Company defends use of toxic chemicals to fight plant fire
A company whose northern Illinois chemical plant was heavily damaged in a fire last week defended its use of firefighting foam containing toxic chemicals...
120,000-year-old fossils in Israel link to human family tree
WASHINGTON — Bones found in an Israeli quarry are from a branch of the human evolutionary tree and are 120,000 to 140,000 years old,...
Testosterone rule keeps transgender runner out of trials
EUGENE, Ore. — Transgender runner CeCe Telfer will not be allowed to compete in the women's 400-meter hurdles at U.S. Olympic trials because Telfer...
China prepares for Communist Party centenary in secret
BEIJING — Chinese authorities have closed Beijing's central Tiananmen Square to the public, eight days ahead of a major celebration being planned to mark...
Texas grand jury issues no indictments in Black inmate death
McKINNEY, Texas — A grand jury in Texas has declined to indict eight jailers over the in-custody death of a Black man who died...
Europe’s human rights body seeks probe into Czech Roma death
PRAGUE — Europe’s main human rights body on Wednesday demanded a thorough and independent investigation into the death of a Roma man who died...
Unvaccinated Missourians fuel COVID: ‘We will be the canary’
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — As the U.S. emerges from the COVID-19 crisis, Missouri is becoming a cautionary tale for the rest of the country:...
Hit-and-run death reopened in mother and son shooting deaths
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Information gathered by agents investigating the death of a mother and son from a prominent South Carolina legal family has led...
Experts: Benefits of COVID vaccine outweigh small heart risk
NEW YORK — Federal officials said Wednesday they plan to strengthen cautions about a rare side effect of some COVID-19 vaccines — chest pain...