President Donald Trump defended his remarks calling for the unification of Ireland as “fairly routine,” standing by comments that have sparked a controversy in Northern Ireland.

“I’ve always loved the people of Ireland, and it just seems to me that you have Northern Ireland, and you have Ireland, and it would seem to me that one of the ...Read more

Penn Medicine researchers are testing whether an ultrafast form of radiation therapy can treat cancers in the head and neck with fewer side effects.

The clinical trial marks the first time the technology, conformal FLASH proton therapy, is being used in humans.

Radiation therapy, one of the most commonly used cancer treatments, works by aiming...Read more

Iran plans to formally unveil an agreement on a temporary shipping lane through the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, after a flurry of diplomatic activity including a rare meeting between senior officials from Tehran and Abu Dhabi.

The Islamic Republic is set to reveal to Gulf nations its agreement with Oman on a temporary new shipping lane, ...Read more

President Donald Trump downplayed the growing alarm over risks from artificial intelligence after some of the industry’s leaders called for slowing the pace of development of the technology.

“We’re leading China in AI. We’re the most sophisticated country in the world, and frankly, I want to keep it that way because whoever wins AI ...Read more

Russia hit energy facilities and other sites in the Odesa region in southern Ukraine overnight while Kyiv’s forces claimed strikes on oil refineries in southern Russia and Tatarstan.

Debate continues on when and where new talks may be scheduled on ending Russia’s war in Ukraine, well into its fifth year, after U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and...Read more

President Donald Trump said he’d warned Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to stop targeting oil refineries in Russia amid strikes that have shut down diesel refining and helped drive prices for the fuel to record levels.

“Mr. Zelenskyy has to do one thing: He has to stop knocking out diesel fuel in Russia,” Trump said Sunday on the...Read more

Over two days in the summer of 1910, wildfires roared across the bone-dry forests of the inland Northwestern U.S., the Rockies, and parts of British Columbia. Whole towns burned. The blazes scorched 3 million acres of forest, an area the size of Connecticut, and left behind a legacy that profoundly changed how the U.S. managed wildfires – ...Read more

DENVER — New legislation in Congress would make Coloradans who became ill after living near two of the state’s nuclear sites eligible for tens of thousands of dollars in federal compensation.

A proposed expansion of the 1990 Radiation Exposure Compensation Act would recognize the Cotter uranium mill near Cañon City and the former Rocky ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Vox Payne heard the screams and instantly knew where they were coming from.

“I immediately texted my next-door neighbor and we both were like, ‘That was the tower, wasn’t it?’” Payne said.

Her house sits in the shadow of an abandoned grain elevator in south Minneapolis that’s become a dangerous hot spot for urban ...Read more

TROY, N.Y. — Like many residents of this aging industrial city on the Hudson River, Starletta Washington was stunned when she heard Troy’s last remaining hospital planned to close its birthing center.

“It was devastating,” said Washington, who heads the local YWCA. Washington was born at the hospital and had her children there. She ...Read more

Three fires across Mendocino County grew to a combined 59,214 acres by Saturday afternoon as firefighters worked to establish containment lines.

The most recent is the Lucas fire, which started Thursday morning near Bachelor Valley on the border of Lake County and Mendocino County. Fueled by northwest winds, it reached 3,846 acres by noon ...Read more

Brazil’s Chief Justice Edson Fachin has given the Federal Police 24 hours to provide information regarding the custody and condition of the data extracted from the mobile phone of Daniel Vorcaro, former owner of Banco Master, according to a ruling issued this Saturday.

This is the latest development in the investigation into the $10 billion ...Read more

Christine Lagarde entered France’s presidential election fray at a political gathering on Saturday, as speculation builds that she’ll leave the European Central Bank early.

Her speech in rural Normandy transported her far from the technicalities of setting interest rates, just days after she and her ECB colleagues delivered a second hike to...Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A much-anticipated report of the spending habits of Florida’s emergency and disaster agency was finally released two months past deadline, revealing a $1.5 billion, worst-case-scenario deficit by next summer.

The report was released Friday, about an hour before a legislative committee charged with reviewing budget ...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Three months after Huntington Beach updated its housing element in response to mounting fines, the state is pushing for additional penalties based on regulators’ conclusion that the city’s plan is still out of compliance.

In May, Orange County Superior Court Judge Katherine Bacal ordered the city to pay a late fee of $10...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Two young people riding in an autonomous vehicle were arrested in San Francisco after authorities allegedly found them in possession of an illegal "ghost gun."

San Francisco Police Department did not identify the operator of the autonomous vehicle, but a Waymo spokesperson confirmed to the Los Angeles Times that the incident ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump expressed optimism about resolving a trade fight with Canada and downplayed the prospect of quitting a continental trade pact, in a potential sign of deescalating tensions between the two countries.

Trump was asked Saturday whether he intended to have the U.S. leave the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Konoa Wilson was running for his life after gunshots rang out at the Santa Fe Depot train station early last year when he nearly collided with San Diego police Officer Daniel Gold.

Gold said he instantly thought Konoa was the gunman and made the split-second decision to open fire, striking the 16-year-old boy twice and killing him...Read more