As climate change leads to more and wetter storms, cholera cases are on the rise
By BLANCA BEGERT, Grist As the planet warms thanks to climate change, tropical storms are becoming more frequent, more powerful, and wetter. The…
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Big progress on Golden Fire in Klamath County, now 83% contained; crews demobilize, evacuation alert ends
Major progress continues to be made on the 2,137-acre Golden Fire in Klamath County, as crews demobilize and the blaze reached 83% containment by…
Continue ReadingTiger Woods joins PGA Tour board and throws support behind Commissioner Jay Monahan
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Tiger Woods has joined the PGA Tour policy board for the first time in his 27 years, giving Commissioner Jay Monahan…
Continue ReadingSafety regulators investigating steering on some Tesla models
By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business (CNN) — The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating new Tesla Model 3 sedans and…
Continue ReadingCrews balance firefighting and protecting a fragile ecosystem in containing California-Nevada blaze
By TY O’NEIL, STEFANIE DAZIO and RIO YAMAT MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters battling a massive blaze in California’s…
Continue ReadingBond is denied for South Carolina woman accused of killing newlywed bride in drunken crash
By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America The South Carolina woman accused of killing a newlywed bride when she drunkenly slammed her car…
Continue ReadingPulled out to sea by current, swimmer is rescued after treading water for 5 hours
JULIE WALKER and KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A swimmer who got swept out to sea by a powerful current was rescued off New…
Continue ReadingDemocratic lawmakers slam the lack of attorney access for asylum seekers in Border Patrol custody
WASHINGTON (AP) — Dozens of Democratic members of Congress are asking the Biden administration to end expedited screening of asylum seekers in…
Continue ReadingThe US lacks that 2019 magic at this Women’s World Cup
By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer The United States is clearly not the dominant team that won the 2019 Women’s World Cup. The Americans have…
Continue ReadingNew Jersey Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver still hospitalized, Scutari is acting governor
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver remained unable to carry out her duties as acting governor on Tuesday after she was…
Continue ReadingTom Hanks and Johnathon Schaech have a ‘That Thing You Do’ reunion
By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Tom Hanks and Johnathon Schaech are still going strong as friends nearly 30 years after they both starred in…
Continue ReadingWhat we know about an American woman and her daughter who were kidnapped in Haiti 6 days ago
By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — Six days since American nurse Alix Dorsainvil and her daughter were kidnapped from the community ministry…
Continue ReadingJob openings fall to lowest level in 2 years as demand for workers cools
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers posted fewer jobs in June, a sign that the red-hot demand for workers…
Continue ReadingOklahoma lawsuit seeks to block opening of first publicly funded religious charter school in the US
By Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — A lawsuit filed Monday in Oklahoma is seeking to block the state’s support for the nation’s first publicly…
Continue ReadingFrench reporters end an unsuccessful strike against a new editor known as a far-right supporter
By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Journalists at France’s emblematic Sunday newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche have decided to put…
Continue ReadingHenrietta Lacks’ family reaches a deal with a biotech company that used her cells without consent
By LEA SKENE and SARAH BRUMFIELD Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — More than 70 years after doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital took Henrietta…
Continue ReadingRepublican Rep. Tiffany won’t run for US Senate in Wisconsin, leaving open field
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, a Republican from Wisconsin, says he won’t run for U.S. Senate in…
Continue ReadingSweden plans to step up border controls as security situation worsens during Quran burning crisis
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden plans to step up border controls and identity checks at crossing points as its security situation deteriorates during a…
Continue ReadingBarbie’s Japanese distributor apologizes for its parent company’s reaction to Barbenheimer memes
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The Japanese distributor of the Warner Bros. movie “Barbie” has apologized for its U.S. parent…
Continue ReadingProsecutors in Gilgo Beach killings are giving Rex Heuermann’s defense a vast trove of evidence
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) — Weeks after charging a Long Island architect in a string of killings known as the Gilgo…
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