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$100,000 bail for woman with history of airline stowaways

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<p>CHICAGO &mdash; A judge on Thursday ordered a 69-year-old woman with a history of stowing away on airliners be held in jail in lieu...

Australian police boss suggests app to prove sexual consent

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CANBERRA, Australia — A senior Australian policeman suggested on Thursday a phone app be developed to document sexual consent in a bid to improve...

U.S. charges Swiss “hacktivist” for data theft and leaks

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SEATTLE — The Justice Department has charged a Swiss hacker with computer intrusion and identity theft, just over a week after the hacker took...

Vaccine withheld from hospital that gave Trump Tower shots

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<p>CHICAGO &mdash; The city of Chicago on Thursday decided to withhold first doses of COVID-19 vaccines from a hospital that improperly administered vaccinations to...

Florida vet held on child pornography, bestiality charges

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MIAMI — A South Florida veterinarian is facing charges of possessing child pornography and sexually abusing a dog, authorities said. ...

Vaccine delay in Britain stirs equity debate in India

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NEW DELHI — Indian health experts and activists on Friday said it was hypocritical for Britain to blame vaccine delays on India’s Serum Institute,...

WHO expert: Virus study to have unanimity despite pressure

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<p>GENEVA &mdash; The head of a World Health Organization team working with Chinese colleagues to finish a long-awaited report into the origins of the...

L.L. Bean sees sales boom amid pandemic’s push to outdoors

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<p>FREEPORT, Maine &mdash; With Americans hunkering down and hankering to <a href="https://apnews.com/article/pandemics-park-city-hiking-utah-coronavirus-pandemic-b05acc8365c0cbb7cc052d8d5ea69b68?utm_source=fark&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_content=link&amp;ICID=ref_fark">get outdoors during the pandemic</a>, L.L. Bean recorded its best annual sales growth...

Scientists in US and Canada set to battle murder hornets

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SPOKANE, Wash. — Scientists in the U.S. and Canada are opening new fronts in the war against so-called murder hornets as the giant insects...

Man who killed 2 at supermarket pleads guilty to hate crimes

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Kentucky man serving a life sentence in prison for fatally shooting two shoppers at a grocery store has pleaded guilty...