Bicyclist falls to death trying to beat Miami drawbridge
MIAMI — A bicyclist who ignored warning signs and tried to beat a Miami drawbridge slid to his death down the rising concrete slab,...
Scientist behind coronavirus shot says next target is cancer
BERLIN — The scientist who won the race to deliver the first widely used coronavirus vaccine says people can rest assured the shots are...
Death of Tanzania’s Magufuli draws sorrow but ire from some
<p>NAKURU, Kenya — News of the death of Tanzania's President John Magufuli drew mixed reactions; sorrow from many but bitterness from a critic who...
Happiness Report: World shows resilience in face of COVID19
<p>STOCKHOLM — The coronavirus brought a year of fear and anxiety, loneliness and lockdown, and illness and death, but an annual report on happiness...
‘A moving moment.’ Grandma prescribed a post-vaccine hug
NEW YORK — For Laura Shaw Frank, seeing her mother hug her daughter for the first time since the onset of the pandemic was...
More charges in hurricane debris removal scheme
PANAMA CITY, Fla. — A developer and a former city commissioner of a Florida Panhandle city are the latest to be charged in the...
Slain spa worker toiled tirelessly to support her family
ATLANTA — Hyun Jung Grant loved disco and club music, often strutting or moonwalking while doing household chores and jamming with her sons to...
Officials name one of 3 men killed by San Diego driver
<p>SAN DIEGO — A 40-year-old man named Rodney Diffendal was among three people killed when a driver plowed through a sidewalk homeless encampment downtown,...
More charges in hurricane debris removal scheme
<p>PANAMA CITY, Fla. — A developer and a former city commissioner of a Florida Panhandle city are the latest to be charged in the...
Wanted Arizona man who hid in desert for months is arrested
<p>CASA GRANDE, Ariz. — A 42-year-old Arizona man sought on sex abuse-related charges was arrested after he spent more than three months hiding in...