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Sacred Heart Emergency Center is pictured Friday, March 29, 2024, in Houston. Complaints about pregnant women being turned away from emergency rooms spiked in the months after states began enacting strict abortion laws following the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade. At Sacred Heart Emergency Center in Houston, front desk staff refused to check-in one woman after her husband asked for help delivering her baby. She miscarried in a restroom toilet in the emergency room lobby while her husband called 911 for help. (AP Photo/David J.

Emergency rooms refused to treat pregnant women, leaving one to miscarry in a lobby restroom

Sacred Heart Emergency Center is pictured Friday, March 29, 2024, in Houston. Complaints about pregnant women being turned away from emergency rooms spiked in the months after states began enacting strict abortion laws following the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade. At Sacred Heart Emergency Center in Houston, front desk staff refused to check-in one woman after her husband asked for help delivering her baby. She miscarried in a restroom toilet in the emergency room lobby while her husband called 911 for help. (AP Photo/David J.

April 19, 2024, 1:52pm Health

One woman miscarried in the lobby restroom of a Texas emergency room as front desk staff refused to admit her. Another woman learned that her fetus had no heartbeat at a Florida hospital, the day after a security guard turned her away from the facility. And in North Carolina, a… Read story

Former President Donald Trump arrives at Manhattan Criminal Court on Friday, April 19, 2024 in New York.

Opening statements set for Monday in Trump’s hush money case after judge rejects latest bid to delay

Former President Donald Trump arrives at Manhattan Criminal Court on Friday, April 19, 2024 in New York.

April 19, 2024, 12:25pm Latest News

A full jury of 12 people and six alternates was seated Friday in Donald Trump’s hush money case, setting the stage for opening statements next week in the first criminal trial of a former U.S. president. Read story

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., arrives to speak with reporters to discuss his proposal of sending crucial bipartisan support to aid Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan after weeks of inaction, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, April 17, 2024. (AP Photo/J.

Ukraine, Israel aid advances in rare House vote as Democrats help Republicans push it forward

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., arrives to speak with reporters to discuss his proposal of sending crucial bipartisan support to aid Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan after weeks of inaction, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, April 17, 2024. (AP Photo/J.

April 19, 2024, 10:49am Nation & World

With rare bipartisan momentum, the House pushed ahead Friday on a foreign aid package of $95 billion for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and humanitarian support as a coalition of lawmakers helped it clear a procedural hurdle to reach final votes this weekend. Friday’s vote produced a seldom-seen outcome in the typically… Read story

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, speaks during a hearing of the Homeland Security subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Appropriations on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, April 10, 2024, in Washington.

Biden administration restricts oil and gas leasing in 13 million acres of Alaska’s petroleum reserve

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, speaks during a hearing of the Homeland Security subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Appropriations on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, April 10, 2024, in Washington.

April 19, 2024, 8:34am Business

The Biden administration said Friday it will restrict new oil and gas leasing on 13 million acres (5.3 million hectares) of a federal petroleum reserve in Alaska to help protect wildlife such as caribou and polar bears as the Arctic continues to warm. Read story

A Pakistani police officer stands guard as investigators examine the site of a suicide attack in Karachi, Pakistan, Friday, April 19, 2024.

5 Japanese workers narrowly escape suicide bombing that targeted their vehicle in Pakistan

A Pakistani police officer stands guard as investigators examine the site of a suicide attack in Karachi, Pakistan, Friday, April 19, 2024.

April 19, 2024, 8:34am Nation & World

A suicide bomber detonated his explosive-laden vest near a van carrying Japanese autoworkers, who narrowly escaped the attack Friday that wounded three bystanders in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi, police said. Read story

Apparent Israeli attack in Iran draws anti-aircraft fire as tensions high between Mideast rivals

April 19, 2024, 8:33am Nation & World

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran fired air defense batteries early Friday morning after reports of explosions near the city of Isfahan, the state-run IRNA news agency reported. Read story

In this screen grab taken from video, Tunde Onakoya, 29- years old, a Nigerian chess champion and child education advocate, poses on the street in Times Square, New York, Thursday, April, 18, 2024. A Nigerian chess player and child education advocate is attempting to play chess nonstop for 58 hours in New York City&rsquo;s Times Square to break the global record for the longest chess marathon and raise $1m for the education of children across Africa.

A Nigerian chess champion is trying to break the world record for the longest chess marathon

In this screen grab taken from video, Tunde Onakoya, 29- years old, a Nigerian chess champion and child education advocate, poses on the street in Times Square, New York, Thursday, April, 18, 2024. A Nigerian chess player and child education advocate is attempting to play chess nonstop for 58 hours in New York City&rsquo;s Times Square to break the global record for the longest chess marathon and raise $1m for the education of children across Africa.

April 19, 2024, 8:32am Nation & World

A Nigerian chess champion and child education advocate is attempting to play chess nonstop for 58 hours in New York City’s Times Square to break the global record for the longest chess marathon. Read story

FAA investigating after it says a flight told to cross a runway where another was starting takeoff

April 19, 2024, 8:31am Nation & World

The Federal Aviation Administration will investigate after a flight at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport was instructed to cross a runway where another flight was starting its takeoff, the agency said. Read story

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week

April 19, 2024, 8:31am Nation & World

A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Read story

FILE - Demonstrators advocating for transgender rights and healthcare stand outside of the Ohio Statehouse on Jan. 24, 2024, in Columbus, Ohio. The rights of LGBTQ+ students will be protected by federal law and victims of campus sexual assault will gain new safeguards under rules finalized Friday, April19, 2024, by the Biden administration. Notably absent from Biden&rsquo;s policy, however, is any mention of transgender athletes.

Biden’s new Title IX rules protect LGBTQ+ students, but transgender sports rule still on hold

FILE - Demonstrators advocating for transgender rights and healthcare stand outside of the Ohio Statehouse on Jan. 24, 2024, in Columbus, Ohio. The rights of LGBTQ+ students will be protected by federal law and victims of campus sexual assault will gain new safeguards under rules finalized Friday, April19, 2024, by the Biden administration. Notably absent from Biden&rsquo;s policy, however, is any mention of transgender athletes.

April 19, 2024, 8:27am Nation & World

The rights of LGBTQ+ students will be protected by federal law and victims of campus sexual assault will gain new safeguards under rules finalized Friday by the Biden administration. Read story