By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MISSION, Kan. (AP) — After more than a year of fretting over her 13-year son with a rare liver disease, Heather Ousley broke into tears when…
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Nature at its craziest: Trillions of cicadas about to emerge
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer COLUMBIA, Md. (AP) — Sifting through a shovel load of dirt in a suburban backyard, Michael Raupp and Paula Shrewsbury find their quarry: a cicada nymph. And then a…
COVID’s US toll projected to drop sharply by the end of July
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Teams of experts are projecting COVID-19’s toll on the U.S. will fall sharply by the end of July, according to research released by the governmen…
US backs waiving intellectual property rules on vaccines
By JAMEY KEATEN and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Wednesday joined calls for more sharing of the technology behind COVID-19 vaccines to help speed the end …
60 years since 1st American in space: Tourists lining up
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Sixty years after Alan Shepard became the first American in space, everyday people are on the verge of following in his cosmic footsteps.…
US Justice Department worried about Arizona Senate recount
By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice expressed concern Wednesday about ballot security and potential voter intimidation arising from the Republican-controlled…
US tribe shares vaccine with relatives, neighbors in Canada
By IRIS SAMUELS Associated Press/Report for America BABB, Mont. (AP) — On a cloudy spring day, hundreds lined up in their cars on the Canadian side of the border crossing that separates Alberta and Mo…
Facebook board upholds Trump ban, just not indefinitely
By MATT O’BRIEN and BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Former President Donald Trump won’t return to Facebook — at least not yet. Four months after Facebook suspended Trump’s accounts, h…
AP: Trooper charged in child rape hid checkered FBI past
By JIM MUSTIAN and KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama state trooper arrested last week on charges he raped an 11-year-old girl had been kicked out of the FBI amid a strin…
Firing of Atlanta officer who shot Rayshard Brooks reversed
By KATE BRUMBACK and JEFF MARTIN ATLANTA (AP) — The firing of the former Atlanta police officer who’s charged with murder in the shooting death of Rayshard Brooks was reversed after a review pan…