Celebrity lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella unexpectedly topped the first round of Colombia’s presidential vote, as Latin America heads into another highly polarized election.

The conservative outsider is in a strong position to become the nation’s next president when he faces leftist Senator Iván Cepeda, an ally of current President Gustavo...Read more

A U.S.-funded Ebola isolation facility under construction in Kenya became the focus of protests after a court temporarily blocked the project pending a review of its potential health risks.

President William Ruto’s administration will build the facility at a U.S. airforce base 200 kilometers (125 miles) north of the capital, Nairobi, the ...Read more

DENVER — Tina Peters was released from a Pueblo prison Monday morning after a commutation from Gov. Jared Polis ended both her 20-month incarceration and a months-long pressure campaign by President Donald Trump.

Her release was confirmed Monday morning by Adrienne Mazzone, spokeswoman for Peters’ legal team. Alondra Gonzales-Garcia, ...Read more

BALTIMORE — The long-anticipated civil trial over liability in the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse was put on hold just before it was set to begin Monday morning.

Though the parties remaining in the case, including cargo ship Dali owner Grace Ocean Private Limited, Dali operator Synergy Marine Private Limited, Baltimore City and Baltimore ...Read more

A father is worried about his toddler, who has been running a fever for two days and pulling at one ear. A 65-year-old woman has been getting winded on her morning walks and feeling more fatigued than usual. Both reach for their phones and type their symptoms into an AI chatbot.

“Your child likely has an ear infection,” the father...Read more

Anyone who has been through a flood or hurricane knows the scene: waterlogged furniture piled on curbs, gutted homes with mold creeping up the walls, families displaced for months. But the recovery isn’t the same for everyone.

While federal flood insurance subsidizes risky coastal and waterfront development for wealthier homeowners ...Read more

Throughout time, maps have been useful tools for those in power to stake their claim over territories and markets. Politicians start nationwide redistricting battles to ensure partisan control, weakening the power of voters. The Trump administration’s geopolitical posturing over Greenland builds on a long history of imperialism aided by ...Read more

On July 5, 2026, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is encouraging its American members to participate in a special fast: a day to “express gratitude for religious liberty and to pray that it be strengthened throughout the world,” in the words of its top three leaders.

The fast will coincide with the United States’ ...Read more

As U.S. cities prepare to host the FIFA World Cup, familiar warnings about human trafficking “spikes” at major sporting events have reemerged.

Media outlets point to elevated risks, advocacy groups roll out awareness campaigns, and city authorities and law enforcement ramp up anti-trafficking efforts.

This is all well ...Read more

Celebrity lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella unexpectedly topped the first round of Colombia’s presidential vote, as Latin America heads into another highly polarized election.

The conservative outsider is in a strong position to become the nation’s next president when he faces leftist Senator Iván Cepeda, an ally of current President Gustavo...Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump said talks with Iran over an interim peace deal will “work out well,” even as the countries’ forces clashed again near the Strait of Hormuz.

Trump, in a Truth Social post late on Sunday U.S. time, said constant speculation over whether he’ll agree to a deal — which will likely see the two sides extend their...Read more

Kenya will proceed with a plan to establish an Ebola isolation and treatment complex at a military facility with U.S. government funding, even after a court temporarily blocked the move.

President William Ruto’s administration will build the facility at a U.S. airforce base 200 kilometers (125 miles) north of the capital, Nairobi, the Health...Read more

MIAMI — Artificial intelligence may have its flaws, but specific programs have proven themselves to be groundbreaking — if not lifesaving — tools in hurricane forecasts, and the National Hurricane Center will keep incorporating them into its forecast arsenal.

Last year, an AI model was actually more accurate than traditional methods at ...Read more

Southern states are bracing for a potential invasion of the New World screwworm that could disrupt livestock markets and raise already high meat prices.

So far, the parasite has yet to land in the United States, but it has been spreading across Mexico and Central America. Previously eradicated from the United States in the 1960s, the fly can ...Read more

Incomes have increased nearly everywhere across Philadelphia over the last decade. But in some pockets of the city, they’ve skyrocketed.

In the South Philadelphia cluster of Graduate Hospital, Grays Ferry, and Point Breeze neighborhoods, the median household income more than doubled. In that area, it rose from $47,800 across 2010-2014 to $96,...Read more

Its illicit journey begins in the blood-soaked orchards of central Sudan before being spirited to ports across Africa and then to the U.S. and Europe.

By the time it ends up in everything from M&Ms to medicines to makeup, few consumers or businesses know they're contributing to the world's worst humanitarian disaster.

Gum arabic, a resin that ...Read more

The U.S. men’s national team put on a show in Charlotte — inspiring the kind of confidence that the American club needs as it charges into the World Cup next month.

For who else did the victory deliver confidence?

The USMNT fan.

USMNT head coach Mauricio Pochettino told reporters as much after the team’s 3-2 win over Senegal on Sunday ...Read more

Newark officials instituted a mandatory curfew Sunday around Delaney Hall after ongoing protests led to clashes between protesters and police officers late Saturday, even as Gov. Mikie Sherrill announced that family members will again be able to visit loved ones at the immigration detention center.

Three people were arrested after the skirmish,...Read more

Ken Paxton, the Texas Republican Senate nominee, will visit Senate GOP leaders in Washington to ease their concerns about his viability in the most populous red state in the U.S.

Top Senate Republicans backed fellow Senator John Cornyn over Paxton, the state attorney general who settled a criminal securities-fraud charge and was impeached by ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE — A wooden boardwalk that winds through a scenic hardwood hammock at Snyder Park is all boarded up, closed to visitors since 2024.

The nature trail, declared a safety hazard, is rickety and missing some of its wooden planks. Repairs are at least two years away, much to the angst of those who miss walking through the shady ...Read more