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By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer Which playing surface is safer for athletes: natural grass or artificial turf? The question is important not just in football, but also for soccer, recreational sports and high school and college athletics — anywhere athletes make sudden shifts in direction that can twist joints and tear ligaments. Scientists

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president says he is going to send a diplomatic note to the United States protesting Texas truck inspections that have caused major delays at border crossings. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador claimed Monday that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s decision to enforce additional truck inspections was “very irresponsible” and politically motivated.

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union says that the bloc is “immediately” suspending hundreds of million of euros in aid for Palestinian authorities because of what an EU commissioner called the “scale of terror and brutality” during the attacks on Israel by Hamas. Germany and Austria also announced similar measures.

By JOSEF FEDERMAN and ISSAM ADWAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s military ordered a complete siege on the Gaza Strip on Monday, halting deliveries of food, water, fuel and supplies to its 2.3 million people as it pounded the Hamas-ruled territory with waves of airstrikes in retaliation for the militants’ bloody weekend incursion. Around

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer Flag football took a key step toward becoming an Olympic sport in 2028, a victory for the NFL and organizers in Los Angeles who will bring a distinctly American sport into the world’s largest sports festival. Two people familiar with a proposal from the Los Angeles organizing committee told

By PAUL WISEMAN, DAVID KEYTON and MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — Claudia Goldin, a Harvard University professor, was awarded the Nobel economics prize on Monday for research that helps explain why women around the world are less likely than men to work and to earn less money when they do. Fittingly, the announcement

INDIANA, Pa. (AP) — Authorities are seeking suspects in a shooting that killed one man and wounded eight other people at a private party in a Pennsylvania community center. State police in Indiana County said nine people between the ages of 18 and 23 were shot early Sunday at the Chevy Chase Community Center in

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices are climbing, and stocks are edging higher in unsteady trading Monday as violence in the Middle East injects more caution into financial markets. The S&P 500 was 0.6% higher in its first trading since Hamas launched a surprise attack against Israel, which then

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Powerball jackpot has climbed to an estimated $1.55 billion for Monday night’s drawing after no one matched the game’s six numbers for the giant prize Saturday. The $1.55 billion prize is for a sole winner who is paid through an annuity, with annual checks over 30 years. Most jackpot winners opt