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FILE - United States' Mikaela Shiffrin speeds down the course during an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom, in Spindleruv Mlyn, Czech Republic, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023. A quick glance at the top female skiers to watch for at the world championships in Courchevel and Meribel, France, starting Feb. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Piermarco Tacca, File)
Shiffrin, Goggia and Gut-Behrami are the favorites at worlds

By Andrew Dampf Feb. 03, 2023 07:44 AM EST

Editorial Roundup: Georgia

By The Associated Press Jun. 02, 2021 10:10 AM EDT
Valdosta Daily Times. June 1, 2021. Editorial: Be prepared for hurricane season While pandemic seems to be subsiding,...

FILE - In this Sunday, May 16, 2021, file photo, a Palestinian man carries Suzy Ishkontana, 7, who was rescued from under the rubble of a destroyed house following deadly Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City. Suzy and her father Riad were the only survivors of their family after an Israeli airstrike destroyed one of the buildings they lived in in Gaza City early Sunday, killing her mother and four siblings. The man and his daughter were pulled alive from under the rubble after several hours. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)
Gaza children bearing the brunt in Israel-Hamas conflict

By Fares Akram May. 18, 2021 05:32 PM EDT

FILE - In this April 6, 2020, file photo, taxi driver Nicolae Hent cleans and disinfects his cab before starting work in New York. A taxi driver's job was already tougher in recent years with the arrival of ride-sharing companies such as Uber and Lyft. The empty streets during the coronavirus pandemic have made things more difficult. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
For 7 New Yorkers, a pandemic year's fight for the future

By The Associated Press Apr. 05, 2021 12:01 AM EDT

FILE - In this August 14, 2020 file photo, Hussein Haidar, 27, who got injured at his office during the Aug. 4 explosion poses for a photograph at his parents' house in Beirut, Lebanon. The mental health impact of the Beirut explosion that killed more than 200 and wounded more than 6,000 continues to lay its heavy weight on those who managed to survive the day. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)
Survivors of Beirut's explosion endure psychological scars

By Dalal Mawad Feb. 01, 2021 01:08 AM EST

In this image provided by Kensington Palace shows a video call on Jan. 13, 2021 with Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, bottom of screen, and, top row from left, Carly Kennard and Jules Lockett, both of London Ambulance Service, Conal Devitt of Formby Primary Care Network and Manal Sadik, Associate Director for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and Widening Participation at Guys and St. Thomas Hospital. Center row from left, Phil Spencer from Cleveland Police, Tony Collins, Just 'B' volunteer helpline call handler and CEO of North Yorkshire Hospice Care, and Caroline Francis, Just 'B' helpline support worker and nurse at North Yorkshire Hospice Care. The royal pair spoke with frontline workers and counsellors about the mental health impact of the COVID-19 crisis for those working on the frontline, and why it is vital that they are able to reach out for support at such a critical time. (Kensington Palace via AP)
Prince William worried about strain on UK emergency workers

By Danica Kirka Jan. 16, 2021 10:42 AM EST

Medical workers prepare a COVID positive patient for a CT Scan at a clinic in Johannesburg Sunday, Dec. 27, 2020. South Africa's COVID-19 spike has taken the country to more than 1 million confirmed cases with hospitals reaching capacity and no sign of the new surge reaching a peak. (AP Photo/Shiraaz Mohamed.
As South Africa's virus spikes, president bans liquor sales

By Andrew Meldrum And Mogomotsi Magome Dec. 28, 2020 12:04 PM EST

A woman wearing a mask walks under a sign for Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center in San Francisco, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. Supervisors in San Francisco will vote on a nonbinding and symbolic resolution to condemn the naming of the city's public general hospital for Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in 2015 after he and his wife, Dr. Priscilla Chan, donated $75 million for a new trauma center. Supporters of a condemnation say the Facebook co-founder and CEO has endangered public health and threatened democracy with a platform that spreads misinformation and invaded people's privacy. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
San Francisco board rebukes naming hospital for Facebook CEO

By Janie Har Dec. 15, 2020 01:28 PM EST

FILE - In this May 24, 2019, file photo a vendor bags psilocybin mushrooms at a pop-up cannabis market in Los Angeles. Despite pandemic conditions that made normal signature-gathering almost impossible, activists in the nation's capital say they have enough signatures for a November ballot initiative that would decriminalize natural psychedelics such as mescaline and psilocybin mushrooms. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)
Activists seek to decriminalize 'magic' mushrooms in DC

By Ashraf Khalil Jul. 13, 2020 12:06 AM EDT

South Africa's president bans alcohol sales immediately to reduce trauma cases, free hospital beds for virus patients

Jul. 12, 2020 02:47 PM EDT
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's president bans alcohol sales immediately to reduce trauma cases, free hospital beds for virus patients. ...

PPE equipment hangs outside tents where Covid-19 patients are being treated at the Tshwane District Hospital in Pretoria, South Africa, Friday July 10, 2020. Health Minister Zweli Mkhize this week said South Africa could run out of available hospital beds within the month. "The storm that we have consistently warned South Africans about is now arriving," he told lawmakers. The African continent overall has over 523,000 confirmed virus cases after passing the half-million milestone on Wednesday. But shortages in testing materials mean the true number is unknown.(AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
South Africa returns to ban on alcohol sales as virus surges

By Mogomotsi Magome And Andrew Meldrum Jul. 12, 2020 09:45 AM EDT

This Nov. 16, 2019 photo shows an altar made by mortician and death cafe host Angela Craig-Fournes in honor of Death Cafe founder Jon Underwood, who died in 2017. (Angela Craig-Fournes via AP)
Death Cafes help ease grief, loss in the time of coronavirus

By Leanne Italie And Emily Leshner Jul. 01, 2020 11:24 AM EDT

Reporters gather outside the Santa Maria alle Scotte hospital as they wait for a medical bulletin on Alex Zanardi, in Siena, Italy, Saturday, June 20, 2020. Italian race car champion-turned-Paralympic gold medalist Alex Zanardi remains in serious condition a day after crashing his handbike into a truck and smashing his face. A medical bulletin from the Santa Maria alle Scotte hospital in Siena says that Zanardi is hooked up to an artificial ventilator and has “stable” blood flow while his neurological status “remains serious.” Zanardi was transported by helicopter to the hospital after crashing near the Tuscan town of Pienza during a relay race Friday. (Alessandro La Rocca/LaPresse via AP)
Zanardi remains in serious condition after handbike crash

By Andrew Dampf Jun. 20, 2020 06:54 AM EDT

FILE - In this April 8, 2013, file photo, President Barack Obama embraces Scarlett Lewis, mother of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victim Jesse Lewis, after speaking at in Hartford, Conn. The pandemic is playing out in a divided country under a president who thrives on rousing his supporters and getting a rise out of those who don't like him, whether that means forgoing a mask, playing golf while millions hunker down or thrashing opponents on Twitter. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Can Trump feel your pain? US nears haunting virus milestone

By Calvin Woodward May. 26, 2020 01:24 PM EDT