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Pamela Cerruti carries clothing from Pajaro Coin Laundry as floodwaters surround machines in the community of Pajaro in Monterey County, Calif., on Tuesday, March 14, 2023. "We lost it all. That's half a million dollars of equipment," said Pamela who added that they plan to rebuild. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

MARCH 10 - 16, 2023 This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images from North America made or published by The Associated Press in the past week. The selection was curated by AP … more

3/19/23

FILE - Then-Arkansas Gov.-elect Sarah Huckabee Sanders answers a question during a Republican Governors Association conference on Nov. 16, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. Gov. Huckabee Sanders has signed a new law that will allow an anti-abortion monument to be built near the state Capitol. Sanders' office said Friday, March 17, 2023 that the Republican governor signed the bill allowing the creation of a privately funded “monument to the unborn” on the Capitol grounds.(AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)

New law allows anti-abortion monument at Arkansas Capitol

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has signed a new law that will allow an anti-abortion monument to be built near the state Capitol. Sanders' office said Friday night that the Republican governor … more

3/19/23

FILE - This booking photo released by Sherburne County Jail shows Anton Lazzaro. The formerly well-connected Republican donor goes on trial in Minnesota on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, on federal charges of sex trafficking minors. (Sherburne County Jail/Star Tribune via AP, File)

GOP donor faces trial on charges of sex trafficking minors

A formerly well-connected Republican donor goes on trial in Minnesota on Tuesday accused of sex trafficking minors. Anton “Tony” Lazzaro is charged with seven federal counts involving five minors … more

By STEVE KARNOWSKI | 3/19/23

FILE - A sign points visitors toward the financial services department at a hospital, Friday, Jan. 24, 2014. Medicaid coverage will end for millions of Americans in 2023, and that pushes many into unfamiliar territory: the health insurance marketplace. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

How to shop for new insurance if you lose Medicaid coverage

Medicaid will end for millions of Americans in the coming months, and that pushes many into unfamiliar territory: the health insurance marketplace. States will start cutting people from the … more

By TOM MURPHY | 3/19/23

In this photo provided by Shannon Castellano, floodwaters, which washed away a bridge to a campground, flow through the Havasupai Indian Reservation in Arizona on Friday, March 17, 2023. (Shannon Castellano via AP)

Tourists hoping to see Arizona falls forced out by flooding

Tourists hoping to see world-famous waterfalls on the Havasupai Tribe Reservation in northern Arizona instead went through harrowing flood evacuations. The official Havasupai Tribe Tourism Facebook … more

By TERRY TANG | 3/18/23

FILE - Florida state Rep. Stan McClain, R-Belleview, attends a legislative session, March, 13 2019, in Tallahassee, Fla. Legislation moving in the Florida House would ban discussion of menstrual cycles and other human sexuality topics in elementary grades. The bill sponsored by McClain would restrict public school instruction on human sexuality, sexually transmitted diseases and related topics to grades 6 through 12. McClain confirmed at a committee meeting that discussions about menstrual cycles would also be restricted to those grades. The GOP-backed legislation cleared the House Education Quality Subcommittee on Wednesday, March 15, 2023, by a 13-5 vote mainly along party lines. (AP Photo/Steve Cannon, File)

Florida may ban girls' period talk in elementary grades

Legislation moving in the Florida House would ban discussion of menstrual cycles and other human sexuality topics in elementary grades. The bill sponsored by Republican Rep. Stan McClain would … more

3/18/23

A wounded baby nutria Denny Lacoste rescued is photographed in Metairie, La. Monday, March 13, 2023. Denny and Myra Lacoste have run afoul of state law by keeping a 22-pound nutria -- a beady-eyed, orange-toothed, rat-tailed rodent commonly considered a wetlands-damaging pest -- as a pet that frolics with their dog, snuggles in their arms and swims in the family pool. (David Grunfeld /The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

Louisiana works out deal for family to keep pet nutria

After much public outcry, state officials now say they will let a Louisiana couple keep a 22-pound nutria -- a beady-eyed, orange-toothed, rat-tailed rodent commonly considered a wetlands-damaging … more

3/18/23

Crime scene tape is shown at the scene along Ocean Drive in Miami Beach, Fla. Friday, March 17, 2023, where police say one person was killed and a second was wounded when gunfire erupted in an area of Miami Beach crowded with people on spring break. (Aaron Leibowitz/Miami Herald via AP)

1 dead, 1 hurt in shooting during Miami Beach spring break

Police say one person was killed and a second wounded when gunfire erupted in an area of Miami Beach crowded with people on spring break. The Miami Beach Police Department tweeted that two males were … more

3/18/23

Daniel Kwan, left, and Daniel Scheinert toss their awards for best picture for "Everything Everywhere All at Once" as they pose in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, March 12, 2023, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

AP Week in Pictures: Global

MARCH 11-17, 2023 From the disaster caused by tropical Cyclone Freddy in Malawi, to protests against French President Macron's pension reforms in Paris, to the 95th Academy Awards, this photo … more

3/17/23

Detroit Police, Michigan State Police and ATF agents work the scene at West McNichols and Log Cabin in Detroit on the border of Highland Park, Mich. on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. Authorities searching for three aspiring rappers who have been missing for nearly two weeks have found “multiple bodies” at a vacant Detroit-area apartment building. (Robin Buckson/Detroit News via AP)

Michigan police urge public to help solve murders of 3 men

Michigan State Police are appealing to the public to share information and help solve the fatal shootings of three men back in January. Police say the killings were not random and had nothing to do … more

3/17/23

KANGDANIEL poses for a portrait on Thursday, March 2, 2023, in New York. The K-pop star's path to superstardom began in 2017 after winning the second season of the talent competition series “Produce 101,” which led to the formation of the K-Pop boy band Wanna One. He went solo two years later. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)

Q&A: K-pop star KANGDANIEL is on the pursuit of happiness

KANGDANIEL is one of K-pop’s brightest stars, but at just 26 years old, he’s already learned there’s more to life than bright lights. The artist who released his debut album, “The Story,” … more

By GARY GERARD HAMILTON | 3/17/23

State says Louisiana family must give up beloved pet nutria

A Louisiana couple has run afoul of state law by keeping a 22-pound nutria as a pet. A nutria is a rat-tailed, orange-toothed rodent found in Louisiana swamps and waterways. Nutria are considered an … more

3/17/23

Caroline Ouko, mother of Irvo Otieno, holds a portrait of her son with attorney Ben Crump, left, and her older son, Leon Ochieng at the Dinwiddie Courthouse in Dinwiddie, Va., on Thursday, March 16, 2023. She said Otieno, who died in a state mental hospital March 6, was “brilliant and creative and bright.” (Daniel Sangjib Min/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)

Mother: Irvo Otieno was 'brilliant and creative and bright'

The mother of a Black man who died in police custody at a Virginia mental hospital says her son was “brilliant, creative and bright.” Caroline Ouko said Thursday that Irvo Otieno had realized his … more

By BEN FINLEY | 3/17/23

Former President Donald Trump pauses as he speaks at a campaign event Monday, March 13, 2023, in Davenport, Iowa. (AP Photo/Ron Johnson)

New judge to oversee Trump grand jury investigations

A new judge is set to assume oversight of grand jury investigations of former President Donald Trump. U.S. District Judge James “Jeb” Boasberg is being sworn in Friday as chief judge of the … more

By ERIC TUCKER | 3/17/23

Icelandic stallions play at a stud farm in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany, Tuesday, March 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

AP Week in Pictures: Europe and Africa

March 10-17, 2023 A week when Tropical Cyclone Freddy displaced people in devastating Malawi and France recorded the longest winter drought since record-keeping began in 1959. King Charles III … more

By The Associated Press | 3/17/23

A woman hugs another returning on one of the few overseas flight arriving at the Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, Tuesday, March 14, 2023. China will reopen its borders to tourists and resume issuing all visas Wednesday after a three-year halt during the pandemic as it sought to boost its tourism and economy. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

AP Week in Pictures: Asia

March 10-16, 2023 This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published by Associated Press photographers in Asia and the Pacific. The gallery was curated by AP … more

By The Associated Press | 3/17/23

In this photo provided by El Salvador's presidential press office, inmates identified by authorities as gang members are moved at the prison, Terrorism Confinement Center, in Tecoluca, El Salvador, Wednesday, March 15, 2023. (El Salvador presidential press office via AP)

El Salvador's congress extends anti-gang crackdown

El Salvador’s congress has voted to approve yet another extension of state-of-emergency allowing police to round up suspected members of street gangs. The vote late Wednesday was widely expected, … more

SAN SALVADOR | 3/16/23

FILE - A guard checks vehicles entering the main gate at San Quentin State Prison on April 12, 2022, in San Quentin, Calif. California Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to transform a state prison home to the nation's largest number of inmates on death row into a facility where prisoners can receive education, training and rehabilitation before reentering society. Newsom's office announced the new plans for San Quentin State Prison on Thursday, March 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

California to transform prison with death row legacy

California Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to transform San Quentin State Prison, a facility in the San Francisco Bay Area known for maintaining the highest number of prisoners on death row in the country. … more

By JANIE HAR and SOPHIE AUSTIN | 3/16/23

This photo provided by researcher Katsuhiko Hayashi shows mice derived from stem cells, four weeks after their birth, in Osaka, Japan in September 2021. In a study published Wednesday, March 16, 2023, in the journal Nature, scientists led by Hayashi have created baby mice with two fathers for the first time by turning male mouse stem cells into female cells in a lab. (Katsuhiko Hayashi via AP)

For 1st time, scientists create mice with cells from 2 males

Scientists have created baby mice with two fathers for the first time by turning male mouse stem cells into female cells in a lab. They described their research in a study published Wednesday in the … more

By LAURA UNGAR | 3/16/23

FILE - Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer delivers her State of the State address to a joint session of the House and Senate, Jan. 25, 2023, at the state Capitol in Lansing, Mich. Whitmer signed legislation Thursday, March 16, 2023, codifying LGBTQ protections into the state's civil rights law, permanently outlawing discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity in the state. (AP Photo/Al Goldis, File)

Michigan adds LGBTQ protections to anti-discrimination law

Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation Thursday that will permanently outlaw discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity in the state. The Michigan … more

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI | 3/16/23