Moms for Liberty candidates falter in Florida school board elections
Florida school board candidates aligned with Moms for Liberty fell short in this year's elections, including in Orange County, as the group's influence seems to be waning.
Alfalfa sprout linked to food-poisoning outbreak in 15 states, health officials say
U.S. health officials say a food-poisoning outbreak linked to alfalfa sprouts has sickened people in 15 states. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says 55 cases have been…
Congo receives more than 16,000 doses of Ebola vaccine as it grapples with unprecedented outbreak
BUNIA, Congo (AP) — Congo has received more than 16,000 doses of the Ervebo vaccine as the country grapples with the fastest Ebola outbreak in history, the country’s health minister…
Mexico resumes livestock sales to US under tight controls over screwworm risk
By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ HERMOSILLO, Mexico (AP) — At daybreak, rancher Martín Alfonso Ibarra takes advantage of the cooler hours in northern Mexico’s desert to oversee the milking of his cows…
Have trouble sleeping in a new place? Most do because of the first-night effect
Most people have trouble sleeping for the first time in a new place. The phenomenon is known as the first-night effect.
Today in History: August 23, former priest, convicted child molester dies in prison attack
Former priest John Geoghan (GAY’-gun), the convicted child molester whose prosecution sparked the sex abuse scandal that shook the Roman Catholic Church nationwide, died after another inmate attacked him in…
FACT FOCUS: Census Bureau report does not prove Trump’s claim about noncitizen voting in 2020
Experts say its methodology is flawed and could have created many false positives.
Trump threatens lawsuit against nonprofit that questioned whether National Guard plan lessened crime
The report, published July 13, criticized the administration for taking credit for a historic drop in violent crime at a time when that decline was already underway.
Inside Trump’s remake of the White House Rose Garden. First a stone patio, then statues
Instead of adding new roses, President Donald Trump’s White House Rose Garden is growing statues. Trump put statues of some of America’s founders in the garden just off the Oval…
A trade war between Canada and the US further ruptures a once-close and durable alliance
By ROB GILLIES TORONTO (AP) — For decades, Canada built much of its prosperity on privileged access to the United States. Now, after the collapse of trade talks, one of…