Biden heads into a make-or-break stretch for his imperiled presidential campaign
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday opened a critical stretch in his effort to salvage his imperiled reelection campaign, facing a growing...
Millions swelter under dangerous Fourth of July heat wave
Around 134 million people in the U.S. are under alerts as an “extremely dangerous and record-breaking” heat wave broils much of the country, according...
US citizen Woodland convicted of drug-related charges by Moscow court. He’s sentenced to 12.5...
MOSCOW (AP) — Robert Woodland, a Russia-born U.S. citizen, was convicted of drug-related charges by a Moscow court and sentenced to 12 1/2 years...
World swimming federation confirms US federal investigation into Chinese swimmers’ doping tests
GENEVA (AP) — The international swimming federation says its executive director has been ordered to testify as a witness in a U.S. criminal investigation...
What to know about Venezuela’s election as Maduro faces the toughest race of his...
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's self-described socialist government is facing a serious electoral challenge in a presidential election for the first time in decades.President...
Indian mother delivers baby on boat as her river island is inundated by floodwaters
MORIGAON, India (AP) — A blue tarp covered a mother and her newborn daughter from the incessant rain on their boat journey. Jahanara Khatoon,...
The Latest | The UK goes to the polls in a national election with...
Voters in the U.K. are casting their ballots in a national election to choose the 650 lawmakers who will sit in Parliament for the...
India is likely undercounting heat deaths, affecting its response to increasingly harsh heat waves
BENGALURU, India (AP) — Months of scorching temperatures sometimes over 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit) in parts of India this year — its worst...
Hurricane Beryl roars toward Mexico after killing at least 7 people in the southeast...
PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane Beryl ripped off roofs in Jamaica, jumbled fishing boats in Barbados and damaged or destroyed 95% of...
Americans to celebrate Fourth of July with parades, cookouts — and lots of fireworks
Many Americans weren't letting worries about their pocketbooks keep them from traveling and enjoying fireworks as they celebrate their nation’s birth with parades, cookouts...