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The Threesome isnt shy about diving straight into the messy, complicated fallout of one impulsive night. The film follows Olivia (Zoey Deutch), Connor (Jonah Hauer-King), and Jenny (Ruby Cruz) as their wild hookup throws all three into the raw chaos of adulthood. But behind the scenes? Things got even messier.Im Allergic to ThreesomesWhen it came time to shoot the films big threesome scene, Hauer-King wasnt just battling nerves he was battling allergies.Deutch revealed that the cast and crew discovered their set might as well have been a cat sanctuary. Jonah had a severe allergy attack while we were shooting our sexy threesome, she said. It was also the last thing we shot together after wed become dear, dear friends.Such good friends that Deutch and Cruz even played nurse for their costar. We thought we were doing a nice thing going to CVS and getting him some medication. He took too much, then he was drowsy and falling asleep. He was so lovely and charming and made it through and was such a champ. But I felt really bad for him.Olivia (Zoey Deutch), Connor (Jonah Hauer-King), and Jenny (Ruby Cruz) / Photo: VerticalSneezing in the Sexy SceneJonah took it all in stride, joking about how unsexy the moment really was: I was literally sneezing in their eye. It was bad. Luckily it was our final day and we were already close. If that had been on the first day I honestly think I wouldve just had a total anxiety attack.At least he found the silver lining: Im allergic to threesomes, he joked. So maybe dont have one? Or do, just not during an allergy attack. Its up to you. Why You Should WatchIf anything, the behind-the-scenes drama perfectly mirrors the heart of The Threesome. It is messy, complicated, and hilariously human. And just like Jonah pushing through his sneeze-filled close-ups, the film embraces the imperfect, awkward, and beautifully real parts of intimacy.Olivia, Connor, and Jennys lives unravel in surprising, sometimes heartbreaking, often hilarious ways. All of it is grounded by Chad Hartigans tender direction and a script that finds beauty in imperfection.Alongside Deutch, Hauer-King, and Cruz, the cast includes Jaboukie Young-White, Josh Segarra, Arden Myrin, Julia Sweeney, and more.Source

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Islam Qudeih holds her daughter, Shamm Qudeih, 2, during an interview with The Associated Press at the Santobono Pausilipon Children's Hospital in Naples, southern Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025, where Shamm is being treated after being evacuated from Gaza. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)2025-09-06T04:08:19Z NAPLES, Italy (AP) Since arriving emaciated in Italy from Gaza, little Shamm Qudeih has celebrated her second birthday and gained weight on a new diet that includes a special porridge progress welcomed by doctors treating her for severe malnutrition worsened by a genetic metabolic disease.Just weeks ago, the toddler was all skin and bones as she clung to her mother in a hospital in southern Gaza, after months of being unable to get the food and treatment she needed because of an Israeli blockade aimed at pressuring the Hamas militant group to release hostages. Then she was evacuated to Italy for medical treatment, along with six other Palestinian children.A striking photo of Shamm wincing in her mothers arms, with her hair matted and ribs protruding from her chest, was taken by Associated Press freelance journalist Mariam Dagga just days before the child left Gaza on Aug. 13. It was one of Daggas last images. She was among 22 people killed in an Aug. 25 Israeli strike on the same hospital in southern Gaza. More than half a million people in Gaza, a quarter of the population, are experiencing catastrophic levels of hunger because of the blockade and ongoing military operations, the worlds leading authority on hunger crises said last month. Gaza City, in the north, is experiencing famine, it said.Toddler perks up By this week, Shamm was sitting up, alert in a hospital crib in Naples, her fine blonde hair pulled into a high ponytail. She wore a T-shirt emblazoned with the word cute. Her wide eyes gleamed as her older sister and mother called her name from across the room, and she broke into a smile. This combination of images shows, top, Shamm Qudeih at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on Aug. 9, 2025, and, bottom, Qudeih at the Santobono Pausilipon Pediatric Hospital in Naples, southern Italy, on Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Mariam Dagga, top, Andrew Medichini, below) This combination of images shows, top, Shamm Qudeih at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on Aug. 9, 2025, and, bottom, Qudeih at the Santobono Pausilipon Pediatric Hospital in Naples, southern Italy, on Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Mariam Dagga, top, Andrew Medichini, below) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More Weighing around 4 kilograms (9 pounds) when she arrived in Italy, Shamm was in a serious and challenging clinical state, said Dr. Daniele de Brasi, a pediatric genetic disease specialist who is treating her at Santobono Pausilipon Childrens Hospital in Naples.She now weighs 5.5 kilograms (just over 12 pounds), which is still no more than half of the median weight for a child of her age, de Brasi said.The doctor said a big part of her undernourishment was due to a genetic metabolic disease called glycogen storage disease, which interferes with the absorption of nutrients, particularly carbohydrates, and can cause muscle weakness and impede growth. The condition is primarily managed through a high-carbohydrate diet.So far, We are very satisfied with her progress, de Brasi said.A mothers struggleShamm suffered from malnutrition from birth, just weeks before the Oct. 7, 2023, attack in which Hamas-led militants killed around 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and took another 251 hostage. Forty-eight hostages are still in Gaza, around 20 of them believed to be alive, after most of the rest were returned in ceasefires or other deals.Israel responded with an offensive that Gaza health officials say has killed more than 64,000 Palestinians in nearly two years of fighting. The Gaza Health Ministry, which is part of the Hamas-run government and run by medical professionals, does not say how many were civilians or combatants but that around half of those killed were women and children. The family was forced to move more than a dozen times, and Shamms mother, Islam, struggled to get her proper medical care, visiting many hospitals and clinics. Doctors suspected the rare condition but could not test for it, much less treat it properly. They sometimes offered antibiotics. (AP Animation/Panagiotis Mouzakis) It became worse as a result of the lack of food, treatment and possibilities, Islam said in an interview with Shamm resting on her shoulder. We have been displaced maybe about 15 times, from tent to tent. We walked long distances and, along the way, it was hot, and the sun was hitting us.For a while, doctors administered a special formula, but Shamm would not take it, having lost the habit of drinking milk after supplies in Gaza became scarce.The U.N. warned last month that starvation and malnutrition in Gaza are at the highest levels since the war began. Nearly 12,000 children under 5 were found to have acute malnutrition in July including more than 2,500 with severe malnutrition, the most dangerous level. The World Health Organization says the numbers are likely an undercount. Islam Qudeih shows her severely malnourished daughter, Shamm, who is three weeks shy of her second birthday, to journalists at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on Aug. 9, 2025. Doctors said Shamm may have a genetic disorder that affects muscle and bone development, but there is no way to test for it in Gaza. (AP Photo/Mariam Dagga, File) Islam Qudeih shows her severely malnourished daughter, Shamm, who is three weeks shy of her second birthday, to journalists at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on Aug. 9, 2025. Doctors said Shamm may have a genetic disorder that affects muscle and bone development, but there is no way to test for it in Gaza. (AP Photo/Mariam Dagga, File) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More A final photograph in GazaIt was at Nasser Hospital in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis that Dagga photographed Shamm for the last time on Aug. 9. During the visit, Shamm cried in pain in her hospital bed. Her arms, legs and ribs were skeletal, her belly swollen.Islam had gone to school with Dagga, who visited the hospital, and remembered her fondly.She was always coming to the hospital to check on me and Shamm, right up to the day of their departure for Italy, Islam said. She stayed until the last step of the stairs to say goodbye to me. After arriving in Italy, Islam learned that Dagga had died in an attack that killed four other journalists.I was upset when I heard and knew that she had died,' Islam said. Shamm Qudeih, 2, receives medical care from Dr. Margherita Rosa at the Santobono Pausilipon Childrens Hospital in Naples, southern Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025, where she is being treated after being evacuated from Gaza. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) Shamm Qudeih, 2, receives medical care from Dr. Margherita Rosa at the Santobono Pausilipon Childrens Hospital in Naples, southern Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025, where she is being treated after being evacuated from Gaza. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More Ongoing treatmentShamm is among 181 Palestinian children being treated in Italy, according to the Italian Foreign Ministry. About one-third of those have arrived since March, when Israel ended a ceasefire with Hamas and imposed the 2 1/2 month blockade on all imports, including food and medicine. Israel denies there is starvation in Gaza, despite accounts to the contrary from witnesses, U.N. agencies and experts. It says it allowed enough aid to enter before and after the tightened blockade and has allowed increased supplies in recent weeks.In Naples, Shamm now has a feeding tube in her nose to ensure she gets the right mix of nutrients overnight. Doctors aim to remove the tube in about a month. During the day, she is free to eat solid food, including meat and fish. A cornerstone of her diet is the carbohydrate-rich porridge.Her current intake is around 500 calories a day, which doctors are gradually increasing.In these cases, growing too fast can cause problems,' de Brasi said. Judi Qudeih, 10, looks at her sister Shamm Qudeih, 2, as Shamm sits on her bed at the Santobono Pausilipon Childrens Hospital in Naples, southern Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025, where she is being treated. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) Judi Qudeih, 10, looks at her sister Shamm Qudeih, 2, as Shamm sits on her bed at the Santobono Pausilipon Childrens Hospital in Naples, southern Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025, where she is being treated. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More Her 10-year-old sister, Judi, was brought to Italy as an accompanying family member, and doctors began treating her after noting that she was at least three or four kilograms underweight, de Brasi said. She has gained two kilograms (nearly 5 pounds) and is in good condition.With both daughters improving, Shamms mother is allowing herself to experience relief. But it is too soon to think about going back to Gaza, where Shamms father is.Now there is no way to go back, as long as the war is going on. There are no possibilities for my daughters, she said.___Barry reported from Milan. COLLEEN BARRY Barry covers all things Italy for The Associated Press. Her focus includes fashion and design, overtourism and the environment, politics and sometimes the Vatican. twitter instagram mailto

Co-owner Eric Abramowitz at Eric's Rx Shoppe unpacks a shipment of COVID-19 vaccines at the store in Horsham, Pa., Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)2025-09-05T19:54:37Z Now that Florida is taking steps to be the first state to get rid of school vaccine mandates, some states are looking at following its lead while others are promising to protect vaccines for children and adults.Floridas announcement Wednesday along with U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedys attempts to advance anti-vaccine policies have widened the debate over vaccine mandates long a centerpiece of fighting infectious diseases. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said roughly 4 million deaths are prevented annually worldwide by childhood vaccinations.While most Americans say kids should be vaccinated to attend school, adults nationwide are now less likely to think those immunizations are important. At the same time, routine childhood vaccine rates are falling.Here is a rundown of what states are saying about vaccine mandates: Massachusetts moves to protect accessDemocratic Gov. Maura Healey governor issued a bulletin Thursday saying insurance carriers will be required to cover vaccinations recommended by the states department of public health regardless of whether they are endorsed by the federal government. Healey said she wants to make sure residents can afford the vaccines they want. Vaccinations that Massachusetts insurers would be required to cover include routine shots for children, like measles, chickenpox and Hepatitis B. Healey said her state is also leading a bipartisan coalition of eight Northeast states that met over the summer to discuss coordinating vaccine recommendations. West Coast governors band togetherThe Democratic governors in Washington, Oregon and California announced this week that they have created an alliance to establish their own recommendations for who should receive vaccines. They plan to coordinate their vaccine recommendations and immunization plans based on science-based evidence from respected national medical organizations, according to a joint statement. Illinois seeks advice from medical expertsThe state health department said it plans to issue specific guidance by the end of September that will help health care providers and residents make informed decisions about vaccinations. The health director said the department will consult with medical experts.New Mexico gives the green light to vaccines Pharmacists have received the go-ahead to administer COVID-19 shots based on state health department guidelines rather than just the federal governments immunization advisory committee. Health Secretary Gina DeBlassie said Friday in a statement that New Mexico cannot afford to wait for the federal government to act on this matter.Drugstore giant CVS responded by saying it will ensure the shots are in its pharmacies across the state as soon as possible. Pennsylvania, Colorado and Washington protect COVID-19 shotsPennsylvanias pharmacy board voted this week to protect the availability of COVID-19 vaccines for those most in need and make it accessible across the state, at the urging of Gov. Josh Shapiro. Colorado Gov. Jared Polis also directed health officials to make sure residents are able to be vaccinated against the virus. A new order that went into effect Friday allows pharmacists to provide the vaccines without individual prescriptions. Health leaders in Washington state issued a similar order covering COVID-19 shots for most residents. RSShttps://feedx.net https://feedx.site

President Donald Trump speaks at a dinner in the Rose Garden of the White House, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)2025-09-06T04:01:56Z WASHINGTON (AP) The U.S. job market has gone from healthy to lethargic during President Donald Trumps first seven months back in the White House, as hiring has collapsed and inflation has started to climb once again as his tariffs take hold.Fridays jobs report showed employers added a mere 22,000 jobs in August, as the unemployment rate ticked up to 4.3%. Factories and construction firms shed workers. Revisions showed the economy lost 13,000 jobs in June, the first monthly losses since December 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic.The new data exposed the widening gap between the booming economy Trump promised and the more anemic reality of what hes managed to deliver so far. The White House prides itself on operating at a breakneck speed, but its now asking the American people for patience, with Trump saying better job numbers might be a year away. Were going to win like youve never seen, Trump said Friday. Wait until these factories start to open up that are being built all over the country, youre going to see things happen in this country that nobody expects.The plea for patience has done little to comfort Americans, as economic issues that had been a strength for Trump for a decade have evolved into a persistent weakness. Approval of Trumps economic leadership hit 56% in early 2020 during his first term, but that figure was 38% in July of this year, according to polling by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The situation has left Trump searching for others to blame, while Democrats say the problem begins and ends with him. Trump maintained Friday that the economy would be adding jobs if Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell had slashed benchmark interest rates, even though doing so to the degree that Trump wants could ignite higher inflation. Investors expect a rate cut by the Fed at its next meeting in September, although thats partially because of weakening job numbers. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Trumps tariffs and freewheeling policies were breaking the economy and the jobs report proved it.This is a blaring red light warning to the entire country that Donald Trump is squeezing the life out of our economy, Schumer said.By many measures, Trump has dug himself into a hole on the economy as its performance has yet to come anywhere close to his hype. Trump in 2024 suggested that deporting immigrants in the country illegally would protect Black jobs. But the Black unemployment rate has climbed to 7.5%, the highest since October 2021, as the Trump administration has engaged in aggressive crackdowns on immigration. At his April tariffs announcement, Trump said, Jobs and factories will come roaring back into our country and you see it happening already. Since April, manufacturers have cut 42,000 jobs and builders have downsized by 8,000. Trump said in his inaugural address that the liquid gold of oil would make the nation wealthy as he pivoted the economy to fossil fuels. But the logging and mining sectors which includes oil and natural gas have shed 12,000 jobs since January. While gasoline prices are lower, the Energy Information Administration in August estimated that crude oil production, the source of the wealth promised by Trump, would fall next year by an average of 100,000 barrels a day. At 2024 rallies, Trump promised to end inflation on day one and halve electricity prices within 12 months. Consumer prices have climbed from a 2.3% annual increase in April to 2.7% in July. Electricity costs are up 4.6% so far this year.The Trump White House maintains that the economy is on the cusp of breakout growth, with its new import taxes poised to raise hundreds of billions of dollars annually if they can withstand court challenges.At a Thursday night dinner with executives and founders from companies including Apple, Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and Meta, Trump said the facilities being built to develop artificial intelligence would deliver jobs numbers like our country has never seen before at some point a year from now. But Michael Strain, director of economic policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, noted that Trumps promise that strong job growth is ahead contradicts his unsubstantiated claims that recent jobs data was faked to embarrass him. That accusation prompted him to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics last month after the massive downward revisions in the July jobs report.Strain said its rational for the administration to say better times are coming, but doing so seems to undermine Trumps allegations that the numbers are rigged.The president clearly stated that the data were not trustworthy and that the weakness in the data was the product of anti-Trump manipulation, Strain said. And if thats true, what are we being patient about? The White House maintained that Fridays jobs report was an outlier in an otherwise good economy.Kevin Hassett, director of the White House National Economic Council, said the Atlanta Federal Reserve is expecting annualized growth of 3% this quarter, which he said would be more consistent with monthly job gains of 100,000.Hassett said inflation is low, income growth is solid and new investments in assets such as buildings and equipment will ultimately boost hiring.But Daniel Hornung, who was deputy director of the National Economic Council in the Biden White House, said he didnt see evidence of a coming rebound in the August jobs data.Pretty broad based weakening, Hornung said. The decline over three months in goods producing sectors like construction and manufacturing is particularly notable. There were already headwinds there and tariffs are likely exacerbating challenges.Stephen Moore, an economics fellow at the conservative Heritage Foundation and supporter of the president, said the labor market is definitely softening, even as he echoed Trumps claims that the jobs numbers are not reliable.He said the economy was adjusting to the Trumpian shift of higher tariffs and immigration reductions that could lower the pool of available workers.The problem going forward is a shortage or workers, not a shortage of jobs, Moore said. In some ways, thats a good problem to have.But political consultant and pollster Frank Luntz took the contrarian view that the jobs report wont ultimately matter for the political fortunes of Trump and his movement because voters care more about inflation and affordability.Thats what the public is watching, thats what the public cares about, Luntz said. Everyone who wants a job has a job, for the most part.From the perspective of elections, Trump still has roughly a year to demonstrate progress on improving affordability, Luntz said. Voters will generally lock in their opinions about the economy by Labor Day before the midterm elections next year.In other words, Trump still has time.Its still up for grabs, he said. The deciding point will come Labor Day of 2026. JOSH BOAK Boak covers the White House and economic policy for The Associated Press. He joined the AP in 2013. twitter mailto RSShttps://feedx.net https://feedx.site

New York Mayor Eric Adams speaks during a campaign launch rally at City Hall, Thursday, June. 26, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)2025-09-05T18:16:53Z NEW YORK (AP) New York City Mayor Eric Adams said Friday that he wont succumb to pressure to end his reelection campaign and insisted he is the only candidate strong enough to beat the Democratic nominee, Zohran Mamdani.Adams declared his intention to stay in the race at the end of a fraught week that began with a trip to Florida, where Trump administration intermediaries sought to assess his willingness to quit the race to take a job with the federal government.Earlier Friday, Adams appeared to leave the door open to a departure, releasing a statement saying he will always listen if called to serve our country but adding he had not yet received any formal offers.Hours later, he summoned reporters to the mayors official residence, Gracie Mansion, to slam that door back shut.I am in this race. And I am the only one who can beat Mamdani, Adams said. How many times have I been told throughout this journey to step aside, to surrender, to give up, to give in, he said. Thats the same thing we tell everyday New Yorkers. Everyday New Yorkers are not giving up, are not giving in, are not surrendering, so their mayor is not going to do that. Adams dismissed Mamdani and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, both fellow Democrats, as two spoiled brats who are not like us, then walked off as a throng of reporters shouted questions.Trump has told reporters he would prefer not to have Mamdani, a 33-year-old democratic socialist, as New Yorks next mayor, but believed it was inevitable unless two of the three other major candidates in the race dropped out. Besides Cuomo and Adams, Republican Curtis Sliwa is also on the ballot. Moments after Adams announcement, Trump was asked about it by reporters at the White House.Hes free to do what he wants, Trump said of Adams, but he added that Adams staying in the contest might help cement a Mamdani victory. Cuomo might have a chance of winning if it was one-on-one, Trump said. If you have more than one candidate running against (Mamdani), it cant be won. During a trip to Florida this week, Adams met with Steve Witkoff, a former real estate developer in New York who is now one of Trumps main diplomatic envoys in Washington, said Adams campaign spokesperson, Todd Shapiro. It was unclear what specifically was discussed.Adams skipped the Democratic primary, saying he was sidelined from campaigning after he was indicted last year on bribery charges. Trumps Justice Department then dropped the criminal case, saying it was distracting Adams from helping with the presidents immigration crackdown.In an interview, former Democratic New York Gov. David Paterson said he spoke with the mayor Wednesday morning. Adams told him he wanted to remain in the race but had received offers, Paterson said.He said, Listen, they say I have some offers. I have a lot of offers. Then he started laughing. And he was saying that, you know, he really doesnt want to leave and hes trying to work that out so he doesnt have to, said Paterson, who has endorsed Adams for reelection. He didnt get specific about it, but I got that in his heart of hearts, he really wants to stay. But I also got that, even though he didnt say it, that the odds cant be very good. Mamdani won the Democratic nomination after soundly defeating Cuomo in the primary. He could be a heavy favorite in the general election if Cuomo and Adams split the centrist vote and most Republicans vote for Sliwa.Through the collusion and corruption of the past few months, our relentless focus on the affordability crisis created by Andrew Cuomo and inflamed by Eric Adams has not wavered, Mamdani said in a statement Friday. November, were going to deliver a city working New Yorkers can afford and turn the page on the broken, billionaire-backed politics of the past. ___Izaguirre reported from Albany, New York. AP writers Seung Min Kim and Michelle L. Price contributed from Washington.

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Palestinians run for cover during an Israeli airstrike on a high-rise building in Gaza City, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, after the Israeli army issued a prior warning. (AP Photo/Yousef Al Zanoun)2025-09-06T09:31:37Z DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) Israels army called Saturday on Palestinians in Gaza City to move to a humanitarian area it designated in the south as it expanded its operations in preparation for seizing the famine-stricken city.Parts of the city, home to nearly 1 million people, are already considered red zones, where evacuation orders have been issued ahead of expected heavy fighting. Aid groups have repeatedly warned that a large-scale evacuation of Gaza City would exacerbate the dire humanitarian crisis. Palestinians have been uprooted and displaced multiple times during the nearly two-year-long war, with many being too weak to move and having nowhere to go.Israeli military spokesperson Avichay Adraee wrote in X that the army declared Muwasi a makeshift tent camp in southern Gaza Strip a humanitarian area and urged everyone in the city, which it called a Hamas stronghold and specified as a combat zone, to leave. The army said they could travel in cars down a designated road without being searched. The military, in a statement, provided a map showing the area in Khan Younis that the humanitarian area encompasses, which includes the block where Nasser Hospital is located. The area around the hospital has been considered a red zone, though not the medical facility itself. Last week, Israel struck the hospital, killing 22 people, including Mariam Dagga, who worked for The Associated Press and other media outlets. The Hospital was not under evacuation. The designated safe zone would include field hospitals, water pipelines, food and tents, and relief efforts will continue on an ongoing basis in cooperation with the U.N. and international organizations, the statement said. The United Nations couldnt be immediately reached for comment. Israeli forces have struck humanitarian areas throughout the war, including Muwasi, which they previously declared a safe zone, according to Gazas Health Ministry. The evacuation order came a day after Israel struck a high-rise building in Gaza City, saying Hamas used it for surveillance, without providing evidence.The war started after Hamas-led militants killed around 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducted 251 people in their attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. Most have since been released in ceasefires or other agreements.Israels retaliatory offensive has killed more than 64,000 Palestinians, according to Gazas Health Ministry, which does not say how many were civilians or combatants but says women and children make up around half the dead. The U.N. and independent experts consider it the most reliable source on war casualties. Israel disputes its figures but has not provided its own.Israel says the war will continue until all the hostages are returned and Hamas is disarmed, and that it will retain open-ended security control of the territory of some 2 million Palestinians. Hamas has said it will only release the remaining hostages in return for Palestinian prisoners, a lasting ceasefire and a full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.___Mroue reported from Beirut.___Follow AP coverage at https://apnews.com/hub/israel-hamas-war

An Afghan boy injured in a powerful earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan on Sunday receives treatment at Nangarhar Regional Hospital in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Siddiqullah Alizai)2025-09-06T05:44:28Z JALALABAD, Afghanistan (AP) Ahmad Khan Safi had a good life in Afghanistan. The farmer raised livestock in the Dewagal Valley of Kunar Province, and people traveled from across the country to visit the area. Tourists marveled at its verdant landscape, winding paths and formidable slopes. The valley appeared untouched. It was hard to reach, so inaccessible that people had to change cars four times from the city of Jalalabad, in neighboring Nangarhar province, and walk the rest of the way for several hours or ride a mule.Safi had built a 10-room house from mud and stone because wood and cement were too expensive and impractical to transport. The home collapsed as soon as a major earthquake that killed at least 2,000 people struck on Aug. 31. His shock was quickly replaced by fear and panic.I was trapped in the mud and couldnt breathe, he told The Associated Press from a Jalalabad hospital. I struggled a lot to get out, but was hit by rocks and fell so hard that my leg was injured. He spent the night under the rubble, not knowing if his family was alive or dead. Help came the following morning, around 10 a.m., when people arrived on foot from other districts. Regions remoteness complicating rescue effortsThe devastating quake was not the strongest or deadliest in Afghanistans recent history. But remote and rugged Kunar has defied rescue efforts. The ruling Taliban authorities have deployed helicopters or airdropped army commandos to evacuate survivors. There is no helicopter landing site in Dewagal Valley and no path for vehicles, let alone heavy machinery. Many of the injured died because there was no way to reach them, said Safi, who was carried to safety on peoples shoulders. A stream of homemade stretchers trickled down to more hospitable terrain.There was not a single household without dead or wounded people, and not a single home was left standing. Some 130 people died in our area. The earthquake killed 22 members of my family children, nephews, nieces, and my elder brother and injured 17. Entire families were wiped out, he added.The death toll from this disaster exceeds 2,000, although this figure could rise as more bodies are recovered from villages that were razed to the ground and are now piles of dust. Now I think about it, whatever wealth and savings we had from our grandfathers time have all gone, and now we have nothing, said Safi. My family lost about 300 cows, sheep and goats in this earthquake. All the people in the village were farmers and livestock keepers. We have no other source of income. I dont know what to do or where to go because our homes collapsed. Not even a wall is left. What are we going to do with this life? We cant spend the night in the mountains anymoreThe U.N. estimates that the quake has affected up to 500,000 people, more than half of them children, and that the communities hit include those where Afghans forcibly returned from neighboring countries had begun rebuilding their lives. Roads and bridges were damaged. Dozens of water sources have been destroyed, increasing health risks for survivors.Rain, triggering landslides and floods, has worsened conditions. Schools and health facilities have vanished. With so many buildings destroyed, there is little shelter left. People live and sleep under open skies. The steep slopes of Kunar resemble a war zone. Houses that took years to build were decimated in an instant. An assessment by the Islamic Relief charity said just 2% of homes in Kunar remain intact.Ghulam Rahman, from Chawkay District in the central part of Kunar Province, lost his wife and five of his children in the earthquake. He was trapped in the wreckage for half an hour, next to his wife as she took her last breath. Dust and small stones were in my mouth so I couldnt speak properly, he said. I heard her praying.Some of his familys bodies were recovered on the first day after the quake. The rest remained under the debris for a further 24 hours. Only two of his seven children survived. One was staying at a religious school. The other had been sleeping on the rooftop. Rocks tumbled onto Rahmans home from houses at a higher altitude and the mountain, even as the ground opened beneath him. He said scores of people in his village died. Rahman offered a piece of his familys farmland for their burial. We had everything, and now its destroyed. We want the government to give us flat land. We cant spend the night in the mountains anymore. I cant go there because I see dead family members, and life there is difficult. I am afraid of that place.___Associated Press writer Abdul Qahar Afghan contributed to this report from Jalalabad, Afghanistan.

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Fabio Fernandez arranges clothes for his residency at Definitive Selection clothing store, one of many businesses in the predominantly Latino neighborhood that has seen a slowdown in foot traffic since President Donald Trump's threats of a federal law enforcement intervention, on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025 in Chicago. (AP Photo/Mark Vancleave)2025-09-06T04:05:52Z CHICAGO (AP) President Donald Trumps plan to dispatch National Guard troops and immigration agents into Chicago has put many Latino residents on edge, prompting some to carry their U.S. passports while giving others pause about openly celebrating the upcoming Mexican Independence Day. Though the holiday falls on Sept. 16, celebrations in Chicago span more than a week and draw hundreds of thousands of participants. Festivities will kick off with a Saturday parade through the heavily Mexican Pilsen neighborhood and continue with car caravans and lively street parties. But this year the typically joyful period coincides with Trumps threats to add Chicago to the list of other Democrat-led cities he has targeted for expanded federal enforcement. His administration has said it will step up immigration enforcement in Chicago, as it did in Los Angeles, and would deploy National Guard troops to help fight crime. In addition to sending troops to Los Angeles in June, Trump deployed them last month in Washington, D.C., as part of his unprecedented law enforcement takeover of the nations capital.Although details about the promised Chicago operation have been sparse, local opposition is already widespread and includes suburban communities with their own bases of immigrant communities. State and city leaders have said they plan to sue the Trump administration. Stay up to date with the latest U.S. news by signing up to our WhatsApp channel. Mixed feelings about postponing festivitiesThe extended Mexican Independence Day celebrations reflect the size and vitality of Chicagos Mexican American community. Mexicans make up more than one-fifth of the citys total population and about 74% of its Latino residents, according to 2022 U.S. Census estimates.Organizers of the regular community parades and festivals have been divided over whether to move forward with precautions or postpone, in hopes that it will feel safer for many participants to have a true celebration in several months time. In Pilsen, organizers said this week that community safety should be prioritized. A downtown Mexican Independence Day festival set for next weekend, though, was postponed this week by organizers, who said the decision was made to protect people. But also we just refuse to let our festival be a pawn in this political game, said Germn Gonzlez, an organizer of El Grito Chicago. In Pilsen and Little Village, two of the citys best-known neighborhoods with restaurants, businesses and cultural ties to Mexican culture, residents expressed disappointment at the fear and anxiety the potential federal intervention was instilling within the community during a time of year usually characterized by joy, togetherness and celebration of Mexican American culture and heritage. Some residents plan on celebrating with precautionsFor Galiela Mendez, the decision to postpone El Grito Chicago was both heartbreaking and understandable.And while the nations third-largest city has its problems, including persistent gun violence in some areas, Mendez said Trump and his supporters are maligning Chicago for political gain while disrupting festivities for a large cross-section of the population.It feels like a slap in the face, the 25-year-old said. I think we are all on edge because its the same people that describes our home this way, but they never come here and see it for themselves. Vianney Alarcon, 42, said she expects people to be targeted by immigration officials regardless of their legal status. Theyre just going to catch and ask questions later, she said. But in an act of defiance, shell be taking part in the festivities, while bringing along her passport. Im still going to celebrate my heritage, she said. And I know for a fact that a lot of the people I know and the people commenting on Facebook are going to show up, too. What are they going to do? Were not being disruptive if were celebrating properly. An air of uncertaintyFabio Fernandez, 39, owner of 3W We Will Win, an art and T-shirt company with a residency at a Pilsen streetwear shop, called it troubling and disheartening that potential federal intervention was impacting Mexican Independence Day celebrations.We shouldnt fear or feel like we cant walk the same streets that we usually roam, he said, adding that there was a mood of anxiety and uncertainty in Pilsen.This anxiety has translated to lower sales and reduced foot traffic for local businesses like his, Fernandez said.The small businesses here can feel it, and other business owners will say the same thing, he said.Fernandez said supporting local Latino-owned businesses is among the best ways to show support during this time.Come back to 18th Street. Support small businesses here. Theyre still working hard as hell to keep their businesses alive, he said.Alejandro Vences, 30, became a U.S. citizen this year, which gives me some comfort during this time, he said while eating pozole verde at 5 Rabanitos, a local Mexican restaurant, on Friday afternoon. Still, he said the anxiety is palpable.For us, our Independence Day has always been a celebration of our culture, he said. Its always been a celebration of who we are. It feels like we dont get to celebrate our culture in the same way. ___Finley reported from Norfolk, Virginia. Associated Press writers Melina Walling in Chicago and Morgan Lee in Santa Fe contributed. CHRISTINE FERNANDO Fernando is a democracy reporter covering misinformation, reproductive rights and state supreme courts for The Associated Press. twitter mailto

Members of the LGBTQ+ community, who's t-shirts read "God does not reject anyone" in Spanish, arrive to attend a vigil prayer in the Church of the Gesu' in central Rome, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)2025-09-06T09:35:45Z VATICAN CITY (AP) Hundreds of LGBTQ+ Catholics and their families participated in a Holy Year pilgrimage to Rome on Saturday, celebrating a new level of acceptance in the Catholic Church after long feeling shunned and crediting Pope Francis with the change.The vice president of the Italian bishops conference, Bishop Franceseco Savino, celebrated Mass for the pilgrims in a packed Chiesa del Gesu, the main Jesuit church in Rome. He received a standing ovation in the middle of his homily when he recalled that in the Bible, Jubilee years were meant to forgive debts and restore hope to those on the margins.The Jubilee was the time to free the oppressed and restore dignity to those who had been denied it, he said. Brothers and sisters, I say this with emotion: It is time to restore dignity to everyone, especially to those who have been denied it. Several LGBTQ+ groups participated in the pilgrimage, which was listed in the Vaticans official calendar of events for the Holy Year, the once-every-quarter century celebration of Catholicism. Vatican organizers stressed that the listing in the calendar didnt signal endorsement or sponsorship. The main organizer of the pilgrimage was an Italian LGBTQ+ advocacy organization, Jonathans Tent, but it also included Outreach, a U.S. group founded by the Rev. James Martin, a prominent Jesuit priest who has advocated for greater acceptance of LGBTQ+ Catholics in the church. Pope Leo XIV celebrated a special Jubilee audience Saturday at the Vatican for all pilgrim groups in Rome this weekend, but made no special mention of the LGBTQ+ Catholics, who were scheduled to walk through the Holy Door of St. Peters Basilica later in the day. Justin Del Rosario, left, and John Capozzi arrive to attend attend a vigil prayer for members of the LGBTQ+ community in the Church of the Gesu in central Rome, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) Justin Del Rosario, left, and John Capozzi arrive to attend attend a vigil prayer for members of the LGBTQ+ community in the Church of the Gesu in central Rome, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More A legacy of LGBTQ+ acceptanceMany of the pilgrims attributed their feeling of welcome to Francis. More than any of his predecessors, Francis worked to make the Catholic Church a more welcoming place for LGBTQ+ Catholics. From his 2013 quip, Who am I to judge? about a purportedly gay priest, to his decision to allow priests to bless same-sex couples, Francis distinguished himself with his message of welcome.He never changed church teaching saying homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered. But during his 12-year papacy from 2013 to 2025, Francis met with LGBTQ+ advocates, ministered to a community of trans women and, in a 2023 interview with The Associated Press, declared that being homosexual is not a crime. John Capozzi of Washington D.C., who was participating in the pilgrimage with his husband, Justin del Rosario, said Francis attitude brought him back to the church after he left it in the 1980s, at the height of the AIDS crisis. Then, he said, he felt shunned by his fellow Catholics.There was that feeling like I wasnt welcome in the church, he said. Not because I was doing anything, just because I was who I was, he said. It was this fear of going back in because of the judgment.But Francis, who insisted that the Catholic Church was open to everyone, todos, todos, todos, changed all that, he said. I was a closeted Catholic, Capozzi said. With Pope Francis, I was able to come out and say, Hey, you know, I am Catholic and Im proud of it and I want to be part of the church. Andrea Mattei, holding a cross arrives with other members of the LGBTQ+ community to attend a vigil prayer in the Church of the Gesu in central Rome, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) Andrea Mattei, holding a cross arrives with other members of the LGBTQ+ community to attend a vigil prayer in the Church of the Gesu in central Rome, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More A message of welcome and hopeCapozzi spoke during a standing room-only vigil service for the pilgrims Friday night at the Jesuit church. The service featured testimonies from gay couples, the mother of a trans child and a moving reflection by an Italian priest, the Rev. Fausto Focosi.Our eyes have known the tears of rejection, of hiding. They have known the tears of shame. And perhaps sometimes those tears still spring from our eyes, Focosi said. Today, however, there are other tears, new tears. They wash away the old ones. And so today these tears are tears of hope, he said. Justin Del Rosario, left, and John Capozzi attend attend a vigil prayer for members of the LGBTQ+ community in the Church of the Gesu in central Rome, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) Justin Del Rosario, left, and John Capozzi attend attend a vigil prayer for members of the LGBTQ+ community in the Church of the Gesu in central Rome, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More Leos position comes into focusLeos position on LGBTQ+ Catholics had been something of a question. Soon after he was elected in May, remarks surfaced from 2012 in which the future pope, then known as the Rev. Robert Prevost, criticized the homosexual lifestyle and the role of mass media in promoting acceptance of same-sex relationships that conflicted with Catholic doctrine. When he became a cardinal in 2023, Catholic News Service asked Prevost if his views had changed. He acknowledged Francis call for a more inclusive church, saying Francis made it very clear that he doesnt want people to be excluded simply on the basis of choices that they make, whether it be lifestyle, work, way to dress, or whatever. Members of the LGBTQ+ community, whos t-shirts read God does not reject anyone in Spanish, arrive to attend a vigil prayer in the Church of the Gesu in central Rome, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) Members of the LGBTQ+ community, whos t-shirts read God does not reject anyone in Spanish, arrive to attend a vigil prayer in the Church of the Gesu in central Rome, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More Leo met Monday with Martin, the American Jesuit, in an official audience in a sign he wanted the encounter made public. Martin emerged saying Leo told him he intended to continue Pope Francis policy of LGBTQ+ acceptance in the church and encouraged him to keep up his advocacy.I heard the same message from Pope Leo that I heard from Pope Francis, which is the desire to welcome all people, including LGBTQ people, Martin told The Associated Press after the audience. Savino said he too had received Leos blessing to celebrate the Mass for the LGBTQ+ pilgrims.Del Rosario, Capozzis husband, said he too now felt welcome after long staying away from the faith he was raised in.Pope Francis influenced me to return back to church. Pope Leo only strengthened my faith, he said.___Associated Press religion coverage receives support through the APs collaboration with The Conversation US, with funding from Lilly Endowment Inc. The AP is solely responsible for this content. NICOLE WINFIELD Winfield has been on the Vatican beat since 2001, covering the papacies of St. John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI and the Francis pontificate and traveling the world with them.

Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert passes against the Kansas City Chiefs during the second half of an NFL football game, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in Sao Paulo. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)2025-09-06T03:27:55Z Justin Herbert finished off the Los Angeles Chargers season-opening victory in style, sliding for a first down that effectively ended the game.The quarterback earned style points for his scramble and sideline slide that capped a 318-yard, three-touchdown performance in a 27-21 victory over the Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs on Friday night in Sao Paulo. Herbert had 32 yards rushing, too.Los Angeles first win over the Chiefs since Sept. 26, 2021, snapped a seven-game skid against the team that has dominated the AFC for nearly a decade.Its monumental, Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh said. September 5th will go down in some Charger lore, in my opinion. It was a big win.The NFLs second game South America was streamed on YouTube, with Brazilian soccer superstar Neymar in attendance. Newly engaged pop superstar Taylor Swift wasnt there to watch fianc Travis Kelce and see Colombian singer Karol G perform at halftime. Herbert became just the third quarterback in Chargers history with 300 yards and three TDs in a season opener. His 19-yard run on third-and-14 dashed any comeback hopes the Chiefs had with 2:21 to play. He finished 25 of 34 and was sacked three times. We knew it was going to be a dogfight, so we showed up today with our best effort, Herbert said. It was fun to see.Mahomes was 24 of 39 for 258 yards, one touchdown and two sacks. This will be a big lesson for us, Mahomes said. They definitely came out with more energy than we did. We got to get better from the start.Herberts 23-yard TD pass to Quentin Johnston extended the lead to 26-18 with 5:02 remaining in the fourth. They hooked up for a 5-yard TD on the Chargers opening drive of the game.Chased by Khalil Mack, Mahomes threw incomplete to Marquise Brown on first-and-goal at the LA 9. Two more incomplete passes brought on Harrison Butker, whose 27-yard field goal cut the deficit to 27-21 with 2:34 remaining. The Chiefs closed to 20-18 on Mahomes 37-yard TD pass to Kelce early in the fourth. The 2-point conversion failed as Mahomes pass was incomplete to Noah Gray.Multiple times we shot ourselves in the foot, Chiefs defensive tackle Chris Jones said.InjuriesThe Chiefs were already down two receivers to start the game, with Rashee Rice suspended to start the season and rookie Jalen Royals out with a knee injury.They lost another one three snaps into the game.Xavier Worthy and teammate Kelce collided on a third-down pass. Worthy had to be helped off the field and was later ruled out with a right shoulder injury.Chargers linebacker Denzel Perryman didnt return after leaving with an ankle injury in the third.Rookie miscueChargers running back Omarion Hampton made a rookie mistake late in the first half.The first-round draft pick got a handoff on 3rd-and-16 in the final minute when the Chiefs had no timeouts left. Instead of staying in bounds and letting the clock run, Hampton ran out of bounds. That stopped the clock and the Chargers got a 36-yard field goal by Cameron Dicker for a 13-3 lead. Mahomes then moved the Chiefs within field goal range and their kicking unit rushed on the field. Butker hit a 59-yarder with the 40 seconds to go, leaving the Chiefs trailing 13-6. Take thatKelce shoved Chargers defensive tackle Teair Tart, who responded with a blow to Kelces helmet in the third quarter. Tart was penalized for unnecessary roughness, but wasnt thrown out because he used an open hand.Up nextChiefs: Host Philadelphia on Sept. 14 in a Super Bowl rematch. Chargers: At Las Vegas on Sept. 15.___AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nfl

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The sunsets on the Shankweiler Drive-In as previews run before the feature film "Jaws" in Orefield, Pa., Friday, Aug. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)2025-09-06T11:46:38Z OREFIELD, Pa. (AP) In a romance and adventure worthy of the big screen, a Pennsylvania couple is preserving the past and forging a future as the owners of the worlds oldest operating drive-in movie theater.Lauren McChesney got more than admission to a double feature when she handed her ticket to Matt McClanahan at a different drive-in he managed in 2018. They started dating a year later, and, in August, got engaged. In between, they purchased Shankweilers Drive-In Theatre, which was Pennsylvanias first drive-in and only the nations second when it opened in 1934.The couple began brainstorming about drive-ins during a cross-country road trip that included stops at both operational and abandoned theaters. Their original goal was to open a new drive-in, but when they learned Shankweilers might get sold to developers, the light bulb went off, McClanahan said. Why are we spending so much time trying to build one when theres one literally down the road from our house thats for sale and is like the most important drive-in? he said.The drive-in movie theater industry began in Camden, New Jersey, in 1933 and peaked in the late 1950s, with more than 4,000 drive-ins, according to the United Drive-In Theatre Owners Association. The numbers dropped rapidly in the 1970s and 80s as other entertainment options increased, along with land values that made selling for redevelopment attractive. Though popular during the pandemic, by 2024, there were only 283 left, according to the association.McClanahan, 35, who grew up going to Shankweilers, had managed another drive-in and started a mobile movie business during the coronavirus pandemic. In contrast, McChesney, 41, had never been to a drive-in before 2018, and she left a stable corporate job in the health care industry to take on this new venture. Buying Shankweilers was a risk for both of them they pooled their savings and secured a $1 million loan to buy the drive-in in 2022 but one they say has paid off. Stay up to date with the latest U.S. news by signing up to our WhatsApp channel. This was an undertaking that was leaps and bounds bigger than anything Id ever done in my life, in terms of investment, monthly expenses, and debt, McClanahan said. It still feels surreal when I think about it. Theyve built a successful business with the help of strong summer attendance, the occasional big-name film like Wicked, and special events like Valentines Day date night screenings of The Notebook. The drive-in is open seven days a week from Memorial Day to Labor Day, and Thursdays through Sundays the rest of the year. Tickets are $9 for children and $13 for adults. Ken Querio, 52, of Kutztown, Pennsylvania, has been going to Shankweilers since he was a teenager. He made a point to seek out the owners before a recent viewing of Jaws.I actually thanked them, he said. Its wonderful to have an old-school, an old venue like this still going.Wilson Shankweiler, a prominent hotel owner and movie buff, opened what was then called Shankweilers Park-In Theatre on April 15, 1934. McClanahan and McChesney are its fourth owners. McChesney said the success of the business played a role in the timing of their engagement.We knew wed eventually get married, but we kept doing other things instead, like starting businesses and buying movie theaters, she said.____Associated Press writer Holly Ramer in Concord, New Hampshire, contributed to this report.

This photo taken from video shows, from left, Kenneth Moore Jr, Suelonnee Tingle, Shonnee Hullum, Sage Harrington and Ronnee Tingle, right front, walking to Ronnee Tingle's car after Moore and Suelonnee Tingle were dropped off by an RTA bus after school Wednesday, September 3, 2025 in Dayton, Ohio. (AP Photo/Patrick Aftoora-Orsagos)2025-09-06T11:48:35Z COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) A scramble is underway for some Ohio families over a staple of the back-to-school season: rides on the big, yellow school bus. Public school districts canceled bus transportation for thousands of high schoolers again this year while in some cases still busing students to private and charter schools to avoid steep fines under state requirements. In Dayton, a stopgap effort that gives students public transit passes in lieu of school bus rides was temporarily restored by a judge last week. This came after the district sued, alleging the state illegally restricted the program. School buses are parked inside the Dayton Public Transportation center on Thursday, August 21, 2025 in Dayton, Ohio. (AP Photo/Patrick Aftoora-Orsagos) School buses are parked inside the Dayton Public Transportation center on Thursday, August 21, 2025 in Dayton, Ohio. (AP Photo/Patrick Aftoora-Orsagos) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More The crunch for rides emerged as a bus driver shortage was compounded by Ohios school transportation regulations and its expansion to a universal voucher program to help pay for students to attend private schools. Districts have been required for years to transport students with EdChoice vouchers, but disputes over how to do that intensified as the program added nearly 90,000 students over the past four years. Public dollars for busing private studentsAdvocates for public education argue Ohios transportation mandates are inflexible, vague and expensive. It makes public school districts responsible for transporting K-8 students to their private or charter schools, even on district holidays or when buses break down. It also requires districts to extend whatever transportation service they offer to their own high schoolers to every high schooler at a private or charter school in the same area. This photo taken from video shows, from left, Kenneth Moore Jr, Suelonnee Tingle, Shonnee Hullum, Sage Harrington and Ronnee Tingle, right front, walking to Ronnee Tingle's car after Moore and Suelonnee Tingle were dropped off by an RTA bus after school Wednesday, September 3, 2025 in Dayton, Ohio. (AP Photo/Patrick Aftoora-Orsagos) This photo taken from video shows, from left, Kenneth Moore Jr, Suelonnee Tingle, Shonnee Hullum, Sage Harrington and Ronnee Tingle, right front, walking to Ronnee Tingle's car after Moore and Suelonnee Tingle were dropped off by an RTA bus after school Wednesday, September 3, 2025 in Dayton, Ohio. (AP Photo/Patrick Aftoora-Orsagos) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More From left: Suelonnee Tingle, Kenneth Tingle and Ronnee Tingle pose for a photo Wednesday, September 3, 2025 in Dayton, Ohio. (AP Photo/Patrick Aftoora-Orsagos) From left: Suelonnee Tingle, Kenneth Tingle and Ronnee Tingle pose for a photo Wednesday, September 3, 2025 in Dayton, Ohio. (AP Photo/Patrick Aftoora-Orsagos) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More Some large districts responded by canceling bus service to high schools altogether, providing city transit passes where available or leaving public school students to find their own rides. And those districts still might have to bus private students if those students werent notified within a certain timeframe.To know that they are having to take those public dollars to funnel into other entities is not a fair situation, and I dont think that its right, said Ronnee Tingle, a Dayton mom whose 7th-grader rides the school bus and whose teens in public school have to take a city bus. Her daughter Suelonnee Tingle, a senior, begins her mornings checking an app for when a public bus will arrive at her stop. Riding it is not bad, but learning routes, catching connections and getting to school on time can be challenging as arrival times fluctuate, she said. Dayton Superintendent David Lawrence calls it madness that the Republican-led Legislature diverted roughly $2.5 billion in state education funding to the voucher program over the next two years and still is still is requiring public districts to foot transportation costs for those students. His district runs 54 bus routes for its students and 74 for non-public students, according to data compiled by the Ohio 8 Coalition, representing the eight largest districts. Dayton Public Schools Superintendent David Lawrence is interviewed with the Associated Press on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025 in Dayton, Ohio. (AP Photo) Dayton Public Schools Superintendent David Lawrence is interviewed with the Associated Press on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025 in Dayton, Ohio. (AP Photo) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More The Dayton district could easily provide bus rides for all of its public school students if the state ended some of the requirements about transporting voucher students, Lawrence said.If we didnt have to transport charter school and parochial students, we could transfer all of our students almost door to door from K through 12, he said. That would also help eliminate ancillary issues that arose with public high schoolers making their own ways to school, including disruptions on city buses and threats to their physical safety, he said. Footing the billRepublican state Sen. Andrew Brenner, a school choice advocate who chairs the Senate Education Committee, said he doesnt believe that financial hardship, logistical nightmares and driver recruitment challenges are creating a school transportation crisis in Ohio, as public education advocates contend. Thats a completely inaccurate description, he said. What they have done is theyre excluding all the kids with school choice in many districts and theyre doing everything they can to avoid transporting them. This video taken from photos shows students boarding a school bus on Thursday, August 21, 2025 in Dayton, Ohio. (AP Photo/Patrick Aftoora-Orsagos) This video taken from photos shows students boarding a school bus on Thursday, August 21, 2025 in Dayton, Ohio. (AP Photo/Patrick Aftoora-Orsagos) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More Brenner said lawmakers provided districts with $1,500 per student to cover the costs of transporting voucher students, and he accused districts of abusing a provision that lets them deem busing the voucher students impractical and make payment in lieu of transportation to those families. The amount ranges from roughly $600 to $1,200 per student this year to offset the families costs. Public school districts argue that transporting both public and private students costs way more than the state provides for it, contributing to budget woes. For Ohios largest districts, the gap can total millions of dollars. Transportation burdens for parentsCleveland paid families for 2,739 students it deemed impractical to transport to private schools this fiscal year, according to state data. Columbus was second on the list, paying for about 2,500. The state has sued Columbus schools, accusing the district of shirking mandates about transporting voucher students.Parents are being forced to quit their jobs, rearrange their lives and scramble for transportation, while the school board fails to meet its legal duties, Republican Attorney General Dave Yost said last year. The case is still pending.Columbus defended the decision, arguing that folding those non-public school students into its operation a sophisticated, software-driven enterprise whose buses transport more than 16,000 public and 3,400 non-public students along some 450 routes was unworkable. Spokesperson Mike Brown said the district has $75 million budgeted this school year for transportation, and another $15 million budgeted for transportation-related fines. School buses sit inside the Dayton Public Schools Transportation center on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025 in Dayton, Ohio. (AP Photo/Patrick Aftoora-Orsagos) School buses sit inside the Dayton Public Schools Transportation center on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025 in Dayton, Ohio. (AP Photo/Patrick Aftoora-Orsagos) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More Lawrence said Ohios setup requires public districts to cover overhead for transportation systems. In Dayton, that includes buses that can cost more than $150,000 each, a stable of $66,000-a-year mechanics, a $1.1 million maintenance division, and drivers who make about $22 an hour with benefits on average. Those wages aim to offset the Amazon effect of drivers choosing package delivery over ferrying children for reasons including comfort, schedule flexibility and pay. Brenner said hed like to see more public schools explore the benefits of combining operations within counties to share resources.The states largest urban and suburban districts the Ohio 8 argue lawmakers could help solve the issue by updating antiquated laws and regulations to align with current realities.A study group was created in the last budget but tasked with studying just one issue: how to get non-public students to school on days when public districts are closed. Its recommendations are due in June 2026.___Associated Press videojournalist Patrick Aftoora-Orsagos contributed to this report. JULIE CARR SMYTH Smyth covers government and politics from Columbus, Ohio, for The Associated Press. She was part of the AP team honored as a finalist for the 2025 Pulitzer Prize in breaking news. twitter mailto

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