Sugar prices are rising worldwide after bad weather tied to El Nino damaged crops in Asia (apnews.com)
At least 30 premature babies evacuated from Gaza’s main hospital, health officials say (apnews.com)
At least 30 premature babies were evacuated from Gaza’s main hospital on Sunday and will be transferred to facilities in Egypt, the territory’s Health Ministry said.
Century-overdue library book is finally returned in Minnesota (apnews.com)
Russian doctors call for release of imprisoned artist who protested Ukraine war (apnews.com)
French Holocaust survivors are recoiling at new antisemitism, and activists are pleading for peace (apnews.com)
Survivors of Nazi atrocities have joined young Jewish activists in Paris to sound the alarm about resurgent antisemitic hate speech, graffiti and abuse linked to the Israel-Hamas war.
Dogs are coming down with an unusual respiratory illness in several US states (apnews.com)
Veterinary laboratories in several states are investigating an unusual respiratory illness in dogs, and encouraging people to take basic precautions to keep their pets healthy as veterinarians try to pin down what’s making the animals sick....
Connecticut judge sets new primary date for mayor’s race tainted by alleged ballot box stuffing (apnews.com)
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut judge has set Jan. 23 as the date for a new Democratic primary election in the Bridgeport mayor’s race after having tossed out the September election results because of alleged ballot box stuffing.
Patients and staff leave Gaza's biggest hospital, and dozens are killed at a crowded refugee camp (apnews.com)
“We left at gunpoint,” Mahmoud Abu Auf told The Associated Press by phone after he and his family left the crowded hospital. “Tanks and snipers were everywhere inside and outside.” He said he saw Israeli forces detain three men....
In death, one cancer patient helps to erase millions in medical debt (apnews.com)
RIP, goodhearted woman....
Fears of political violence are growing as the 2024 campaign heats up and conspiracy theories evolve (apnews.com)
The man who bludgeoned former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband with a hammer last year consumed a steady diet of right-wing conspiracy theories before an attack that took place with the midterm elections less than two weeks away....
New hardiness zone map will help US gardeners keep pace with climate change (apnews.com)
Southern staples like magnolia trees and camellias may now be able to grow without frost damage in once-frigid Boston....
South Dakota tribe to declare state of emergency due to rampant crime on reservation (apnews.com)
In India, 40 workers are trapped in a tunnel for a 7th day as rescuers wait for a new drill (apnews.com)
Forty workers are trapped in a collapsed road tunnel in northern India for a seventh day as rescuers wait for a new machine to drill through the rubble so they can crawl to their freedom.
Police say there has been a shooting with multiple victims at a New Hampshire psychiatric hospital (apnews.com)
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) —...
Backpage founder convicted of 1 count of money laundering. Arizona jury deadlocks on 84 other counts (apnews.com)
Measles deaths worldwide jumped 40% last year, health agencies say (apnews.com)
Texas woman convicted and facing up to life in prison for killing pro cyclist Mo Wilson (apnews.com)
A woman convicted of murder in the shooting death of rising professional cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson faces up to life in prison in Texas when sentenced in a case that led investigators on a 43-day international search to find her....
EU Commission to extend use of glyphosate for 10 more years after member countries fail to agree (apnews.com)
The European Commission will continue the use of the controversial chemical herbicide glyphosate in the European Union for 10 more years after the 27 member countries again failed to find a common position for or against a prolongation....
US and Philippines sign a nuclear cooperation pact allowing US investment and technologies (apnews.com)
The United States and the Philippines have signed a nuclear cooperation pact under which U.S. investment and technologies are to help the Southeast Asian nation transition to cleaner energy and bolster its power supply....
Climate change in Texas science textbooks causes divisions on state's education board (apnews.com)
How science textbooks in Texas address climate change is at the center of a key vote expected Friday after some Republican education officials criticized books for being too negative toward fossil fuels in America’s biggest oil and gas state....
European Union calls for an investigation into the massacre of nearly 100 civilians in Burkina Faso (apnews.com)
More than 180,000 people across France march against soaring antisemitism amid the Israel-Hamas war (apnews.com)
More than 180,000 people across France, including 100,000 in Paris, have marched peacefully to protest against rising antisemitism in the wake of Israel’s ongoing war against Hamas in Gaza.
In very rare move, Pope dismisses conservative US bishop Strickland (apnews.com)
Media watchdog says it was just 'raising questions' with insinuations about photographers and Hamas (apnews.com)
The head of an Israeli media watchdog, HonestReporting, says it was simply ‘raising questions’ by wondering whether Palestinian photojournalists who documented the Oct. 7 attack on Israel had been tipped off in advance that it had happened.
Biden administration takes on JetBlue as its fight against industry consolidation goes to court (apnews.com)
The Biden administration’s fight against consolidation in the airline industry is being tested Tuesday as lawyers for JetBlue Airways and the Justice Department squared off in court....