US hitting encouraging milestones on virus deaths and shots
COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. have dipped below 300 a day for the first time since the early days of the disaster in March...
Deputy fatally shoots pet chimpanzee that attacked woman
PENDLETON, Ore. — A deputy shot and killed an adult pet chimpanzee named Buck after it attacked a woman in Eastern Oregon, sheriff's officials...
Transgender weightlifter Hubbard selected for Tokyo Olympics
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Weightlifter Laurel Hubbard will be the first transgender athlete to compete at the Olympics.
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Four shot, including 1-year-old, at Toronto birthday party
TORONTO — Three children were wounded when gunfire broke out at a child’s outdoor birthday party in western Toronto on Saturday evening.
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Take 2: Spacewalking astronauts tackle solar panel work
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronauts ventured out on their second spacewalk in less than a week Sunday to install powerful new solar panels outside...
Southwest US states bake, wildfire threatens Arizona towns
LAS VEGAS — The Southwest U.S. continued to bake Saturday, and weather forecasters kept warnings in effect for excessive heat in Arizona, Nevada and...
Brothers set record crossing large gap in park on a highline
SAN FRANCISCO — Two brothers from San Francisco say they have set a record for the longest highline ever walked in both Yosemite National...
Life-threatening flash flooding rises in Claudette’s path
NEW ORLEANS — Forecasters warned of life-threatening flash flooding in parts of the Deep South, particularly across central Alabama, as Tropical Depression Claudette traveled...
Schmeichel: Outpouring of support shows ‘the reason I play’
COPENHAGEN — The outpouring of support in the wake of Christian Eriksen's collapse has shown how soccer can unite an entire country and why...
Confederate leader’s Memphis past erased with body’s removal
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest’s polarizing presence has hung over Memphis since he moved here in 1852 — his legacy cemented...