内容摘要：Hanan Okal, 22, prepares tea for her children using an open fire inside a classroom at the Jabaliya Preparatory Girls School in the Jabaliya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, Feb. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Hanan Okal, 22, prepares tea for her children using an open fire inside a classroom at the Jabaliya Preparatory Girls School in the Jabaliya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, Feb. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Isaac Young, 5, wears his “TRUMP Keep America Great” hat as he holds up the book, “One Vote, Two Votes, I Vote, You Vote of The Cat in the Hat’s Learning Library” by Bonnie Worth, illustrated by Aristides Ruiz, and Joe Mathieu, before going to watch his dad, Mike Young, vote for Donald Trump on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Sunbury, Ohio. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)Ohio voters a year ago approved a

that ensured access to abortion. Trump, who claims credit for his Supreme Court appointees who helped reverse Roe v. Wade, has repeatedly said states should decide the issue.The Youngs said they are not bothered by Trump’s decision to put abortion-rights supporter Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in charge of the Department of Health and Human Services despite his conflicting stands on abortion. “Abortion is now a state issue, not federal,” Mike said.The family next plans to attend the National March for Life on Jan. 24 in Washington.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s poverty rate jumped from almost 42% to 53% during the first six months ofs presidency, the statistics agency reported Thursday, a steep rise reflecting the pain of the country’s most intense austerity program in recent memory.

The government’s finding that Argentina’s half-year

had surged to its highest level since 2003, when the country was reeling from a catastrophic foreign debt default and currency devaluation, marks a setback for the far-right economist. So far, foreign investors and the“It’s perfectly okay,” he said. “The IRS deals with every single taxpayer. They have dealt with this before. There’s nothing they haven’t seen.”

The Associated Press receives support from Charles Schwab Foundation for educational and explanatory reporting to improve financial literacy. The independent foundation is separate from Charles Schwab and Co. Inc. The AP is solely responsible for its journalism.NEW YORK (AP) — With the end of 2024 around the corner, you might be reflecting on

of your parents’ house or pay off student loan debt, financial resolutions can help you stay motivated, said Courtney Alev, consumer advocate for Credit Karma.“Entering a new year doesn’t erase all our financial challenges from the prior year,” Alev said. “But it can really help to bring a fresh-start mentality to how you’re managing your finances.”