Nation and World
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Climate change and vanishing islands threaten brown pelicans
Jul 27, 2022 7:00 am - CHAUVIN, La. (AP) - Sliding off the side of her small boat, seabird biologist Bonnie Slaton wades through waist-high water, brown pelicans soaring overhead, until she re...
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Brazil towel sales emerge to mock mistrust of polls
Jul 27, 2022 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - As keen supporters of Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro claim polls signaling he will lose his reelection bid can't be trusted, an unlikely proxy h...
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Best Buy cuts sales forecast as inflation tempers spending
Jul 27, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Best Buy, the nation's largest consumer electronics chain, cut its annual sales and profit forecast Wednesday, citing surging inflation that has dampened...
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Police: Woman who opened fire at Dallas airport shot at cop
Jul 27, 2022 7:00 am - DALLAS (AP) - A woman accused of firing several gunshots inside a Dallas airport faces a charge of aggravated assault of a public servant because she allegedly fired one...
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Followers of cleric enter Iraqi parliament in show of force
Jul 27, 2022 7:00 am - BAGHDAD (AP) - Hundreds of Iraqi protesters breached Baghdad's parliament Wednesday chanting anti-Iran curses in a demonstration against a nominee for prime minister by ...
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In rare contact, US offers Russia deal for Griner, Whelan
Jul 27, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. has offered a deal to Russia aimed at bringing home WNBA star Brittney Griner and another jailed American, Paul Whelan, Secretary of State Ant...
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Germany to reduce government incentives to buy electric cars
Jul 27, 2022 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - The German government plans to reduce incentive payments for buyers of electric cars and end subsidies for buying plug-in hybrids at the end of this year. ...
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Today in History: July 27, Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta
Jul 27, 2022 7:00 am - Today in History Today is Wednesday, July 27, the 208th day of 2022. There are 157 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On July 27, 1953, the Korean W...
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US signs off on 800,000 more doses of monkeypox vaccine
Jul 27, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - After weeks of delays, nearly 800,000 doses of the monkeypox vaccine will soon be available for distribution, U.S. health regulators said Wednesday. Th...
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Police: Man shot at hotel charged with sex abuse at day care
Jul 27, 2022 7:00 am - A man has been charged with sexually abusing children at his wife's Maryland day care, days after his wife was charged with shooting him at a Washington, D.C., hotel, au...