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By Sara Smart and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — Tennessee’s Medicaid program will in a few months provide free diapers for covered children under the age of 2 – the first state Medicaid program to do so, the program said Tuesday. On Friday, the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services approved an amendment to
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH FINGERHUT and MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press GREENFIELD, Iowa (AP) — A deadly tornado that wreaked havoc in the small city of Greenfield, Iowa, left four people dead and nearly three dozen injured, officials said, while a fifth person was killed elsewhere. The twister that tore through the city on Tuesday was rated
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE L. PRICE and JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump will campaign in one of the most Democratic counties in the nation, holding a rally in the South Bronx in New York as he tries to woo minority voters. Trump will address supporters Thursday in Crotona Park, a
Continue ReadingBy FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press TEPATEPEC, Mexico (AP) — She sold snacks in a small town in central Mexico as a girl. She rose to national politics with a biography that could help take her to the heights of power. But polls show Xóchitl Gálvez trailing the ruling party’s candidate ahead of Mexico’s June 2
Continue ReadingBy KRISTIN M. HALL Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tennessee (AP) — The smell of wood fire wafting on the breeze is the first sense that gets triggered at the World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest in Memphis, where smoke is as essential an ingredient as salt. For the teams that annually compete at the so-called Super Bowl
Continue ReadingBy ANNIE MA AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans have summoned the leaders of Northwestern University and Rutgers University to testify about concessions they gave to pro-Palestinian protesters to end demonstrations on their campus. The chancellor of the University of California, Los Angeles, also was scheduled to appear Thursday in the latest in
Continue ReadingBy ANNIE MA AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans have summoned the leaders of Northwestern University and Rutgers University to testify about concessions they gave to pro-Palestinian protesters to end demonstrations on their campus. The chancellor of the University of California, Los Angeles, also was scheduled to appear Thursday in the latest in
Continue ReadingBy FRANKLIN BRICEÑO Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — The crack of bat on ball and the sight of Venezuelan children running the bases on the soccer field turned baseball diamond on the outskirts of Peru’s capital are watched with confusion by locals accustomed to soccer. The questioning looks don’t deter the young Venezuelans for
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump may be stuck in a Manhattan courtroom for his hush money trial, but he knows his favorite television analysts. In getting the last word after a day’s testimony in his trial, the former president reads aloud commentaries to say the “legal scholars” all
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTINE FERNANDO and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Republican lawmakers in states across the U.S. have been rejecting Democrats’ efforts to protect or expand access to birth control, an issue Democrats are promoting as a major issue in this year’s elections along with abortion and other reproductive rights concerns. Former President Donald
Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan, Brad Lendon and Eric Cheung, CNN (CNN) — China has launched two days of large-scale military drills surrounding Taiwan in what it called “punishment” for so-called “separatist acts,” days after the self-ruling island swore in a new democratically elected leader who called on Beijing to cease its intimidation tactics. As part of the drills,
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A U.N. independent investigator says thousands of journalists have fled their home countries in recent years to escape political repression, save their lives and escape conflict. But Irene Khan said that in exile they are often vulnerable to physical, digital and legal threats. She said
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — State media say an explosion at an apartment building in Harbin, a city in northeastern China, has killed one person and injured at least three others. Xinhua news agency said the explosion occurred at roughly 7 a.m. Thursday. Videos on social media showed that parts of a five-story apartment building were damaged,
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — A high gust of wind toppled part of the stage at a campaign rally Wednesday evening in northern Mexico, sending a long shot Mexican presidential candidate running for safety. Injuries to other people were reported. Candidate Jorge Álvarez Máynez wrote in his social media accounts that he went to a hospital
Continue ReadingBy ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A book presentation about neoclassical economic theory may not sound like a crowd-pleaser. But on Wednesday in Buenos Aires, mobs of star-struck fans packed a giant auditorium to hear their president, the libertarian economist Javier Milei, lecture on the importance of freeing capital from the
Continue ReadingTAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China’s military is holding exercises surrounding Taiwan in what it called punishment for separatist forces seeking independence on the self-governed island where a new president took office this week. Beijing claims the island is part of China’s national territory, and its military sends navy ships and warplanes into the Taiwan Strait
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — State media say an explosion has occurred at an apartment building in Harbin, a city in northeastern China. Casualties are unknown. Xinhua news agency said the explosion occurred at roughly 7 a.m. Thursday. Rescuers were on scene. Videos on social media showed that parts of a five-story apartment building were damaged, with
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Border Patrol agents arrested three people allegedly found with 51 pounds of methamphetamine at a gas station in the Coachella Valley. The incident happened on Thursday at around 10:30 PM at a gas station on Dillon Road, just off of Interstate 10. Authorities said Border Patrol agents saw two suspicious vehicles driving eastbound on Interstate
Continue ReadingBy WES CROSBY Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Patrick Bailey hit the first of three RBI singles in a four-run 10th inning, and the San Francisco Giants rallied from a five-run deficit for a 9-5 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday night. Bailey started with a single to right off Carmen Mlodzinski (0-1), scoring
Continue ReadingBy CARLOS MUREITHI, LUCA BRUNO and SARA LEMLEM Associated Press TRENTO, Italy (AP) — An Italian science museum has created a butterfly forest inside a tropical mountain greenhouse in the city of Trento. The forest is modeled on Udzungwa Mountains National Park in south-central Tanzania. The park is one of the world’s most important biodiversity hotspots. The purpose of the
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