Push to map Great Lakes bottom gains momentum amid promises effort will help fishing and shipping
Jennifer Boehme grew up scouting beaches around her home in St. Petersburg, Florida, for whatever she could find. Rocks, sand dollars, coquina mollusks — anything the ocean ...
Sex workers are hit hard by Congo’s mpox outbreak but say their only option is to keep working
It’s been four months since Sifa Kunguja recovered from mpox, but as a sex worker, she said, she’s still struggling to regain clients, with fear and stigma ...
Thai police arrest driver and work to identify victims of the school bus fire that killed 23
Thai police have arrested the driver of a bus carrying young students and teachers that caught fire and killed 23 in suburban Bangkok, as families arrived in the capital Wednesday ...
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Harris and Biden are fanning out across the Southeast as devastation from Helene grows
WASHINGTON (AP) — Over the last four years, President Joe Biden has jetted off to survey damage and console victims after tornadoes, wildfires and tropical storms. It’s not a role that Kamala Harris ...
Harris, Trump’s approach to Mideast crisis, hurricane to test public mood in final weeks of campaign
A trio of new trials — a devastating hurricane, expanding conflict in the Mideast and a dockworkers strike that threatens the U.S. economy — are looming over the final weeks of ...
Tokyo shares fall, Hong Kong’s advance as tensions escalate in the Middle East
Asian shares were mixed on Wednesday, with Tokyo’s benchmark falling while Hong Kong’s advanced despite the sharp escalation of tensions in the Middle East. Oil prices extended gains after Iran ...
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Pennsylvania town grapples with Trump assassination attempt ahead of his return
BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — Donald Trump is going back to Butler, where the world last saw him pump his fist and beseech followers to “fight,” even as blood streaked his face from a would-be assassin’s bullet.
After pressing an Israel-Hezbollah cease-fire, the Biden administration shifts its message
The Biden administration says there is a significant difference between Israeli actions that have expanded its war against the Iranian-backed militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah ...
Doctor charged in connection with Matthew Perry’s death is expected to plead guilty
One of two doctors charged in the investigation of the death of Matthew Perry is expected to plead guilty Wednesday in a federal court in Los Angeles to conspiring to distribute ...
Republicans are more likely than Democrats to see Israel as a US ally: AP-NORC poll
After a year of war between Israel and Hamas, U.S. public opinion on the conflict remains polarized, a new survey by the Pearson Institute and The-NORC Center ...
New York City Mayor Eric Adams is due back in court in his criminal case
New York City Mayor Eric Adams is set to return to court Wednesday in a case where he is accused of taking bribes and illegal campaign contributions. The Democrat is set to make a ...
Palestinians in West Bank risk crossing Israel’s separation barrier to flee failing economy
May, Sayyed Ayyed and dozens of other unemployed Palestinian men gathered at the foot of the towering wall of concrete and barbed wire dividing the occupied ...