News

Muslim pilgrims resume symbolic stoning of the devil as Hajj wraps in deadly heat

List of winners at the 2024 Tony Awards

‘Stereophonic’ wins Tony for best play; women win director, score honors

Golf’s DeChambeau holds nerve to win US Open

Broadway celebrates packed and varied theater season with 2024 Tony Awards

Emotional win for Hollywood: ‘Inside Out 2’ scores $155M opening

In secular France, chaplains prepare to give Olympians spiritual support

Watch for these key new features Apple’s iOS 18 this fall

Study: Men all over world tend to eat more meat than women

Respiratory diseases plague Kenya as more people burn wood to save money

Brazilian women protest bill that equates late abortions with homicide

On Father’s Day, LGBTQ+ couple celebrates their sperm donor

Midwives: State law could jeopardize Native Hawaiian birth traditions

England wins to leapfrog Scotland into Super Eight stage

Worst of rainfall that triggered Florida floods is over

Reported birth of rare white buffalo calf fulfills Lakota prophecy

Muslim pilgrims converge at Mount Arafat for daylong worship

Report: Highly potent opioids now show up in drug users in Africa

Disease, extreme weather push up orange juice prices

US cricket team advances to second round in Twenty20 World Cup

Myanmar cracks down on flow of information by blocking VPNs

Pope meets 100 comedians at Vatican: ‘You also make God smile’

World leaders discuss AI as China’s digital influence in Latin America grows

Contraception, in-vitro fertilization become key campaign issue

Muslims start Hajj against the backdrop of Israel-Hamas war

New ‘crypto bill’ could mainstream digital currencies in US

US Supreme Court rejects bid to restrict access to abortion pill mifepristone

In Mecca’s sweltering heat, Muslims start this year’s Hajj pilgrimage

Astronaut health and a VIP tour of Boeing’s Starliner capsule

Google AI Gemini parrots China’s propaganda

South African authorities warn of mpox after 2 deaths

AI copyright fight turns to disclosing original content

India beats US at cricket’s Twenty20 World Cup

US Southern Baptists effort to enshrine ban on women pastors falls short

Kenyan group uses old ATMs to dispense free sanitary pads to students

Jerry West, 3-time Hall of Famer and NBA logo figure, dies at 86

Despite war, surrogacy in Ukraine keeps flourishing

Finland’s Lenin Museum closing as Russia relations chill

Jin, oldest member of K-pop’s BTS, finishes army service in South Korea

Australian-led study issues food security warning over plant breeding skills shortage

Thousands of children in Gaza at risk of dying from lack of food, medical care

LogOn: Washington state tests drones to remove hard-to-reach graffiti

Australia locks down farms as avian influenza spreads

Alzheimer’s drug that slows disease gets backing from FDA advisers

Apple shows off AI features at annual conference

South Africa holds off Bangladesh, remains unbeaten in cricket’s T20 World Cup

African elephants call each other unique names, new study shows

Salt Lake City Olympic bid projects $4 billion in total costs to stage 2034 Winter Games

Thousands turn out for LA Pride Parade, events

Women pastors, sexual abuse report highlight Southern Baptists’ agenda

US reconstructive surgeons step up to help Ukrainian counterparts

‘Bad Boys: Ride or Die’ boosts Will Smith’s comeback with $56M opening

Muslim schools caught up in France’s fight against Islamism

Netflix’s recipe for success includes ‘secret sauce’ spiced with tech savvy

Some US families opt to raise teens sans social media

Growing community of breast milk donors in Uganda gives mothers hope

Service dogs help ease PTSD symptoms in US military veterans, researchers say

Meloni joins cultural elite celebrating Italian opera’s recognition as a world treasure

UN: More aquatic animals farmed than fished in 2022

Dornoch wins the first Belmont Stakes run at Saratoga Race Course