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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...

Verbal gaffe or sign of trouble? Mixing up names like Biden and Trump have done is pretty common

Feb. 10, 2024 08:52 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Any parent who’s ever called one of their children by the other’s name — or even the family pet’s name — likely could empathize when President Joe Biden mixed up the names of French leaders Macron and Mitterrand. The human brain has trouble pulling names...

Minnesota lawmakers kick off debate on joining other states that permit physician-assisted suicide

Jan. 25, 2024 18:02 PM EST

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Legislature kicked off debate Thursday on whether the state should join the list of those that allow physician-assisted suicide. A House health committee took the unusual step of giving the bill a hearing even before the legislative session...

Bobbi Barrasso, wife of Wyoming U.S. Sen. John Barrasso, has died after a fight with brain cancer

Jan. 25, 2024 13:36 PM EST

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Bobbi Barrasso, a former U.S. Senate staffer and the wife of Republican Sen. John Barrasso, has died after a two-year struggle with brain cancer. She was 70. She died Wednesday at her home in Casper, her husband's office announced Thursday. ...