Tropical Storm Enrique misses direct hit on Baja resorts
CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico — Tropical Storm Enrique swirled to the east of the tip of Mexico's Baja California Peninsula, missing a direct hit...
Take three! Nats’ Turner ties MLB record, hits for 3rd cycle
WASHINGTON — Trea Turner completed his record-tying third career cycle by hitting a sixth-inning triple for the Washington Nationals on Wednesday, accomplishing the feat...
University trustees to vote on Nikole Hannah-Jones tenure
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Weeks of tension over the hiring of investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will...
Virus infections surging in Africa’s vulnerable rural areas
ZVIMBA, Zimbabwe — For Pelagia Bvukura, who lives in a rural part of north-central Zimbabwe, COVID-19 had always been a “city disease,” affecting those...
How points and miles credit cards can ease return to travel
As the COVID-19 vaccination era makes it safer to travel, many people who stayed home during pandemic shutdowns are vacationing again. Airport checkpoint numbers...
To aid island during pandemic, students forgo senior trip
Students from a Maine island high school have seen the world on senior class trips -- the Eiffel Tower, Iceland’s volcanos, Norway’s fjords, the...
Q&A: Ford Foundation’s leader straddles contrasting worlds
Darren Walker has experienced two sides of life — one of poverty, one of wealth.
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Tropical Storm Enrique heads for resorts in southern Baja
MEXICO CITY — Tropical Storm Enrique, which spent the weekend as the first hurricane of the eastern Pacific season, is losing steam as it...
Florida baby picked as Gerber spokesbaby;’ wins $25,000
WINTER PARK, Fla. — A four-month-old baby boy from Florida is the new “spokesbaby" for the Gerber baby food company.
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FBI offers reward in hunt for man accused of shooting agent
JACKSON, Miss. — The FBI is offering a reward of up to $50,000 for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of a...