Nation and World
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Disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar stabbed multiple times at Florida federal prison: AP sources
Jul 10, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar, who was convicted of sexually abusing female gymnasts including Olympic medalists, was stabbed multiple times dur...
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Chinese employers ordered to limit outdoor work as country struggles with heat, flooding and drought
Jul 10, 2023 1:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - Rescuers were looking Monday for seven people missing in a landslide triggered by torrential rains while employers across much of China were ordered to li...
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Cities like Chicago have long made plans for extreme heat. Are they enough in a warming world?
Jul 10, 2023 1:00 am - Natural disasters can be dramatic — barreling hurricanes, building-toppling tornadoes — but heat is more deadly. Chicago learned that the hard way in 1995. That July, a ...
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Heavy rains cause flooding and mudslides in southwest Japan, leaving 2 dead and at least 6 missing
Jul 10, 2023 1:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Torrential rain pounded southwestern Japan, triggering floods and mudslides and leaving two people dead and at least six others missing, officials said Mond...
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Biden and King Charles III together prod businesses to do more to combat climate change
Jul 10, 2023 1:00 am - WINDSOR, England - President Joe Biden and King Charles III, two leaders who waited decades to reach the pinnacle of their careers, used their first meeting in those rol...
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Democrat Roland Gutierrez joins US Senate race in Texas after pressing for action over Uvalde
Jul 10, 2023 1:00 am - AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Democratic Texas state Sen. Roland Gutierrez, who has pushed for police accountability and tougher gun laws after the Uvalde school shooting, announ...
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What is a strike in baseball? Robots, rule book and umpires view it differently
Jul 10, 2023 1:00 am - SEATTLE (AP) - The education of robot umpires has been complicated by an open secret in baseball for the past 150 years: The strike zone called on the field doesn't matc...
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NATO chief: Turkey agrees to send Sweden's NATO accession protocol to Parliament swiftly
Jul 10, 2023 1:00 am - VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Monday that Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has agreed to send Sweden's accession protocol...
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Families with transgender kids are increasingly forced to travel out of state for the care they need
Jul 10, 2023 1:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - On an early morning in June, Flower Nichols and her mother set off on an expedition to Chicago from their home in Indianapolis. The family was determined ...
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Kremlin says Putin met with Russian mercenary leader days after abortive mutiny
Jul 10, 2023 1:00 am - Just five days after staging a short-lived rebellion, mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin's commanders met with Russian President Vladimir Putin and pledged loyalty to the...