Tropical Storm Alberto forms in southwest Gulf, 1st named storm of the hurricane season
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tropical Storm Alberto formed on Wednesday in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico, the first named storm of what is forecast...
Collecting sex-crazed zombie cicadas on speed: Scientists track a bug-controlling super-sized fungus
LISLE, Illinois (AP) — With their bulging red eyes and their alien-like mating sound, periodical cicadas can seem scary and weird enough. But some...
On Juneteenth, a journalist honors ancestor at ceremony for Black soldiers who served in...
WASHINGTON (AP) — It was the middle of the night in the summer of 2021 when I finally found the missing piece of my...
Cooler temps and rain could help corral blazes that forced thousands to flee New...
ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) — Cooler weather — and the chance of rain — could bring some relief this week to firefighters battling blazes in...
Early blast of heat and humidity leaves millions sweltering across the US
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A blast of heat and humidity in the Midwest and Northeast days before the official start of summer put a...
Poisoned trees gave a wealthy couple in Maine a killer ocean view. Residents wonder,...
CAMDEN, Maine (AP) — Suspicious deaths in an idyllic seaside community and detective work that points to poison sound like themes from a classic...
With pardons in Maryland, 2.5 million Americans will have marijuana convictions cleared or forgiven
Maryland this week became the latest state to announce mass pardons for people convicted of marijuana-related crimes as the nation wrestles with how to...
US soldier convicted of theft in Russia and sentenced to nearly 4 years in...
MOSCOW (AP) — A court in Russia’s far eastern city of Vladivostok on Wednesday convicted a visiting American soldier of stealing and making threats...
Willie Mays, Giants’ electrifying ‘Say Hey Kid,’ has died at 93
Willie Mays, the electrifying "Say Hey Kid" whose singular combination of talent, drive and exuberance made him one of baseball's greatest and most beloved players, has died. He was 93.
Attorneys for Baltimore seek to keep crew members from bridge collapse ship from returning...
Baltimore (AP) — Attorneys are asking a federal judge to prevent crew members on the cargo ship Dali from returning to their home countries...