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California college professor to stand trial in death of pro-Israel protester last year

May. 16, 2024 13:43 PM EDT

VENTURA, Calif. (AP) — A judge decided Wednesday that a Southern California college professor will stand trial for involuntary manslaughter and battery in the death of a Jewish counter-protester during demonstrations over the Israel-Hamas war last year. Superior Court Judge Ryan...

Illness took away her voice. AI created a replica she carries in her phone

May. 13, 2024 22:32 PM EDT

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The voice Alexis “Lexi” Bogan had before last summer was exuberant. She loved to belt out Taylor Swift and Zach Bryan ballads in the car. She laughed all the time — even while corralling misbehaving preschoolers or debating politics with friends over a...

For families of hostages, it's a race against time as Israel's war reaches six-month mark

Apr. 06, 2024 15:47 PM EDT

JERUSALEM (AP) — It’s the last wish of a dying mother, to be with her daughter once more. But six months into Israel's war against Hamas, time is running out for Liora Argamani, who hopes to stay alive long enough to see her kidnapped daughter come home. “I want to see her one...

A new strategy to attack aggressive brain cancer shrank tumors in two early tests

Mar. 13, 2024 17:12 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A new strategy to fight an extremely aggressive type of brain tumor showed promise in a pair of experiments with a handful of patients. Scientists took patients’ own immune cells and turned them into “living drugs” able to recognize and attack glioblastoma....

Hur said Biden couldn’t recall when his son died. The interview transcript is more complicated

Mar. 12, 2024 16:57 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House knew it had a political problem on its hands when a special counsel report questioned President Joe Biden’s memory last month, but Biden saw a much more personal affront as well. Robert Hur, who had been appointed to investigate whether Biden...