Historically dry and windy conditions are making it harder for crews to contain a wildfire burning along the North Rim of the Grand Canyon

A prosecutor says a Colorado dentist accused of killing his wife by poisoning her wanted out of their marriage but didn’t want a divorce

A Massachusetts man has been sentenced to 26 months in prison for attempting to stab a flight attendant with a broken metal spoon

Investigators are piecing together more details about how a former high school football player who blamed the game for his mental health problems carried out a deadly attack on an office building that is home to the NFL

Honolulu is suing major fossil fuel companies, including ExxonMobil, Shell and Chevron, over climate change impacts

The University of California, Los Angeles, has reached a $6 million settlement with three Jewish students and a Jewish professor who filed a lawsuit alleging UCLA violated their civil rights

An Alabama jail captain and other jail employees have been indicted in connection with the death of a mentally ill man who died of hypothermia

Officials in Alaska are warning hikers to steer clear of streams and rivers where salmon are running after bears mauled hikers on two different occasions within a week in Anchorage

U.S. stock indexes are tiptoeing around their record levels as a busy week for Wall Street picks up momentum

Two weeks after spending the Fourth of July on a popular South Carolina lake, 12-year-old Jaysen Carr died from a brain-eating amoeba that was living in the warm water

The wife of a Marine Corps veteran detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for months has been released following advocacy from the office of Republican Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana

The Associated Press has learned that the Taiwanese government has called off a plan for its president to transit through the United States on his way to Latin America

A New York City police officer and an executive at an investment firm are among the four people killed by a gunman at a Manhattan office tower

Hurricane Iona has strengthened to Category 3, several hundred miles south-southeast of Hawaii

Five medical employees at an Alabama jail have been indicted in connection with the death of a mentally ill man

Los Angeles County leaders want to prohibit law enforcement officers from concealing their identities while on duty, a response to recent immigration raids during which some federal agents refused to identify themselves or covered their faces

The National Transportation Safety Board will hold three days of hearings on the fatal midair collision between a passenger jet and an Army helicopter

A Hawaii judge has dismissed a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the widow of Lindani Myeni, an unarmed Black man who was shot by Honolulu police in 2021

The Senate has confirmed former Trump lawyer Emil Bove for a lifetime appointment as a federal appeals court judge

The U.S. Coast Guard says it was beginning a salvage operation while investigating the cause of a boat collision near Miami that left two girls dead, one of whom was identified by family friends as the granddaughter of prominent Argentine television pr...

Federal judges are weighing a request to require Alabama to submit its next congressional map for preclearance

Florida has three executions set to take place over the next month, including man convicted of fatally shooting three people and wounding another person was added to the queue

President Donald Trump’s administration has proposed revoking a scientific finding that's long been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change

The chief of police in a resort town in Maine has called for an investigation into the arrest by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement of one of its officers

Residents in the Southeast U.S. are no strangers to hot weather in the summertime

Almost a year’s worth of rain in recent days caused flooding and landslides that washed away cars, forced evacuations and knocked out power around the Chinese capital, killing at least 38 people by Tuesday and rescue and relief work continued

A zoo in the German city of Nuremberg says it has killed 12 baboons despite protests, capping a saga rooted in concerns that the zoo had too little space to house a growing group of the animals

U.S. President Donald Trump has opened a new golf course in Scotland, marking the end of a five-day trip focused on promoting his family’s luxury properties and playing golf

India's home minister says three suspected militants killed in a gunfight in Kashmir were responsible for a massacre earlier this year

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk says authorities have detained 32 people suspected of coordinating with Russia to engage in acts of sabotage

Pope Leo XIV has surprised tens of thousands of young Catholics by showing up unexpectedly at a Holy Year welcome ceremony

Officials say rescuers have resumed efforts to reach German Olympic gold medalist Laura Dahlmeier, who was injured earlier this week while attempting to scale a peak in northern Pakistan

Police clashed with protesters in Serbia after the forced expulsion of university students from a faculty building

Residents in northern Burkina Faso say an attack by an armed group on a military base has left about 50 soldiers dead

India says 3 militants behind a gun massacre in Kashmir that brought India and Pakistan close to war have been killed

Afghanistan is seeing the emergence of local female tour guides, in a country whose Taliban government imposes the world’s harshest restrictions on women and girls

The first group of Syrian refugees has returned home from Lebanon under a new plan developed by the United Nations and the Lebanese government

A Russian journalist has been convicted and sentenced to 12 years in prison over her links to an opposition group

Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine says the political climate in the East African country has gone “from bad to worse” ahead of presidential polls set for early next year

Russian glide bombs and missiles have struck a Ukrainian prison and a medical facility, killing at least 22 people

Germany's top prosecutor has charged a Syrian man in connection with a stabbing at Berlin’s Holocaust Memorial in February

An Australian appeals court has dismissed a prosecutor's attempt to imprison a former police officer who killed a 95-year-old nursing home resident with a stun gun

Thailand and Cambodia have reaffirmed their shaky ceasefire after days of fighting along their border

A ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia appears to be holding as tensions linger despite a truce agreement

A bus carrying Hindu pilgrims collided with a transport truck in eastern India when the bus driver fell asleep, killing at least five people and injuring about two dozen

Throughout his new term, President Donald Trump has said he was “saved by God” to make America great again

The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court has struck down a colonial-era law in St. Lucia that criminalized gay sex in a ruling celebrated by activists in the largely conservative region

Three men have been convicted in the theft of hundreds of ancient gold coins from a German museum in 2022 and handed prison sentences ranging up to 11 years

Beijing's top trade official says China and the United States have agreed to work on extending a deadline for new tariffs on each other after two days of trade talks in Stockholm

Couples who don’t live in Denmark are increasingly getting married in the Scandinavian country, which has relatively relaxed marriage laws

She is the first to enter what's expected to be a crowded primary to replace retiring Gov. Tony Evers, who opted against running for a third term.

Joe Gruters “will have my Complete and Total Endorsement,” the president wrote.

The hit Paramount show aired the incendiary new episode as the first of its new season.

Trump's “big, beautiful bill” and frenetic tariff activity have fueled a lobbying gusher in the opening months of his term.

The remarks are the latest sign that the NYC mayoral candidate hasn’t won over the party establishment.

The popular former two-term governor is entering a race for a seat to be vacated by retiring Thom Tillis.

While books about Donald Trump sold big in his first term, a slate of similar works isn’t seeing the same success in his second administration.

The Missouri senator speaks on trying to make good on populist MAGA promises

Bipartisan crew unites in Congress over holding ‘rich and powerful men’ to account.

Maine Republicans largely still support the state's senior senator — and know other GOP candidates face a tougher electoral path.

The chair, Robert Branscomb II, had been embroiled in intraparty drama.

The complaint, filed with multiple state attorneys general, alleges that high-profile voter registration group has engaged in financial mismanagement. The group denies the claims.

The Michigan State University professor is making education and affordability central to his campaign.

The billionaire donor has teased the launch of a third party ever since his megabill squabble with Trump.

A 12-year-old boy has died from a brain-eating amoeba after swimming in a South Carolina lake over the July Fourth weekend

If you’re a Microsoft Authenticator user, you’ve probably received at least one notice that the app’s password management features are no longer usable and that your stored passwords will be deleted on Aug. 1

When big infrastructure projects spring up, one crucial law — the National Environmental Policy Act — has for decades been a key way the government has required powerful industry interests to consider the environment and the public’s voice

Fishing for krill near Antarctica has surged to a record high, nearing a seasonal catch limit that could close the fishery early

Scientists in Mexico are testing innovative methods they hope can be employed to locate the overwhelming number of people missing due to cartel violence

The Australian government has announced YouTube will be required to ensure account holders are at least 16 years old starting in December

Tea, a dating discussion app that recently suffered a high-profile cybersecurity breach, announced late Monday that some direct messages were also accessed in the incident

One of the world’s strongest earthquakes has struck Russia’s Far East and caused small tsunami waves in the northern Pacific

The use of deepfakes to impersonate high-level officials in the U.S. presents a growing security challenge

A massive AI data center proposed near Cheyenne, Wyoming, would use more electricity than all homes in the state combined

Waymo has announced plans to expand its robotaxi service to Dallas next year

People with experimental brain implants often turn to the treatment as a last resort, hoping to improve their health when everything else has failed

Archaeologists in central Israel are excavating one of the world's oldest known burial sites, dating back 100,000 years

Pakistan has urged the global social media companies to take action to block hundreds of accounts allegedly run by outlawed militant groups that Islamabad claims spread propaganda and glorify insurgents

It's almost time to catch summer's double meteor showers

A Russian rocket has successfully put an Iranian communications satellite into orbit, highlighting strong ties between the two countries

Tech companies selling AI to the federal government now face a new challenge: proving their chatbots aren't "woke."

Teenagers are turning to AI for advice, guidance and conversation

Britain’s antitrust watchdog proposes labeling Google’s and Apple’s mobile ecosystems as having “strategic market status.”

Intel Corp. is shedding thousands of workers and cutting expenses as its new CEO works to revive the struggling chipmaker's fortunes

President Donald Trump is unveiling an “AI Action Plan," shaped by Silicon Valley tech leaders who supported his campaign

A scientific journal has retracted a controversial study that hinted at the possibility of a bizarre life form

Nishijinori, the intricate weaving for kimonos that dates back more than a thousand years in Japan's ancient capital of Kyoto, is getting a modern-day high-tech collaborator: artificial intelligence

Meta has announced it will stop all political advertising in the European Union by October

Teenagers are increasingly turning to AI for advice, emotional support and decision-making, according to a new study

The man charged with ordering the 1996 killing of rap icon Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas is asking the Nevada Supreme Court to dismiss his murder charges

Chilean authorities say they have turned six valuable watches stolen from Canadian actor Keanu Reeves over to the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation

Tens of thousands of Deadheads are pouring into San Francisco for three days of Dead & Company concerts in honor of the Grateful Dead's 60th anniversary

Dogs and their owners took to the waves Sunday for the U.K. Dog Surfing Championship on the English south coast. The fun event combines paddleboarding, four-legged athletes and enthusiastic owners for what is billed as light-hearted competition. ___ This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.

He won a following in the 1950s and ’60s lampooning marriage, politics, racism.

George Lucas is making his Comic-Con debut, but not for "Star Wars."

“The Fantastic Four: First Steps” is topping the domestic box office charts in its first weekend in theaters

Hundreds of people in Lebanon have paid tribute to iconic composer, pianist and playwright Ziad Rahbani, who died over the weekend

Hungarian authorities have banned the Irish-language rap group Kneecap from entering the country

Comic-Con has been treated to a sneak peek of “Project: Hail Mary” and got a heavy dose of star Ryan Gosling

Luca Guadagnino’s “After the Hunt” will open the 63rd New York Film Festival, Film at Lincoln Center announced Wednesday

George Kooymans, guitarist and co-founder of the Dutch band Golden Earring, has died at 77

Hulk Hogan has left an indelible mark on professional wrestling and pop culture

An Austrian court has convicted an acquaintance of the main suspect in last year’s foiled plan to attack Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna on terrorism charges unrelated to the plot and sentenced him to two years in prison

Tens of thousands of people danced to techno beats across Berlin to celebrate the city’s Pride parade, one of the largest LGBTQ+ celebrations in Europe

Comic-Con International kicks off Thursday, drawing tens of thousands of fans, many in costume

Venus Williams’ winning return to the professional tennis tour also came with a surprise announcement: She is engaged

Authorities say rapper GloRilla was arrested on felony drug chargers after marijuana was found by deputies while they investigated a burglary at her Atlanta home

MrBeast’s new CEO is hitting Wall Street as YouTuber Jimmy Donaldson’s media empire looks to develop long-term brand partnerships and, in turn, unlock more funding for its charitable content

Alec Baldwin says the year since his trial ended has been a lot better than the years before it

Fleetwood Mac’s Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham have announced the reissue of 1973's “Buckingham Nicks.”

Cleo Laine, whose husky contralto was one of the most distinctive voices in jazz and who was regarded by many as Britain’s greatest contribution to the quintessentially American music, has died

Tens of thousands of fans — many in costumes — attended Comic-Con 2025, a four-day pop culture spectacle packed with celebrities and interactive attractions. Comic-Con International, held annually at the San Diego Convention Center, brings together fans who celebrate their...

The stars of “Lilo & Stitch” have experienced some big changes since the movie became a hit in 2025

A doctor accused of supplying Matthew Perry with ketamine before his death is expected to plead guilty in federal court on Wednesday

WebMD brought together experts from four federal agencies to talk prevention, monitoring, and what the “what ifs” of bird flu might look like.

As WebMD’s chief medical officer, John Whyte, MD, is in a unique position to see both the current state of medical care for America’s older adults and the way things are trending for the future. We asked him to share his insight on a few topics, along with a bit of advice.

What to expect at the doctor’s office, hospitals, and long-term care facilities, the future of telemedicine, and how to get the best care during COVID-19.

A savvy black entrepreneur guides you on an eczema-friendly shopping spree.

Colorectal cancer cases increased a whopping 333% among 15- to 19-year-olds and 185% among 20- to 24-year-olds from 1999 to 2020.

Schizophrenia caregiver support is essential to avoid burnout. Learn how to build a support network when you're a mental-health caregiver.

Schizophrenia treatment is tricky when your loved one resists it. Learn ways to help someone with schizophrenia stick with their treatment plan.

Is it time for a change in your loved one's schizophrenia treatment? Learn the signs caregivers should watch for.

If you’re a schizophrenia caregiver, communication with your loved one's doctors is important. Learn how to stay in the loop.

The American College of Lifestyle Medicine and Blue Zones will soon offer a new clinical certification to physicians and health professionals.

If you have two copies of the APOE4 gene, new research suggests that you’re very likely to develop Alzheimer’s. Experts break down the findings and share what you can do to lower your risk.

The virus variant that is circulating among cattle is not an efficient cause of disease in humans. There may be more concern if H5N1 passes to pigs, because their viral receptors are closer to those in humans.

Three women with eczema describe how they combat nighttime flare-ups.

Two moms reveal the great lengths they went to in their determination to give their children relief and good health.

Three keys to managing your eczema at the gym and then heading off to a productive and itch-free workday.

Cow udders have the same receptors for flu viruses as humans and birds, raising concerns that cows could become “mixing vessels” that help the bird flu virus spread between people.

Estimates show that by 2040, age-related macular degeneration may affect nearly 300 million people worldwide. And we are very limited in our ability to treat or prevent it. Here's what to know.

Turn around those bad family genes with four lifestyle changes.

Kidney care in the U.S. is at a watershed moment of moving past a deeply entrenched, institutionally racist equation.

Vegans and vegetarians sleep around 30 more minutes per night than average and up to 90% of them report good or excellent sleep quality, according to a new survey published by the Sleep Foundation.

What, exactly, does anorexia nervosa do inside the human body? The heart and bones suffer the most.

Many new mothers aren’t aware that postpartum PTSD even exists, but it’s far from rare. Here's what to know.

See how one person manages the ups and downs of major depressive disorder -- and how her depression inspired her career as a therapist.

A therapist talks about managing major depressive disorder (MDD): what to expect, strategies for dealing with setbacks, and when to talk to your therapist.

Learn from a mental health advocate how the stigma of depression is changing and how acceptance is the first step to managing major depressive disorder.

A person with major depressive disorder shares how they talk about their condition with others.

Major depressive disorder (MDD) at work: tips, strategies, who to tell, what to do, and asking for accommodations.

Not all exercises are created equal. Some are simply more efficient than others, whether they target multiple muscle groups, are suitable for a wide variety of fitness levels, or help you burn calories more effectively.

These tips will help you enjoy the foods at social events when you have ulcerative colitis and still steer clear of a flare.

Ulcerative colitis is a relapsing-remitting disease, so it’s hard to predict symptoms over time. Here’s what to expect and how to recognize remission.

Friendship can be a good medicine when you have ulcerative colitis. Learn how to keep your social life going when you don’t always feel like going out.

Curious if your body’s aging is normal? WebMD discusses healthy and normal signs of aging.

Your dietary needs change as you age. WebMD advises what should be on your grocery list.

After falling for over a decade, the death rate climbed for several years and now is about the same as in 1999.

There are far more powerful motivators than “get abs!” to help you start an exercise routine you’ll stick to.

The goalpost for old age has been moving. Until now.

More than 1 million Americans live with Crohn’s, a chronic and sometimes crippling bowel disease that affects the intestines and leads to digestive issues. But in 2024, breakthroughs could bring relief in different ways. Here's what to know.

How realistic is the Grey’s Anatomy episode that shows a Parkinson’s disease cure? A neurosurgery professor weighs in.

You shouldn’t draw major conclusions about the safety of marijuana amid the recent announcement that federal regulators may reclassify the drug, experts are cautioning.

A new study suggests female doctors may provide patients better care, especially when those patients are women. Here's what to know.

Eliseo Pérez-Stable, MD, director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, talks about health disparities and how his studies aim to improve interventions in clinical settings and across communities.

A data scientist who has accurately predicted COVID waves since the beginning of the pandemic warns that a surge is on the horizon.

New Season Brings Boost of Energy, but Also Unplanned Pregnancies

With age, your body doesn’t absorb nutrients well, so every calorie you consume must be packed with nutrition. Here are 9 nutrients older adults often need more of.

How does getting older affect your immune system? How can you keep those effects to a minimum? Your answers are here.

Trouble chewing and swallowing? WebMD shares six ways to make everything go down a little easier.

Staying healthy as you enter your golden years has a lot to do with your diet. Here are some foods that are good for your heart, your brain, your bones, and your muscles.

Losing your hearing, or learning a loved one is, can bring about a range of uncomfortable emotions. Here's how you can deal with this tough transition.

Before there was Ozempic, there were these cost-friendly, safe, and highly effective weight loss drugs. FDA-approved obesity medication like orlistat (Xenical), phentermine/topiramate (Qsymia), and naltrexone/bupropion extended release (Contrave) have been on the market for decades.

Learn how genes and lifestyle interact to affect your health over the course of your life.