Allergies can make you miserable. Here’s how to track pollen levels near you
By DEVI SHASTRI AP Health Writer Allergy season is here, but it doesn’t have to make you miserable. Experts say people can manage most symptoms…
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Ethnic Karen guerrillas in Myanmar leave a town that army lost 2 weeks ago as rival group holds sway
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Guerrilla fighters from the main ethnic Karen fighting force battling Myanmar’s military government…
Continue ReadingJohn Lithgow takes on the role of the new kid in school for a PBS special celebrating arts education
By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press Besides being an accomplished actor, John Lithgow is a Harvard graduate who was a Fulbright Scholar at the London…
Continue ReadingAbout 1 in 4 US adults over 50 who aren’t yet retired expect to never retire, an AARP study finds
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — About one-quarter of U.S. adults over age 50 who are not yet retired say they expect to never…
Continue ReadingThe summer after Barbenheimer and the strikes, Hollywood charts a new course
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Expectations are tempered for the financial prospects of summer of 2024 at the movies. There are…
Continue ReadingThe plate as palette: Set the table and the mood with the latest in creative dishware
By KIM COOK Associated Press The way a meal looks has been important to the dining experience since forever. But perhaps never more than now, when…
Continue ReadingFamily of man killed when Chicago police fired 96 times during traffic stop file wrongful death suit
By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The family of a Chicago man killed when plainclothes police officers fired their guns nearly 100…
Continue ReadingSome Nikki Haley voters are hanging on to her candidacy and, like her, refuse to endorse Trump
By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — When Nikki Haley suspended her presidential campaign, she refused to endorse Donald Trump for…
Continue ReadingNew Jersey is motivating telecommuters to appeal their New York tax bills. Connecticut may be next
By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Telecommuting, a pandemic-era novelty that has become a permanent alternative for many…
Continue ReadingSpain’s prime minister says he will consider resigning after wife is targeted by judicial probe
MADRID (AP) — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has denied corruption allegations against his wife but says he will consider resigning after a…
Continue ReadingParis will become a no-fly zone to safeguard its wildly ambitious Olympic opening ceremony
PARIS (AP) — The head of the Paris airports operator says skies over the French capital will be closed completely for six hours as part of the…
Continue ReadingTeen charged in mass shooting at LGBTQ+ friendly punk rock show in Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A teenage suspect who allegedly made derogatory remarks about LGBTQ+ people before opening fire at a backyard punk rock show now…
Continue ReadingThe summer after Barbenheimer and the strikes, Hollywood charts a new course
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Expectations are tempered for the financial prospects of summer of 2024 at the movies. There are fewer superheroes…
Continue ReadingAncestry website to catalogue names of Japanese Americans incarcerated during World War II
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The names of thousands of people held in Japanese American incarceration camps during World War II will be digitized and made…
Continue ReadingMicrosoft and Amazon face scrutiny from UK competition watchdog over recent AI deals
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — British competition regulators say they’ll scrutinize recent artificial intelligence deals by…
Continue ReadingGerman leader says Europe must keep increasing aid to Ukraine after US approves new military help
BERLIN (AP) — The German chancellor says Europe must continue to step up its help for Ukraine even after the approval of a big U.S. aid package.…
Continue ReadingTeenage girl arrested after a student and 2 teachers were stabbed at a school in Wales
LONDON (AP) — Police in the U.K. say a teenage girl has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after stabbing a student and two teachers at…
Continue ReadingShe was too sick for a traditional transplant. So she received a pig kidney and a heart pump
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Doctors have transplanted a pig kidney into a New Jersey woman who was near death, part of a…
Continue ReadingIAEA team inspects treated radioactive water release from Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A team of experts from the U.N. nuclear agency has inspected the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi…
Continue ReadingUSDA updates rules for school meals that limit added sugars for the first time
By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer The nation’s school meals will get a makeover under new nutrition standards that limit added sugars for the…
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