GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — In a midwife’s suburban Atlanta home with a playground and chicken coop outside, Madie Collins lay on an examination table while the midwife measured her pregnant belly. Unlike at many a doctor’s office, no crinkly paper sheet covered the table and no antiseptic chill lingered in the air. The room next door, where ...Read more

State education officials repeatedly raised concerns about possible fraud in the federally funded meals program during the pandemic, but their supervisors stopped them from taking more aggressive action, according to law enforcement interviews and other investigative records newly obtained by the Minnesota Star Tribune.

Front-line regulators ...Read more

As June 2024 came to a close, Gov. JB Pritzker was characteristically bullish while he marked the end of Pride Month by signing into law a requirement that Illinois’ largest nonprofit foundations disclose the demographic makeup of their boards of directors and officers.

“Here in Illinois, we reject hate, bigotry, and discrimination and ...Read more

The U.S. and Iran remained far apart Sunday on a deal to end weeks of war and reopen the crucial Strait of Hormuz, as a drone attack sparked a fire at a United Arab Emirates nuclear plant, spotlighting the risks of a fragile ceasefire.

President Donald Trump made clear his patience is wearing thin, posting on social media Sunday that “For ...Read more

China has agreed to purchase at least $17 billion of agricultural products from the U.S. annually through 2028, the White House said in a fact sheet detailing President Donald Trump’s two-day summit in China.

A day earlier, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce released its own readout of the meeting, which said the U.S. and China will adopt a ...Read more

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is escalating its response to the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, after the World Health Organization labeled the outbreak a public health emergency.

The agency plans to deploy additional staff to the affected countries and will provide technical support...Read more

Peruvian electoral authorities officially confirmed conservative Keiko Fujimori and left-wing lawmaker Roberto Sánchez as candidates for a presidential runoff election on June 7, more than a month after the first round was held.

With all ballots counted, Fujimori took 17.2% of the vote in the first round on April 12, the National Jury of ...Read more

Just off Palm Canyon Drive in Borrego Springs, a dead honey mesquite tree remains rooted in the hot sand. It’s lifeless but not yet useless — not to the creatures that find shade under its branches or the plants that count on its nutrients.

Over the last year, mesquite has been at the heart of a growing water war in Borrego Springs, a tiny ...Read more

An Iraqi national was arrested Friday for what federal authorities have described as serving in a role with two foreign terrorist organizations and attempting to carry out an attack on a Jewish institution in Los Angeles.

Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi, 32, is facing several terrorism-related charges alleging that he worked with Kata'ib ...Read more

The thorny question of whether Britain should unwind a decade of estrangement from the European Union is resurfacing as the Labour Party starts to imagine a future beyond Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

Two key figures have emerged as potential challengers after a series of political body blows that have left Starmer’s leadership in crisis, and ...Read more

Rescue crews responded Sunday to a crash during the Gunfighter Skies air show at Mountain Home Air Force Base. There was a midair collision two miles northwest of the base, the Mountain Home Air Force Base 366th Fighter Wing told the Idaho Statesman.

An announcer told the crowd shortly after 1 p.m. that all four Navy pilots were “found safe.�...Read more

The U.S. and Iran remained far apart on a deal to end weeks of war and reopen the crucial Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, as a drone attack sparked a fire at a United Arab Emirates nuclear plant, spotlighting the risks of a fragile ceasefire.

President Donald Trump made clear his patience is wearing thin, posting on social media Sunday that “For ...Read more

The U.S. and Iran seemed far apart on a deal to end weeks of war and reopen the crucial Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, as a drone attack sparked a fire at a United Arab Emirates nuclear plant, spotlighting the risks of a fragile ceasefire.

Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency said the U.S. had set five main conditions for a peace deal, ...Read more

As President Trump left Beijing on Friday, Chinese social media resurfaced a familiar nickname for the president — flattering at first glance — declaring that Chuan Jianguo, the "Nation Builder," had returned.

It was not meant as a compliment. The nation he is building, according to the Chinese, is not the United States but their own, ...Read more

Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te said the self-ruled democracy cannot be traded away, days after U.S. President Donald Trump described a planned $14 billion arms sale to Taipei as a bargaining chip with China.

“Taiwan will never be sacrificed or traded,” Lai said in a Facebook post on Sunday evening, adding that the island’s central role...Read more

Researchers are getting closer to ensuring a vial of powder the size of a quarter — and with the potential to prevent tens of thousands of unintentional deaths per year from bleeding — is a staple in ambulances, first aid kits, airlift helicopters and military packs.

That small vial of powder, when combined with 10 milliliters of sterile ...Read more

DENVER — Colorado libraries recorded a 25% decrease in challenges to their books, materials, events and exhibits in 2025 compared to the previous year.

Last year, public libraries across the state reported 43 challenges to their books, materials, events and exhibits and two challenges to Internet policies, according to data from the Colorado ...Read more