Thailand fights to contain COVID-19 surge in Bangkok
<p>BANGKOK — Health officials rushed to vaccinate thousands of people in Bangkok's biggest slum on Wednesday as new COVID-19 cases spread through densely populated...
Man arrested in shooting on Arkansas university campus
PINE BLUFF, Ark. — An 18-year-old man was arrested on a first-degree battery charge in connection with an altercation at an Arkansas university campus...
Mother searches for son believed killed by Colombia soldiers
<p>BUCARAMANGA, Colombia — Doris Tejada last heard from her son on New Year’s Eve 2007. Óscar Alexander had left her home in central Colombia...
America’s new normal: A degree hotter than two decades ago
America’s new normal temperature is a degree hotter than it was just two decades ago.
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Professor overcomes loss to craft COVID-19 student brochures
<p>When the coronavirus pandemic struck New York City, LaGuardia Community College professor Lucia Fuentes assigned students in her honors biology class to compile all...
China: US should push North Korea diplomacy, not pressure
UNITED NATIONS — China’s U.N. ambassador expressed hope Monday that President Joe Biden’s policy toward North Korea will give more importance to diplomacy and...
‘DWI Dude’ attorney sentenced for scamming drug traffickers
<p>SHERMAN, Texas — A Texas lawyer known as the “DWI Dude” has been sentenced to more than 15 years in federal prison for falsely...
Suspected extremist in Kenya’s east blow up truck killing 2
NAIROBI, Kenya — At least two people were killed near Kenya's eastern border with Somalia when the vehicle they were travelling in ran over...
Probation for ex-cop accused of kneeling on Black man’s neck
<p>DENVER — A former police officer accused of holding two door-to-door roofing company salesmen on the ground at gunpoint and kneeling on the neck...
Millennial Money: Befriend your money and reap the benefits
What’s your relationship with money? Maybe your personal finances are like a distant cousin you barely think about — or an unsettling stranger you...