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When should you get a mammogram? Conflicting advice makes it hard to know

WASHINGTON (AP) — Deciding when to get routine mammograms is confusing. Some health groups recommend women begin at age 40 or 45 while another recently opted for age 50. They also differ on whether yearly...

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What to know about joint US-Nigeria operation that killed a senior militant leader

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — President Donald Trump said that a joint operation by U.S. and Nigerian forces killed a top leader of the Islamic State group in Nigeria. Trump wrote in a social media...

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Photos show strike action as North America’s largest commuter rail system shuts down

North America’s largest commuter rail system was shut down Saturday after unionized workers in the New York City area went on strike. This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors. Heather Khalfa...

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Russia eases citizenship rules for residents of Moldova’s breakaway Transnistria

The Kremlin has approved new measures allowing citizens from Moldova’s breakaway region of Transnistria to gain Russian citizenship more easily, Russia’s state media reported Friday night. ...

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Pope to visit France in September with a stop at UNESCO

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV is adding another trip to his already busy 2026 travel schedule, making a four-day visit to France at the end of September that also includes a visit to the U.N. culture agency. ...

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Congolese report constant burials as deaths in new Ebola outbreak reach 80

BUNIA, Congo (AP) — At least 80 deaths have been reported in Congo's new Ebola disease outbreak in the eastern Ituri province, authorities said, as health workers raced Saturday to intensify screening...

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Israel says it killed the leader of Hamas’ military wing, one of the architects of Oct. 7 attacks

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — An Israeli airstrike in Gaza killed the leader of Hamas’ military wing, one of the last surviving architects of the Oct, 7, 2023, attacks that triggered the war in Gaza, the...

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A cargo train hits a public bus at a Bangkok rail crossing, killing at least 8

BANGKOK (AP) — A train crashed into a public bus on Saturday in Thailand’s capital, Bangkok, killing at least eight people. Thai news reported the crash happened in the late afternoon...

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A shark fatally mauls a spearfishing diver off Australia's Rottnest Island, police say

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A shark fatally mauled a diver off an Australian tourist island on Saturday, police said. The 38-year-old man had been spearfishing with a friend when he was...

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London police prepare for a busy day with two big rallies planned and a soccer final

LONDON (AP) — Police are patrolling the streets of London as tens of thousands of protesters descend on the U.K. capital on Saturday for two major demonstrations, and tens of thousands more soccer fans...

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