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On Father’s Day, LGBTQ+ couple celebrates their sperm donor

Midwives: State law could jeopardize Native Hawaiian birth traditions

England wins to leapfrog Scotland into Super Eight stage

Worst of rainfall that triggered Florida floods is over

Reported birth of rare white buffalo calf fulfills Lakota prophecy

Muslim pilgrims converge at Mount Arafat for daylong worship

Report: Highly potent opioids now show up in drug users in Africa

Disease, extreme weather push up orange juice prices

US cricket team advances to second round in Twenty20 World Cup

Myanmar cracks down on flow of information by blocking VPNs

Pope meets 100 comedians at Vatican: ‘You also make God smile’

World leaders discuss AI as China’s digital influence in Latin America grows

Contraception, in-vitro fertilization become key campaign issue

Muslims start Hajj against the backdrop of Israel-Hamas war

New ‘crypto bill’ could mainstream digital currencies in US

US Supreme Court rejects bid to restrict access to abortion pill mifepristone

In Mecca’s sweltering heat, Muslims start this year’s Hajj pilgrimage

Astronaut health and a VIP tour of Boeing’s Starliner capsule

Google AI Gemini parrots China’s propaganda

South African authorities warn of mpox after 2 deaths

AI copyright fight turns to disclosing original content

India beats US at cricket’s Twenty20 World Cup

US Southern Baptists effort to enshrine ban on women pastors falls short

Kenyan group uses old ATMs to dispense free sanitary pads to students

Jerry West, 3-time Hall of Famer and NBA logo figure, dies at 86

Despite war, surrogacy in Ukraine keeps flourishing

Finland’s Lenin Museum closing as Russia relations chill

Jin, oldest member of K-pop’s BTS, finishes army service in South Korea

Australian-led study issues food security warning over plant breeding skills shortage

Thousands of children in Gaza at risk of dying from lack of food, medical care

LogOn: Washington state tests drones to remove hard-to-reach graffiti

Australia locks down farms as avian influenza spreads

Alzheimer’s drug that slows disease gets backing from FDA advisers

Apple shows off AI features at annual conference

South Africa holds off Bangladesh, remains unbeaten in cricket’s T20 World Cup

African elephants call each other unique names, new study shows

Salt Lake City Olympic bid projects $4 billion in total costs to stage 2034 Winter Games

Thousands turn out for LA Pride Parade, events

Women pastors, sexual abuse report highlight Southern Baptists’ agenda

US reconstructive surgeons step up to help Ukrainian counterparts

‘Bad Boys: Ride or Die’ boosts Will Smith’s comeback with $56M opening

Muslim schools caught up in France’s fight against Islamism

Growing community of breast milk donors in Uganda gives mothers hope

Service dogs help ease PTSD symptoms in US military veterans, researchers say

Netflix’s recipe for success includes ‘secret sauce’ spiced with tech savvy

Some US families opt to raise teens sans social media

Meloni joins cultural elite celebrating Italian opera’s recognition as a world treasure

UN: More aquatic animals farmed than fished in 2022

Dornoch wins the first Belmont Stakes run at Saratoga Race Course

Pope invites comedians such as Chris Rock, Whoopie Goldberg to Vatican

US shocks cricket world with win over powerhouse Pakistan

US lawmakers call for scrutiny of NewsBreak app over Chinese origins

Climate crisis creates a health crisis, WHO reports

In many US cities, Black and Latino neighborhoods have less access to pharmacies

Big, colorful Joro spiders advancing north in US

AI ‘gold rush’ for chatbot training data could run out of human-written text

22 Chinese nationals sentenced to prison in Zambia for cybercrimes

Methodist church regrets Ivory Coast’s split from the union as lifting of LGBTQ ban roils Africa

Man died with bird flu; US officials remain focused on another form of it

World Oceans Day draws attention to health of oceans