Scientists are testing mRNA vaccines to protect cows and people against bird flu
By MIKE STOBBE and LAURAN NEERGAARD Associated Press The bird flu outbreak in U.S. dairy cows is prompting development of new, next-generation mRNA…
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Evers appoints replacement for University of Wisconsin regent who refuses to step down
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has appointed a replacement for a conservative-leaning…
Continue ReadingLedecky says faith in Olympic anti-doping system at ‘all-time low’ after Chinese swimming case
NEW YORK (AP) — Olympic champion Katie Ledecky says faith in the anti-doping system is at an “all-time low” in the wake of the way global…
Continue ReadingRunning for US president from prison? Eugene V. Debs did it, a century ago
By DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Following his unprecedented felony conviction, former president and current presumptive…
Continue ReadingFederal officials are investigating another close call between planes at Reagan National Airport
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials are investigating an incident in which an American Airlines plane rolling down the runway canceled its takeoff…
Continue ReadingZambia’s former first lady and daughter arrested over properties worth more than $2 million
LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — Zambia’s former first lady and one of her daughters have been arrested over their ownership of several properties worth…
Continue ReadingMississippi man files lawsuit alleging he was beaten by a member of the ‘Goon Squad’ and others
By Devon M. Sayers and Jade Gordon, CNN (CNN) — A Mississippi man has come forward saying he was beaten by a known member of the “Goon…
Continue ReadingWoman is back on dialysis after doctors remove transplanted pig kidney
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Doctors say a woman who received a pig kidney transplant is back on dialysis after surgeons…
Continue ReadingEl Salvador says it foiled a plot to plant bombs on the day of President Bukele’s inauguration
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador says it has foiled a plot to plant bombs around the country to coincide with President Nayib…
Continue ReadingElon Musk sees another big advisory firm come out against his multibillion dollar pay package
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — A second shareholder advisory firm has come out against reinstating a pay package for Tesla CEO Elon…
Continue ReadingMerrill Lynch agrees to pay nearly $20 million to settle class action racial discrimination lawsuit
By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Merrill Lynch has agreed to pay nearly $20 million to settle a class-action lawsuit…
Continue ReadingA pregnant stingray with no male companion now has a ‘reproductive disease,’ aquarium says
HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina aquarium said in February that a stingray became pregnant with no male companion in its tank and now…
Continue ReadingSoldiers among 11 killed by separatist militants in southeast Nigeria
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The Nigerian military says militants enforcing a separatist lockdown in the country’s…
Continue ReadingRussia and Ukraine exchange POWs for the first time in months. Bodies of fallen are also swapped
By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press SUMY REGION, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine and Russia exchanged prisoners of war on Friday, each sending back 75 POWs…
Continue ReadingNot guilty plea for suspect in killing of nursing student found on University of Georgia campus
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — A man accused of killing a nursing student whose body was found on the University of Georgia…
Continue ReadingAP analysis finds 2023 set record for US heat deaths, killing in areas that used to handle the heat
By SETH BORENSTEIN, MARY KATHERINE WILDEMAN and ANITA SNOW Associated Press David Hom suffered from diabetes and felt nauseated before he went out to…
Continue ReadingA scorching heat wave kills 14 in India ahead of a final round of election voting on Saturday
By INDRAJIT SINGH Associated Press PATNA, India (AP) — Officials in India say a scorching heat wave has killed at least 14 people, including 10…
Continue ReadingDemocratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia registers as independent, citing ‘partisan extremism’
By LISA MASCARO, KEVIN FREKING and LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia has announced he…
Continue ReadingTexas Supreme Court rejects challenge to state’s abortion law over medical exceptions
By JIM VERTUNO and JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Supreme Court has rejected a challenge to one of the most…
Continue ReadingWest Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin registers as an independent
By Clare Foran and Matt Holt, CNN (CNN) — Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, a longtime moderate Democrat, announced on Friday that he is…
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