:58pm • WASHINGTON (AP) â The Supreme Court appears ready to rule that hospitals in Idaho may provide medically necessary abortions to stabilize patients at least for now, despite the state's strict abortion law, according to a copy of the opinion that was briefly posted on Wednesday to the court's websit
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