Serious pregnancy complications are rare in the U.S., but they still affect thousands of women each year. They may endanger the health of the mother, fetus or both. Many are more common in Black …
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By LINDSEY TANNER
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8/22/22
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The world's newest and most powerful space telescope is showing Jupiter as never before, auroras and all. Scientists released new images of the solar system’s biggest planet Monday. The Webb Space …
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By MARCIA DUNN
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8/22/22
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Pfizer has asked U.S. regulators to authorize its combination COVID-19 vaccine that adds protection against the newest omicron relatives. The move Monday is a key step toward opening a fall booster …
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By LAURAN NEERGAARD
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8/22/22
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This Saturday, San Diego Bishop Robert McElroy will join 20 other Catholic clerics in being elevated to the position of cardinal. McElroy is a staunch ally of Pope Francis, a stance that puts him at …
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By DAVID CRARY
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8/22/22
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South Korean police say they believe a possible relative of two children whose bodies were found in suitcases in New Zealand last week is likely in South Korea. Immigration records show that the …
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By KIM TONG-HYUNG
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8/22/22
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Jurors will hear closing arguments Monday in the retrial of two men charged with conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020. Adam Fox and Barry Croft Jr. declined to testify Friday …
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By ED WHITE
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8/21/22
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Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck said “I do” again this weekend. But instead of in a late night Las Vegas drive through chapel, this time it was in front of friends and family in Georgia, a person …
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By LINDSEY BAHR
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8/21/22
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California has a first-in-the nation law and a $30 million training program both aimed at trying to help former inmate firefighters turn pro after they are released from prison. But an Associated …
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By DON THOMPSON
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8/21/22
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Prosecutors in Brooklyn are for the first time retrying a long-ago case they won with the help of a former homicide detective whose work has been questioned. Nearly 20 people have had decades-old …
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By JENNIFER PELTZ
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8/21/22
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There's no dispute about some of the evidence in the trial of two men accused of wanting to kidnap Michigan’s governor. Barry Croft Jr. and Adam Fox enjoy getting high. The jury repeatedly has …
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By ED WHITE
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8/21/22
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When Minneapolis teachers settled a 14-day strike earlier this year, they celebrated a groundbreaking provision in their new contract that was meant to shield teachers of color from traditional …
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By STEVE KARNOWSKI
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8/21/22
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Attorneys for Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz are about to present their case for why they believe he should be sentenced to life in prison and not death. Lead public defender Melisa McNeill is …
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By TERRY SPENCER
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8/21/22
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A Massachusetts woman’s diamond wedding ring is back on her finger after a man with a metal detector responded to her social media plea for help and found it at the bottom of the ocean. Francesca …
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8/20/22
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Demolition of a 19th-century church in Philadelphia has begun following a yearslong battle by some neighbors to save the crumbling structure. Crews last week surrounded the 140-year-old St. …
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8/20/22
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Family, friends and fans have paid tribute to French cartoonist Jean-Jacques Sempé, who died last week at age 89. Sempé's work graced more than 100 covers of The New Yorker magazine and granted him …
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By JADE LE DELEY
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8/20/22
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Death Valley National Park’s most popular sites will reopen to the public on Saturday, two weeks after massive flash-flooding. But the National Park Service cautions visitors to expect delays and …
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8/19/22
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Javier Bardem is confident that audiences in America will enjoy “The Good Boss” as much as those in Spain when the film arrives in the U.S. later this month. The satire on corporate corruption …
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By SIGAL RATNER-ARIAS
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8/19/22
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Singer Loudon Wainwright III has been writing about aging before he had any real concept of what that meant. Now he's turned 75, and the songwriter's first collection of new compositions in eight …
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By DAVID BAUDER
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8/19/22
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Yellowstone National Park officials say part of a foot found in a hot spring this week is believed to be linked to a July 31 death. Park officials do not believe foul play was involved but did not …
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By AMY BETH HANSON and THOMAS PEIPERT
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8/19/22
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Algerian firefighters have extinguished all but one of over 50 wildfires that ravaged the country this week. The fires in the North African nation left at least 37 people dead and consumed crops and …
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8/19/22
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