Avian flu is devastating farms in California's 'Egg Basket' as outbreaks roil poultry industry (apnews.com)
Last month, Mike Weber got the news every poultry farmer fears: His chickens tested positive for avian flu....
GOP legislatures in some states seek ways to undermine voters' ability to determine abortion rights (apnews.com)
Democrats and abortion rights advocates say the efforts are evidence that Republican lawmakers and abortion opponents are trying to undercut democratic processes meant to give voters a direct role in forming state laws....
UK's flagship nuclear plant could cost up to $59 billion, developer says (apnews.com)
Mexico confirms some Mayan ruin sites are unreachable because of gang violence and land conflicts (apnews.com)
Mexico’s government has acknowledged that at least two well-known Mayan ruin sites are unreachable by visitors because of a toxic mix of cartel violence and land disputes....
Climate activists throw soup at the glass protecting the Mona Lisa as farmers’ protests continue (apnews.com)
Two climate activists hurled soup Sunday at the glass protecting the Mona Lisa at the Louvre Museum in Paris and shouted slogans advocating for a sustainable food system. This came amid protests by French farmers against several issues, including low wages....
Finns go to the polls to elect a new president at an unprecedented time for the NATO newcomer (apnews.com)
Voters in Finland were electing a new president Sunday at an unprecedented time for the Nordic nation that is now a NATO member with its eastern border with Russia closed — two things almost unthinkable a few years ago....
Oregon weekly newspaper to relaunch print edition after theft forced it to lay off its entire staff (apnews.com)
An Oregon weekly newspaper that had to lay off its entire staff after its funds were embezzled by a former employee will relaunch its print edition next month, its editor said, a move made possible in large part by fundraising campaigns and community contributions....
Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso withdraw from West Africa regional bloc ECOWAS as tensions deepen (apnews.com)
What happened at the nation's first nitrogen gas execution: An AP eyewitness account (apnews.com)
ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — As witnesses including five news reporters watched through a window, Kenneth Eugene Smith, who was convicted and sentenced to die in the 1988 murder-for hire slaying of Elizabeth Sennett, convulsed on a gurney as Alabama carried out the nation’s first execution using nitrogen gas.
Ukraine says it has no evidence for Russia's claim that dozens of POWs died in a shot down plane (apnews.com)
Officials in Ukraine said Russia has provided no credible evidence to back its claims that Ukrainian forces shot down a military transport plane that Moscow says was carrying Ukrainian prisoners of war who were to be swapped for Russian POWs....
Science sleuths are using technology to find fakery and plagiarism in published research (apnews.com)
Allegations of research fakery at a leading cancer center have turned a spotlight on scientific integrity and the amateur sleuths uncovering image manipulation in published research....
What happened at the nation's first nitrogen gas execution: An AP eyewitness account (apnews.com)
Science sleuths are using technology to find fakery in published research (apnews.com)
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, a Harvard Medical School affiliate, announced Jan. 22 it’s requesting retractions and corrections of scientific papers after a British blogger flagged problems in early January....
A trial in Run-DMC star Jam Master Jay's 2002 killing is starting, and testing his anti-drug image (apnews.com)
Now Jay’s case is the first of those killings to go to trial. Opening statements are set for Monday in the federal murder trial of Karl Jordan Jr. and Ronald Washington, who were arrested in 2020....
US sees signs of progress on deal to release hostages, bring temporary pause to Israel-Hamas war (apnews.com)
U.S. negotiators are making progress on a potential agreement under which Israel would pause military operations against Hamas in Gaza for two months in exchange for the release of more than 100 hostages who were captured in the Oct. 7 attack on Israel, according to two senior administration officials....
Russian man who flew on Los Angeles flight without passport or ticket found guilty of being stowaway (apnews.com)
A Russian man who flew on a plane from Denmark to Los Angeles in November without a passport or ticket is guilty of being a stowaway on an aircraft, a federal jury found Friday....
4 people die in a Los Angeles murder-suicide shooting, police say (apnews.com)
Four people are dead following what police in Los Angeles characterized as a murder-suicide in the Granada Hills area on Saturday....
A snowboarder spent 15 hours trapped in a ski gondola. She rubbed her hands and feet to keep warm (apnews.com)
A snowboarder has spent 15 hours trapped overnight inside a ski lift gondola amid freezing temperatures at a Lake Tahoe resort.
How Taiwan beat back disinformation and preserved the integrity of its election (apnews.com)
Taiwan has been able to effectively respond to Chinese disinformation in part because of how seriously the threat is perceived there, according to Kenton Thibaut, a senior resident fellow and expert on Chinese disinformation at the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab. Instead of a piecemeal approach — focusing...
Haitians suffering gang violence are desperate after Kenyan court blocks police force deployment (apnews.com)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Radio stations across Haiti got jammed with calls just hours after a court in Kenya blocked the deployment of a U.N.-backed police force to help fight gangs in the troubled Caribbean country.
Ukraine says it has no evidence for Russia's claim that dozens of POWs died in a shot down plane (apnews.com)
Officials in Ukraine say Russia has provided no credible evidence to back its claims that their own forces shot down a military transport plane carrying Ukrainian prisoners of war who were to be swapped for Russian POWs.
Zero-emission goal still eludes the EU, where most cars emit the same CO2 levels as 12 years ago (apnews.com)
Most passenger cars in the European Union still emit the same quantity of carbon dioxide as 12 years ago, the European Union’s auditing agency warned on Wednesday....
Iraq and US begin formal talks to end coalition mission formed to fight the Islamic State group (apnews.com)
The United States and Iraq held a first session of formal talks Saturday in Baghdad aimed at winding down the mission of a U.S.-led military coalition formed to fight the Islamic State group in Iraq....
Maldives gives port clearance to a Chinese ship. The move could inflame a dispute with India (apnews.com)
George Carlin estate sues over fake comedy special purportedly generated by AI (apnews.com)
The lawsuit filed in federal court in Los Angeles on Thursday asks that a judge order the podcast outlet, Dudesy, to immediately take down the audio special, “George Carlin: I’m Glad I’m Dead,” in which a synthesis of Carlin, who died in 2008, delivers commentary on current events....