Nation and World
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5 ways to protect yourself from Medicare fraud
Jul 20, 2022 7:00 am - Medicare fraud is big business, and like most businesses, it has adapted to the new environment of the COVID-19 pandemic. 'œThe public health emergency created an opport...
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Teachers weep recalling students killed in Parkland shooting
Jul 20, 2022 7:00 am - FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Teachers gave heart-wrenching testimony Wednesday in the penalty trial of Nikolas Cruz, with one recalling how a boy in her Holocaust studie...
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Hong Kong book fair kicks off with fewer political books
Jul 20, 2022 7:00 am - HONG KONG (AP) - Hong Kong's annual book fair kicked off Wednesday, with several publishers of political books prevented from taking part in the fair and others saying t...
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Woman pleads not guilty in Texas killing of pro cyclist
Jul 20, 2022 7:00 am - AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A woman accused of killing professional cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson as a romantic rival pleaded not guilty to a murder charge on Wednesday, as her la...
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Trump-backed Cox wins Md. governor primary over Hogan's pick
Jul 20, 2022 7:00 am - ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Dan Cox, a far-right state legislator endorsed by former President Donald Trump, won the Republican primary for Maryland governor on Tuesday, defea...
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2 indicted in migrant death-trailer case that left 53 dead
Jul 20, 2022 7:00 am - Two men were indicted Wednesday in the case of a hot, airless tractor-trailer rig found last month with 53 dead or dying migrants in San Antonio, officials said. A feder...
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UK approves new nuclear power station; Activists eye appeal
Jul 20, 2022 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Britain's government on Wednesday gave the green light to a new nuclear power station that's expected to generate enough low-carbon electricity to power 6 ...
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$1.8B semiconductor plant planned next to Purdue's campus
Jul 20, 2022 7:00 am - WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) - SkyWater Technology announced plans Wednesday to build a $1.8 million semiconductor manufacturing and research center adjacent to Purdue Univ...
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Israel acknowledges use of attack drones for 1st time
Jul 20, 2022 7:00 am - JERUSALEM (AP) - The Israeli military on Wednesday confirmed one of its worst-kept secrets, publicly acknowledging for the first time that it uses unmanned aerial vehicl...
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Funeral held for Ivana Trump; ex-president pays tribute
Jul 20, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Ivana Trump, the 1980s style icon and businesswoman who helped Donald Trump build the empire that put him on a road toward the White House, lived a 'œbea...