Nation and World
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WHO: COVID triples across Europe, hospitalizations double
Jul 19, 2022 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - The World Health Organization said Tuesday that coronavirus cases have tripled across Europe in the past six weeks, accounting for nearly half of all infec...
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Japan extends detention for Abe's alleged assassin
Jul 19, 2022 7:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Japanese authorities have obtained court approval to extend the detention of the suspect in former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's assassination earlier this mo...
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Mississippi clinic ends challenge of near-ban on abortion
Jul 19, 2022 7:00 am - JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The Mississippi abortion clinic that was at the center of the U.S. Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade ended a lawsuit Tuesday in wh...
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UK weather office records provisional temperature of 40.2 C (104.4 F), as Britain sizzles in unprecedented heat
Jul 19, 2022 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - UK weather office records provisional temperature of 40.2 C (104.4 F), as Britain sizzles in unprecedented heat. ...
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Scars of COVID persist for sickest survivors, their families
Jul 19, 2022 7:00 am - Freddy Fernandez almost wasn't here, on his couch in his Missouri home, his baby on his lap, gnawing on the pulse oximeter that he uses to check his oxygen levels after ...
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No charges for 'Late Show' crew arrested on Capitol Hill
Jul 19, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal prosecutors said Monday they have declined to bring charges against nine people associated with CBS' 'œLate Show with Stephen Colbert'ť who wer...
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Hoover Dam transformer explodes; no one hurt
Jul 19, 2022 7:00 am - BOULDER CITY, Nev. (AP) - A transformer exploded Tuesday at Hoover Dam, one of the nation's largest hydroelectric facilities, producing a thick cloud of black smoke and ...
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Most major nations lag in acting on climate-fighting goals
Jul 19, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - For most of the major carbon-polluting nations, promising to fight climate change is a lot easier than actually doing it. In the United States, Preside...
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Iran says acclaimed filmmaker to serve out 6-year sentence
Jul 19, 2022 7:00 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran's judiciary on Tuesday ordered one of the country's leading filmmakers to serve out a six-year prison sentence from a decade ago ...
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Spanish law on explicit consent in sexual relations delayed
Jul 19, 2022 7:00 am - MADRID (AP) - A new Spanish law requiring an explicit expression of consent in sexual relations won't take effect just yet, after the country's Senate on Tuesday demande...