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Russian authorities say a staffer at a plague research institute in Siberia contracted pneumonia of an unknown cause, and local state TV reported the woman died last week
Cornells main administration building has been splashed with graffiti and a glass door was broken
The Supreme Court is rejecting an appeal from a Michigan woman challenging a school districts ban on shirts with the phrase Lets Go Brandon.
Pope Francis' journal entries from his time in the Vatican and years before will be published this fall
The Trump administration has proposed changes to Head Start regulations that would remove rules against suspending and expelling preschoolers
A Lao man deported by the United States to Eswatini under the Trump administrations immigration crackdown has been released after more than a year in prison
It's now Typhoon Nolo in the Pacific Ocean after the powerful storm crossed the international dateline
US Air Force removes all bombers from British air base targeted by a suspected terror attack, brings them back to the US
Christa Pike remains unconscious and on a ventilator in a Tennessee hospital after a failed execution attempt
The Smithsonian Institution is using artificial intelligence to better understand its collection related to the American Revolution
A new trend has emerged at Prague's Charles Bridge, where tourists now line up to recreate a famous photo of the members of Depeche Mode
Saint Laurent dazzles with a river of gold at Paris Fashion Week, featuring a glossy black runway and a shimmering Eiffel Tower in the background
Miranda Lambert has entered her disco era with her new album, Crisco, set to release Friday
Buddy Guy, two months past his 90th birthday, has been celebrated with a sold-out show at Radio City Music Hall
Police divers have found the body of a patient who went missing after a medical helicopter crashed into the Pacific Ocean off Catalina Island near Los Angeles
Congo's Ebola outbreak has now recorded more than 4,000 deaths as authorities struggle to contain the virus
Most states have backup plans in case the first attempt at executing someone is unsuccessful
Households in the contiguous United States will pay thousands of dollars more for energy through 2040 because of federal policy changes since President Donald Trump returned to office
As midterm elections approach, some voters are worried about immigration enforcement officers at polling places
A Venezuelan delivery driver who was shot by a federal immigration agent in Texas has had surgery to remove the bullet lodged in his back
Two Massachusetts men have been sentenced to probation and given fines after they pleaded guilty to setting off fireworks at an empty Harvard Medical School building
The Justice Department says a Department of Energy electrical engineer has been arrested on charges of providing support to the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has waived a restriction on $320 million in military aid to Egypt that had been previously withheld over human rights concerns
The attorney for a Northern California woman charged with her husband in the killing of their son-in-law says she plans to plead not guilty
The lethal drug administered in Tennessees failed attempt to execute Christa Pike has been used in multiple states that carry out the death penalty
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has ordered Iran's foreign minister and his delegation to the U.N. General Assembly to leave New York earlier than they had planned
Alabama, Arkansas and Louisiana have gone to the U.S. Supreme Court to challenge abortion shield laws in California, Massachusetts and New York that protect providers who prescribe abortion pills across state lines
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill that would have penalized people for using smart glasses to record people without their permission in changing rooms, doctors offices and other spaces people generally consider private
Experts say Swiss glaciers lost 5.5% of their ice this year, second-biggest annual loss, due to heat waves and less snow
The candidates for California governor Democrat Xavier Becerra and Republican Steve Hilton will meet face to face in the only scheduled debate of the campaign
The Federal Reserves internal watchdog says that the central bank has broadly mismanaged an expansive building renovation project but did not find any criminal violations, as alleged by Trump administration prosecutors
State officials nationwide are focusing on rising gas and diesel prices tied to the war in Iran
Pennsylvania health officials have reported a fifth measles-associated death
Police say the parents of a Detroit-area toddler who pulled a loaded pistol out of his backpack at a daycare will face charges
Dr. Nicole Saphier, President Trump's third nominee for surgeon general, is moving closer to confirmation
President Donald Trump is expected to announce plans for South Korea to invest roughly $54 billion in a project to export natural gas from Alaska, a proposal long backed by Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan, who's in a competitive reelection contest there
Since OpenAI disclosed this summer that its artificial intelligence system hacked into another AI company in what is now referred to as the Hugging Face incident, other AI companies have jumped on the bandwagon with their own concerning events, such as...
The Trump administration says it's considering reducing the scope of a border security project in Big Bend National Park in Texas
When summer heat feels stifling, most people can cool off with a glass of ice-cold water, turning up the AC or opening a window
Inflation slowed a bit last month as Americans ramped up their spending, though price gains remained elevated and are a challenge for many voters as the midterm elections approach
A Virginia mans murder conviction has been vacated, freeing him after 25 years in prison, including over a decade on death row
The Trump administration is shifting federal policy and dollars away from the Housing First approach that has been at the heart of federal homelessness policy
After a week of fierce competition, Backpack emerged victorious as Fat Bear Week champion, the heftiest bear of Alaskas Katmai National Park and Preserve
Six years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, the U.N. General Assemblys leader and health officials are seeking to make sure that the lurking possibility of another worldwide disease emergency stays on the global agenda
Hospitals in Yemen are struggling as civil war returns to the Arab world's poorest nation
Authorities in Idaho say a man found dead in a church decades ago may be connected to unsolved poisonings in 1982 that were dubbed the Tylenol murders
A coroners report notes that actor Hayden Panettiere had been in rehabilitation just weeks before she died from an accidental drug overdose
A 36-year-old Costa Rican man whose family says he complained of not receiving proper care for his diabetes is the third detainee in less than six months to die at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Louisiana
At least six hospitals have reached agreements with President Donald Trump's administration to stop offering gender-affirming treatment for transgender minors
Florida is experiencing one of its worst surges of dengue in decades, and the toll now includes a death

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