Drug dealer faces execution for 7 gang killings in Virginia

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — It was one of the worst bursts of gang violence Richmond had ever seen. At least 11 people were killed in a 45-day period in 1992, all at the hands of gang members who eliminated anyone they th…

Hot again: 2020 sets yet another global temperature record

Earth’s rising fever hit or neared record hot temperature levels in 2020, global weather groups reported Thursday.

2 ex-health officials charged with manslaughter in Flint

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Two former Michigan health officials were charged Thursday with involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of nine people who got Legionnaires’ disease during the Flint water crisis, as prosecutors …

Jacob Blake says he was ready to surrender before being shot

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — A Black man who was shot in the back by a white police officer in Wisconsin, triggering several nights of violent protests over the summer and leaving him partially paralyzed, said in an interv…

Iran tests missiles under apparent watch of US nuclear sub

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran fired cruise missiles Thursday as part of a naval drill in the Gulf of Oman, state media reported, under surveillance of what appeared to be a U.S. nuclear submarine dispatch…

Embed-Hottest Year, ADVISORY

HOTTEST YEAR — Charts. Digital embeds for two charts. One shows the yearly global temperatures compared to the 20th century average of 57 degrees Fahrenheit. The second shows the ranking by heat of years. Scientist…

Isolated at home, California woman connects by giving

Even as she fights cancer and struggles with a rare lung disease, Corinna Dewar thinks of helping others.

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Fifty years on, the Nile dam that changed the face of Egypt

MANIAL SULTAN, Egypt (AP) — Yassin Saeed remembers when the Nile’s annual flood drenched his village in the years before the construction of the Aswan High Dam. Now, former flood lands are green fields year-round.

Cuba tweaks socialist model to encourage work amid crisis

HAVANA (AP) — For more than 60 years, Cuba supplied at least some rice, milk, beans, sugar, chicken, electrical power and even cigarettes to its people nearly free of cost regardless of whether they worked, allowin…

Trump's Mar-a-Lago warned over coronavirus mask violations

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club's failure to enforce a local mask ordinance at its New Year's Eve bash has resulted in a warning but no fine or other punishment.

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Former Michigan health chief Nick Lyon charged with 9 counts of involuntary manslaughter in Flint water crisis

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Former Michigan health chief Nick Lyon charged with 9 counts of involuntary manslaughter in Flint water crisis.

Groups accuse France of climate inaction, take case to court

PARIS (AP) — A French court started examining on Thursday what environmental and other organizations are billing as “the case of the century,” accusing the country's authorities of failing to act against climate ch…

Ex-Michigan health chief charged with manslaughter in Flint

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s former health director was charged Thursday with involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of nine people who got Legionnaires’ disease during the Flint water crisis as prosecutors revis…