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KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Screaming in anguish as the desperate crowd crushes them against a barrier, young children and adults frantically wave pots and pans at charity workers, begging for a portion of some of the last food aid left in Gaza: R

TORONTO — Sandy Hudson's new book on police abolition comes just ahead of the five-year anniversary of George Floyd's murder, and while much has changed since then, the urgency with which many of the activists call for police abolition hasn't.

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A 15-year-old Nigerian has set a Guinness World Record for the world’s largest art canvas to raise awareness for autism.

An employee of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services sent an email Wednesday that mistakenly included plans to terminate more than 150 research grants related to child and family well-being.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The Trump administration could gut research on the effectiveness of child welfare programs, with plans to terminate dozens of university grants studying improvements to Head Start and child care policy, according to a spreadshe

DELFT, Netherlands (AP) — Ben Buitenhuis doesn't get hungry. He never really has since the end of World War II, when he had to use his wits to scavenge for milk powder or wait in line for a meager ration of a meal made from flower bulbs.

VANCOUVER — The suspect in the street festival attack that killed 11 people in Vancouver will appear in provincial court in the city on Friday, just hours before a memorial mass to pray for the victims of the tragedy.

EDMONTON — A year-and-a-half after announcing it would massively reorganize the health-care system, Alberta's government says it's now in the final stages of the still-controversial revamp.

The number of overdose deaths in Kentucky last year dropped by 30.

CALGARY — The prosecution says a Calgary man who fatally attacked and stabbed a woman three years ago says the accused knew exactly what he was doing.