For man behind gene-edited babies, a rocky return to science
By LAURA UNGAR AP Science Writer Five years ago, scientist He Jiankui shocked his peers and the world with claims that he created the first…
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India revives civil militia after Hindu killings in Kashmir
By AIJAZ HUSSAIN Associated Press DHANGRI, India (AP) — After seven Hindus were killed in early January in two back-to-back attacks in Dhangri…
Continue ReadingArgentine fishermen find remains of missing man inside shark
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The remains of a man who had disappeared in southern Argentina earlier this month appear to have been found inside a…
Continue ReadingExtreme heat is a health crisis, Columbia experts say
By ISABELLA O’MALLEY Associated Press The record-breaking heat Earth endured during the summer of 2022 will be repeated without a robust…
Continue ReadingMurdoch says some Fox hosts ‘endorsed’ false election claims
By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — Fox Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch acknowledged that some Fox News commentators endorsed the…
Continue ReadingHong Kong to lift COVID-19 mask mandate on Wednesday
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong will lift its mask mandate on Wednesday, ending the city’s last major restriction…
Continue ReadingNorth Korea’s Kim calls for unity to boost grain production
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un has called for stronger public solidarity behind his…
Continue ReadingLawyer: Cuba Gooding Jr.’s sex with accuser was consensual
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A lawyer says actor Cuba Gooding Jr. had consensual sex with a woman who has accused him of…
Continue ReadingWhite House: No more TikTok on gov’t devices within 30 days
By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is giving all federal agencies 30 days to wipe TikTok off all government…
Continue ReadingArizona Republicans disavow wide-ranging bribery allegation
By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s Republican-controlled Legislature has for years entertained a host of…
Continue ReadingLos Angeles ringleader of $18M COVID fraud scheme extradited
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities say a leader of a Los Angeles-based fraud operation that stole $18 million in COVID-19 aid money has been extradited…
Continue ReadingSt. Louis prosecutor faces mounting criticism over crash
By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Republicans who want the state to take over prosecutions of violent crimes in…
Continue ReadingFrom White House, Biden says ‘Black history matters’
By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Monday that “history matters, and Black history matters” during a…
Continue ReadingTesla requests $330M-plus in additional Nevada tax breaks
By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America RENO, Nev. (AP) — Tesla may receive over $300 million in tax abatements over the next two decades…
Continue ReadingPolice: Arizona crash that killed 2 cyclists likely accident
By ANITA SNOW Associated Press GOODYEAR, Ariz. (AP) — Police say the crash of a truck into a group of 20 bicyclists on a bridge that killed two and…
Continue ReadingFamily: Nevada plane crash pilot had ‘affinity for aviation’
By SCOTT SONNER and RIO YAMAT Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — The pilot of a medical transport plane that crashed during a winter storm in…
Continue ReadingColorado supermarket shooting suspect has schizophrenia
By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Lawyers for a man charged with killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in 2021 confirm he has…
Continue ReadingCoronavirus origins still a mystery 3 years into pandemic
By LAURA UNGAR and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A crucial question has eluded governments and health agencies around the…
Continue ReadingBrazil delegation visits Amazon region where pair died
By FABIANO MAISONNAVE ATALAIA DO NORTE, Brazil (AP) — A delegation from the Brazilian government that includes widows of two slain men who had…
Continue ReadingCalifornia governor vows to change law blocking new housing
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he wants to reform a landmark state environmental law…
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