Nation and World
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FDA targets illegal nicotine gummies in new warning letter
Aug 18, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal regulators on Thursday issued a first-of-a-kind warning to the maker of nicotine gummies, saying the illegal candies pose a growing risk to tee...
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Atlanta rapper Young Thug again denied bond in criminal case
Aug 18, 2022 7:00 am - ATLANTA (AP) - A Georgia judge on Thursday denied bond - again - for Atlanta rapper Young Thug, one of nearly 30 people charged in a 65-count indictment alleging he is t...
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Hurricane winds, fierce storms leave 8 dead in France, Italy
Aug 18, 2022 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - Violent thunderstorms and hurricane-force winds left at least eight dead Thursday in France and Italy, uprooting trees in Tuscany and on the French island o...
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Gas-powered muscle cars drive into the sunset, turn electric
Aug 18, 2022 7:00 am - PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) - Thundering gas-powered muscle cars, for decades a fixture of American culture, will be closing in on their final Saturday-night cruises in the comi...
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Judge limits privilege defense in AZ Mormon sex abuse case
Aug 18, 2022 7:00 am - An Arizona judge overseeing a high-profile lawsuit accusing the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints of conspiring to cover-up child sex abuse has ruled that the ...
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Judge denies bail for Rushdie's attacker, bars interviews
Aug 18, 2022 7:00 am - MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) - A judge refused to grant bail Thursday to the man accused of trying to kill Salman Rushdie as the acclaimed author prepared to give a talk in weste...
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A look at the world's skinniest skyscraper: Steinway Tower
Aug 18, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - One skyscraper stands out from the rest in the Manhattan skyline. It's not the tallest, but it is the skinniest - the world's skinniest, in fact. The 84-...
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Ethiopia calls WHO chief's comments on Tigray "unethical"
Aug 18, 2022 7:00 am - NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Ethiopia's government is criticizing as 'œunethical'ť the statement by the World Health Organization's director-general that the crisis in the coun...
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Hong Kong political activists plead guilty amid crackdown
Aug 18, 2022 7:00 am - HONG KONG (AP) - Authorities in Hong Kong say 29 out of 47 pro-democracy activists charged with 'œconspiracy to commit subversion'ť under a tough National Security Law e...
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Africa CDC says renaming of monkeypox variants curbs stigma
Aug 18, 2022 7:00 am - KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - The head of Africa's public health agency says he's 'œreally pleased'ť that the World Health Organization is renaming the strains of the monkeypox...