FORT WORTH, Texas — Swimming is one of the best ways to cool off during a Texas summer.

But before you head to the pool, health officials are warning about a stomach illness that spreads in recreational water this time of year.

The illness is caused by a parasite called Cryptosporidium and can leave people sick for days or even weeks.

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BOISE, Idaho — This month marked a big shift for electric motorcycle or “e-moto” riders in the Treasure Valley.

Boise City Council members unanimously passed an ordinance allowing the vehicles only on public roads and requiring them to be street legal, and Meridian Police announced they will “focus enforcement efforts” on people ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — With July Fourth weekend, California and other Western states are heading into the beginning of peak fire season — when rain is scarce and temperatures are high.

But an ominous new trend is reshaping forest fire behavior. Not only have the number and size of fires grown in recent decades, but fires are burning hotter and ...Read more

Artificial intelligence is barging into the workplace and transforming the battlefield. Now, it’s coming to the ballot box, promising to rewrite the DNA of politics.

Driven by a flood of Silicon Valley money, AI has emerged as one of the biggest financial forces in this year’s U.S. elections, fueled by hundreds of millions of dollars from ...Read more

President Donald Trump basked in a celebration of the country’s 250th birthday at Mount Rushmore on Friday, standing before a memorial to some of the most beloved presidents as he looks to boost his own political standing ahead of midterm elections.

The optics at the event in South Dakota, part of the anniversary celebrations leading up to ...Read more

MIAMI — With the one-time immigration detention camp known as “Alligator Alcatraz” closed down, environmental groups say the time has come to turn the remote airport into an environmental preserve. That could include ripping up the jumbo runway that was the subject of a huge environmental fight decades ago.

Miami-Dade County owns the 17,...Read more

Turkey arrested a stand-up comedian on charges that he insulted President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and incited the public to hatred by joking about religion.

Deniz Goktas, 32, was detained by security forces at Istanbul Airport on Thursday and formally arrested after the prosecutor charged him on Friday, state-run Anadolu Agency reported.

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LOS ANGELES — Cleanup efforts at a fire-ravaged cold storage warehouse in Boyle Heights just got messier.

In a letter sent Friday, Greg Lehmkuhl — chief executive of Lineage, which manages the facility — accused Altus Power, the solar panel subcontractor whose rooftop equipment is suspected of potentially sparking the June 17 blaze, of ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The eve of the United States’ 250th birthday in Philadelphia was less celebration and more chagrin, as oppressive heat left swaths of tourists and revelers in an aimless search of pomp and circumstance.

On Friday, Wawa’s Salute to Independence Semiquincentennial Parade was canceled because of 100-plus-degree temperatures ...Read more

Venezuela’s official earthquake death toll climbed to 2,645 on Friday as a new United Nations-backed assessment estimated the twin earthquakes caused at least $37 billion in direct physical damage, underscoring the enormous reconstruction challenge facing a country already weakened by years of economic decline and deteriorating infrastructure....Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — A Florida man faces up to 10 years in prison for federal charges related to the theft of Smokey Bear signs from the Panhandle to Orlando in order to sell them on Facebook Marketplace.

A federal grand jury on Monday indicted Hunter Drake Lovett, 30, of Pace, for theft of government property, according to the U.S. Attorney’s ...Read more

Power demand on the largest U.S. grid surged to a record this week as a searing heat dome continues to hover over the east of the country on Friday, halting some Independence Day festivities in the nation’s capital.

PJM Interconnection LLC, a power grid serving 67 million people across 13 states from the District of Columbia to Chicago, said ...Read more

The Tibetan New Yorker who set himself on fire outside the United Nations to protest the Chinese occupation of his native home livestreamed his death, officials said.

Lobga Rangzen also recorded a six-minute appeal for Tibet’s freedom and independence in his native language before putting on traditional monastic robes and walking to 42nd St ...Read more

DEARBORN, Mich. — Dearborn's Fairlane Town Center erupted in chaos Friday afternoon after a shooting left two people dead and one injured.

Dearborn Police Chief Issa Shahin said officers responded to the shooting at the mall on Michigan Avenue around 1:25 p.m. Friday. One of the victims died in the mall; the other, at the hospital. Shahin ...Read more

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan lawmakers worked through the night into Friday morning to approve a new state budget that will use an array of spending cuts and funding maneuvers to close a $1 billion tax revenue gap.

The spending plan will increase the state's investment in basic per-student support for Michigan schools, will attempt to boost ...Read more

European NATO allies have mostly replaced the assets that the U.S. has cut from its rescue plans in case of a war in Europe, Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe Sir John Stringer said in an interview.

Stringer made the assurance to Bloomberg Television ahead of the alliance’s summit in Ankara next week, at which allies will try to smooth ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump pardoned six people who he said were sentenced or in prison for “fixing their car,” a day before the U.S. celebrates 250 years of independence on July 4.

Trump didn’t identify the people or specify their offenses. In a presidential memorandum issued Monday, he asked the Environmental Protection Agency...Read more

President Claudia Sheinbaum’s approval rating dipped below 50% for the first time in a new poll, as concerns mount over falling purchasing power fueled by rising prices.

The leftist leader’s approval slipped to 49% in June from 53% a month earlier, according to LatAm Pulse, a survey conducted by AtlasIntel for Bloomberg News and published ...Read more