Are you a mosquito magnet? It could be your smell
By MADDIE BURAKOFF AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A new study finds that some people really are “mosquito magnets” and it probably has to do…
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MN regent questions diversity, enrollment at Morris campus
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The vice chairman of the University of Minnesota Board of Regents has publicly asked whether the increased diversity on the…
Continue Reading‘Philly on Fire,’ ‘Bella!’ tie for Library of Congress prize
By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Documentaries about feminist leader and politician Bella Abzug and a deadly 1985 Philadelphia…
Continue ReadingPipeline operator agrees to $50M California spill settlement
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A pipeline operator has agreed to pay $50 million to Southern California fishermen, tourism companies and property owners…
Continue ReadingRussian cosmonaut runs over colleague after space return
MOSCOW (AP) — After three missions in space, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev ran into difficulty on Earth when he drove over a colleague on a dark…
Continue ReadingSouth Carolina women unanimous No. 1 in preseason AP Top 25
By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Dawn Staley and South Carolina picked up right where they left off: No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25…
Continue ReadingIndia-led alliance bats for diverse solar energy market
By SIBI ARASU Associated Press BENGALURU, India (AP) — For countries to transition away from fossil fuels and toward cleaner energies like solar…
Continue ReadingTexas importer sues government in fish feud at end of world
By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A small Texas seafood importer has sued the federal government for blocking a shipment of fish from…
Continue ReadingTusk calls for probe into Russian role in Polish wiretapping
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s top opposition leader has called on the country’s ruling party to fully…
Continue ReadingWinning $494M lottery ticket sold in city battered by Ian
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A winning lottery ticket worth a share of a $494 million Mega Millions jackpot was purchased in a southwest Florida city…
Continue ReadingIgor Levit back on road but post-pandemic far from normal
By RONALD BLUM Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Igor Levit arrives at Carnegie Hall changed by the pandemic. Emotional insecurity caused by the…
Continue Reading2 killed in stabbing in southwest Germany, suspect detained
BERLIN (AP) — Police say two people have been killed and another seriously wounded in a stabbing in southwestern Germany. Police said that they…
Continue ReadingWhat goes around comes around: Roller skating’s retro appeal
By TRACEE M. HERBAUGH At a nondescript, basketball court in Waltham, Massachusetts, the leaves take on an autumnal glow and the air is crisp. But…
Continue ReadingGerman cybersecurity chief out after reports of Russia ties
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s Interior Ministry says that the head of the national cybersecurity agency has been dismissed following reports of…
Continue ReadingDeath toll from Russian warplane crash into city rises to 14
MOSCOW (AP) — The death toll from the crash of a Russian warplane into a Russian city has risen to 14. That includes three people who died when…
Continue ReadingGates Foundation boosts GivingTuesday with $10M donation
By THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation donated $10 million to the organization that grew out of…
Continue ReadingMan charged with abusing body of woman last seen in Florida
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A man is charged with abusing the corpse of a former girlfriend whose body was found in a shallow grave in an Alabama barn…
Continue ReadingChina defends right to protect consulate after assault claim
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — China’s Foreign Ministry says its diplomatic missions abroad have the right to “take necessary…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: How Georgia’s midterm runoff elections work
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press Control of the U.S. Senate could again come down to Georgia — and that means it could further come down to the…
Continue ReadingNew Swedish PM presents 3-party center-right government
By KARL RITTER Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — Incoming Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has vowed to set the country on a new course on…
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