‘Short corn’ could replace the towering cornfields steamrolled by a changing climate
Taking a late-summer country drive in the Midwest means venturing into the corn zone, snaking between 12-foot-tall green, ...
UN expert says prisoners sent by Russia to fight in Ukraine are committing crimes when they return
A U.N.-backed human rights expert monitoring President Vladimir Putin’s Russia decried on Monday increased violence in the country caused by former prisoners who have their sentences ...
Most Hispanic Americans support abortion access: AP-NORC poll
For decades, some political analysts have sought to depict Hispanic Americans as “socially conservative” — and indeed many of them are. But a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for ...
AP Player of the week: James Madison’s Alonza Barnett III accounts for 7 TDs in win over Tar Heels
The Associated Press national player of the week in college football for Week 4 of the season: Alonza Barnett III, James Madison The Dukes’ quarterback had a hand in a program-record seven ...
A vandal’s rampage at a Maine car dealership causes thousands in damage to 75 vehicles
A Maine man damaged 75 vehicles at an automobile dealership, smashing windows and denting hoods of vehicles before he was arrested, police said. The 25-year-old man from ...
Feds: Man accused in apparent assassination attempt wrote note indicating he intended to kill Trump
The man accused in the apparent assassination attempt of Donald Trump wrote a note months earlier saying that he intended to kill the former president, the Justice Department ...
Missouri Supreme Court to consider death row case a day before scheduled execution
The Missouri Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday as attorneys working on behalf of Marcellus Williams seek to save him, just a day before his scheduled execution.
Who is Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Sri Lanka’s new Marxist president?
Marxist politician Anura Dissanayake won Sri Lanka’s presidential election over the weekend, dealing a blow to a political ...
Vatican confirms plans for Belgium, Luxembourg trip after pope cancels audiences due to illness
The Vatican confirmed that plans remain in place for Pope Francis to go to Belgium and Luxembourg later this week, despite having canceled all his audiences Monday because of a ...
Banned Books Week starts with mixed messages as reports show challenges both up and down
Two reports released Monday provide a mixed but compelling outlook on the wave of book removals and challenges as the annual Banned Books Week begins for schools, stores and ...
An improbable late-season surge from the Detroit Tigers has them fighting for a playoff spot
The Detroit Tigers were a seller at MLB’s trade deadline on July 30, and at the time, the pessimism was entirely understandable. They had a 52-57 record, were dealing with various injuries ...
Ukraine accuses Russia of seeking to illegally control strategic sea as arbitration hearings open
Ukraine on Monday accused Russia of seeking to illegally seize control of the strategically important Sea of Azov and Kerch Strait, as hearings opened in a ...