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FILE - Naldo Valentine, who lost his home to the Lahaina wildfire, puts up a light as darkness falls at a housing protest on Kaanapali Beach Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii. A group of survivors were camping on the resort beach to protest and raise awareness for better long-term housing options for those displaced. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)

Hawaii lawmakers take aim at vacation rentals after Lahaina wildfire

Fire took 6,200 homes, worsening the already present housing crisis in Maui

FILE - Naldo Valentine, who lost his home to the Lahaina wildfire, puts up a light as darkness falls at a housing protest on Kaanapali Beach Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii. A group of survivors were camping on the resort beach to protest and raise awareness for better long-term housing options for those displaced. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)
Palestinians inspect the damaged buildings in the West Bank refugee camp of Nur Shams, Tulkarem, Sunday, April 21, 2024. The Palestinian Red Crescent rescue service meanwhile said it has recovered more than a dozen of bodies from an Israeli raid in the Nur Shams urban refugee camp in the West Bank that began late Thursday. Those killed include three militants from the Islamic Jihad group and a 15-year-old boy. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Israeli strikes on southern Gaza city kill 22, mostly children

‘We will land more and painful blows on Hamas – soon,’ Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said

Palestinians inspect the damaged buildings in the West Bank refugee camp of Nur Shams, Tulkarem, Sunday, April 21, 2024. The Palestinian Red Crescent rescue service meanwhile said it has recovered more than a dozen of bodies from an Israeli raid in the Nur Shams urban refugee camp in the West Bank that began late Thursday. Those killed include three militants from the Islamic Jihad group and a 15-year-old boy. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
Poland President Andrzej Duda, arrives to speak at an event titled “Transatlantic Security in the Shadow of Russia’s Long War,” in Vancouver, B.C., Friday, April 19, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tijana Martin

Polish leader makes plea for more NATO support during B.C. stop

Andrzej Duda in Vancouver to meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

Poland President Andrzej Duda, arrives to speak at an event titled “Transatlantic Security in the Shadow of Russia’s Long War,” in Vancouver, B.C., Friday, April 19, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tijana Martin
A passerby, taking on his cellphone, walks past a banner showing missiles being launched from Iranian map in northern Tehran, Iran, Friday, April 19, 2024. Iran fired air defenses at a major air base and a nuclear site near the central city of Isfahan after spotting drones early Friday morning, raising fears of a possible Israeli strike in retaliation for Tehran’s unprecedented drone-and-missile assault on the country. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Israel and Iran quiet after drone attack near Isfahan air base and nuclear site

Strike comes days after Tehran’s unprecedented drone-and-missile assault on Israel

A passerby, taking on his cellphone, walks past a banner showing missiles being launched from Iranian map in northern Tehran, Iran, Friday, April 19, 2024. Iran fired air defenses at a major air base and a nuclear site near the central city of Isfahan after spotting drones early Friday morning, raising fears of a possible Israeli strike in retaliation for Tehran’s unprecedented drone-and-missile assault on the country. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
An official holds a mock ballot paper as he prepares bags of election material to be distributed along with the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) ahead of the national parliamentary elections in Jorhat, India, Wednesday, April 17, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Anupam Nath

As India approaches biggest election in history, few Indians in Canada involved

India requires overseas citizens to travel back to vote in person on polling day

An official holds a mock ballot paper as he prepares bags of election material to be distributed along with the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) ahead of the national parliamentary elections in Jorhat, India, Wednesday, April 17, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Anupam Nath
Israeli soldiers visit the mailroom in Kibbutz Nir Oz, where mailboxes are labeled with residents’ status - killed (red), kidnapped (black), and released (blue) on Thursday, April 11, 2024, at the communal dining hall during a Passover seder event for hostages held in Gaza, at the kibbutz in southern Israel, where a quarter of all residents were killed or captured by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023. For many Jews, no matter how observant, Passover is a time to unite with family to eat and drink around what’s known as a Seder table, remembering how the Jews persevered through harsh times. But this year, when Passover begins on Monday, many families are torn on how to celebrate, or if it’s worth acknowledging at all. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Passover brings deep feelings for Israelis with families held captive

‘We can’t celebrate our freedom because we don’t have this freedom’

Israeli soldiers visit the mailroom in Kibbutz Nir Oz, where mailboxes are labeled with residents’ status - killed (red), kidnapped (black), and released (blue) on Thursday, April 11, 2024, at the communal dining hall during a Passover seder event for hostages held in Gaza, at the kibbutz in southern Israel, where a quarter of all residents were killed or captured by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023. For many Jews, no matter how observant, Passover is a time to unite with family to eat and drink around what’s known as a Seder table, remembering how the Jews persevered through harsh times. But this year, when Passover begins on Monday, many families are torn on how to celebrate, or if it’s worth acknowledging at all. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
FILE - Women with glasses of beer pose for a photo on day one of the 188th ‘Oktoberfest’ beer festival in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023. The southern German state of Bavaria will ban the smoking of cannabis at public festivals, inside beer gardens, and even at the world’s most popular beer festival, the Oktoberfest. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)

Cannabis OK in Bavaria, but not at Oktoberfest and other festivals

State to limit public consumption after Germany legalized possession starting this month

FILE - Women with glasses of beer pose for a photo on day one of the 188th ‘Oktoberfest’ beer festival in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023. The southern German state of Bavaria will ban the smoking of cannabis at public festivals, inside beer gardens, and even at the world’s most popular beer festival, the Oktoberfest. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)
Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly says she’s urging Israel to de-escalate rising conflicts in the Middle East and not bomb Iran in retaliation for Sunday’s thwarted airstrikes. Joly speaks with reporters in the foyer of the House of Commons before question period, in Ottawa, Monday, April 15, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Joly urges Israel to ‘take the win’ don’t retaliate against Iraq

‘Canada is pushing diplomatically to stop further escalation’

Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly says she’s urging Israel to de-escalate rising conflicts in the Middle East and not bomb Iran in retaliation for Sunday’s thwarted airstrikes. Joly speaks with reporters in the foyer of the House of Commons before question period, in Ottawa, Monday, April 15, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Motorbikes cross an intersection in downtown Tehran, Iran, Sunday, April 14, 2024. Israel on Sunday hailed its air defenses in the face of an unprecedented attack by Iran, saying the systems thwarted 99% of the more than 300 drones and missiles launched toward its territory. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Analysis: Direct action agains Israel shows marked change in Iran’s approach

Saturday’s attack upends decades of shadow warfare as tensions mount at home

Motorbikes cross an intersection in downtown Tehran, Iran, Sunday, April 14, 2024. Israel on Sunday hailed its air defenses in the face of an unprecedented attack by Iran, saying the systems thwarted 99% of the more than 300 drones and missiles launched toward its territory. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Stands are under construction on the Champ-de-Mars, foreground, with the Eiffel Tower in background, Monday, April 15, 2024 in Paris. The Champ-de-Mars will host the Beach Volleyball and Blind Football at the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

100 days before kickoff, Paris Olympic organizes want to rekindle the love

Organizers promise socially positive, less polluting, and less wasteful Olympics

Stands are under construction on the Champ-de-Mars, foreground, with the Eiffel Tower in background, Monday, April 15, 2024 in Paris. The Champ-de-Mars will host the Beach Volleyball and Blind Football at the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)
This is a locator map for Iran with its capital, Tehran. (AP Photo)

Israel hails ‘success’ in blocking Iran’s unprecedented attack

Biden expected to hold meeting with G7 on Sunday to coordinate a ‘diplomatic response’

This is a locator map for Iran with its capital, Tehran. (AP Photo)
Txai Surui films a question from a journalist for Indigenous Peoples Minister Sonia Guajajara during the Skoll World Forum in Oxford, England, April 10, 2024. (AP Photo)

European court showing safe climate a human right: former UN rights chief

European Court of Human Rights says government not doing enough to protect from climate shocks

Txai Surui films a question from a journalist for Indigenous Peoples Minister Sonia Guajajara during the Skoll World Forum in Oxford, England, April 10, 2024. (AP Photo)
Fatou the gorilla celebrates her 67th birthday at Berlin’s Zoo, Friday April 12, 2024. Berlin’s zoo is celebrating the 67th birthday of Fatou the gorilla, its oldest resident, who it believes is also the oldest gorilla in the world. Fatou was born in 1957 and came to the zoo in what was then West Berlin in 1959. She lives in an enclosure of her own and prefers to keep her distance from the zoo’s other gorillas in her old age. (Paul Zinken/dpa via AP)

Fatou, believed to be world’s oldest gorilla turns 67 in Berlin zoo

Gorilla lives in an enclosure of her own, prefers to keep her distance from the zoo’s other gorillas

Fatou the gorilla celebrates her 67th birthday at Berlin’s Zoo, Friday April 12, 2024. Berlin’s zoo is celebrating the 67th birthday of Fatou the gorilla, its oldest resident, who it believes is also the oldest gorilla in the world. Fatou was born in 1957 and came to the zoo in what was then West Berlin in 1959. She lives in an enclosure of her own and prefers to keep her distance from the zoo’s other gorillas in her old age. (Paul Zinken/dpa via AP)
FILE - The injectable drug Ozempic is shown Saturday, July 1, 2023, in Houston. Drug regulators in Europe have found no evidence that popular diabetes and weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy are linked to a higher risk of suicidal thoughts or actions. The European Medicines Agency regulatory committee announced the results of its review on Friday, April 12, 2024. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

EU finds no link between weight loss drugs, suicide

Regulators say review finds no evidence that use of Ozempic, Wegovy increases risk of self-harm

FILE - The injectable drug Ozempic is shown Saturday, July 1, 2023, in Houston. Drug regulators in Europe have found no evidence that popular diabetes and weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy are linked to a higher risk of suicidal thoughts or actions. The European Medicines Agency regulatory committee announced the results of its review on Friday, April 12, 2024. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
FILE - In this July 20, 2017 file photo, former NFL football star O.J. Simpson reacts after learning he was granted parole at Lovelock Correctional Center in Lovelock, Nev. Simpson, the decorated football superstar and Hollywood actor who was acquitted of charges he killed his former wife and her friend but later found liable in a separate civil trial, has died. He was 76. (Jason Bean/The Reno Gazette-Journal via AP, Pool, File)

Simpson death could put Goldman, Brown families in better position to collect

Simpson ordered to pay $33.5M in wrongful death civil suit, most remains uncollected

FILE - In this July 20, 2017 file photo, former NFL football star O.J. Simpson reacts after learning he was granted parole at Lovelock Correctional Center in Lovelock, Nev. Simpson, the decorated football superstar and Hollywood actor who was acquitted of charges he killed his former wife and her friend but later found liable in a separate civil trial, has died. He was 76. (Jason Bean/The Reno Gazette-Journal via AP, Pool, File)
This photo provided by U.S. Coast Guard shows HELP” spelled out with palm fronds by three stranded mariners on Pikelot Atoll, Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia, Monday, April 8, 2024. The three mariners are safe after the coordination of U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia/Sector Guam and the U.S. Navy, after being stranded for more than a week. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

Castaways saved from deserted isle after spelling ‘HELP’ with palm fronds

Three men plucked from south Pacific Island after being stranded for 9 days

This photo provided by U.S. Coast Guard shows HELP” spelled out with palm fronds by three stranded mariners on Pikelot Atoll, Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia, Monday, April 8, 2024. The three mariners are safe after the coordination of U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia/Sector Guam and the U.S. Navy, after being stranded for more than a week. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
Wedding, marriage. (Needpix.com)

Marriage Pact offers fun for some, lasting love for others

Annual U.S. college matchmaking ritual giving participants a love match backup plan

Wedding, marriage. (Needpix.com)
In this photo released by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei leads Eid al-Fitr prayer marking the end of the Muslims holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, April 10, 2024. Ayatollah Khamenei reiterated on Wednesday a promise to retaliate against Israel over the killings of Iranian generals in Syria. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

Israel threatens direct attack on Iran as Middle East tensions escalate

Threat comes after Iran pledges retribution for Syrian blast that killed Iranian generals

In this photo released by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei leads Eid al-Fitr prayer marking the end of the Muslims holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, April 10, 2024. Ayatollah Khamenei reiterated on Wednesday a promise to retaliate against Israel over the killings of Iranian generals in Syria. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
Freed-Hardeman guard Quan Lax wears the championship banner after the NAIA men’s national championship college basketball game against Langston, Tuesday, March 26, 2024, in Kansas City, Mo. Freed-Hardeman won 71-67. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

U.S. college organization all but bans transgender athletes from women’s sports

National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics represents the country’s smaller institutions

Freed-Hardeman guard Quan Lax wears the championship banner after the NAIA men’s national championship college basketball game against Langston, Tuesday, March 26, 2024, in Kansas City, Mo. Freed-Hardeman won 71-67. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
FILE - Christine Zuba poses for a portrait at her home in Blackwood, New Jersey, on Monday, Feb. 14, 2022. After coming out as a transgender woman at age 58, Zuba, expressed dismay at a Vatican document issued Monday, April 8, 2024, that rejected the idea that one’s biological sex can change. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski, File)

Transgender Catholics say new Vatican document shows no understanding of their lives

Transgender Catholics — as well as a priest who welcomes them to…

FILE - Christine Zuba poses for a portrait at her home in Blackwood, New Jersey, on Monday, Feb. 14, 2022. After coming out as a transgender woman at age 58, Zuba, expressed dismay at a Vatican document issued Monday, April 8, 2024, that rejected the idea that one’s biological sex can change. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski, File)