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Michigan farmworker diagnosed with bird flu, becoming 2nd US case tied to dairy cows

Craig Fedirighi

A Michigan dairy worker has been diagnosed with bird flu — the second human case associated with an outbreak in ...

No more cute snaps of Mt Fuji. A screen is up in a Japanese town to prevent tourist crowds

Bob Elliott

TOKYO — Sorry, the screen is now up — no more snapping cute photos of Mount Fuji from a popular ...

In Saudi Arabia, an all-women psychedelic rock band jams out as its conservative society loosens up

Heather Blacksmith

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Leaning into the microphone in Saudi Arabia’s capital, Nora let loose a primal scream. Guitars wailed ...

‘How do you get hypothermia in a prison?’ Records show hospitalizations among Virginia inmates

Craig Fedirighi

RICHMOND, Va. — The Virginia State Police investigator seemed puzzled about what the inmate was describing: “unbearable” conditions at a ...

Judge considers dismissing indictment against Alec Baldwin in fatal shooting of cinematographer

Heather Blacksmith

SANTA FE, N.M. — A New Mexico judge is considering Alec Baldwin’s request to dismiss a grand jury indictment against ...

An Arizona judge helped revive an 1864 abortion law. His lawmaker wife joined Democrats to repeal it

Craig Fedirighi

When it was Shawnna Bolick’s turn to speak, the words tumbled out of her for 20 minutes. The conservative lawmaker ...

Westminster dog show is a study in canine contrasts as top prize awaits

Heather Blacksmith

NEW YORK — If every dog must have its day, one champion canine is about to have its year. By ...

Roger Corman, Hollywood mentor and ‘King of the Bs,’ dies at 98

Heather Blacksmith

LOS ANGELES — Roger Corman, the “King of the Bs” who helped turn out such low-budget classics as “Little Shop ...

A cyberattack forces a big US health system to divert ambulances and take records offline

Craig Fedirighi

TOPEKA, Kan. — A cyberattack on the Ascension health system operating in 19 states across the U.S. forced some of ...

Eurovision explained, from ABBA to Zorra, as the song contest is shadowed by war

Heather Blacksmith

MALMO, Sweden — Scores of musicians, hundreds of journalists and thousands of music fans have gathered in the Swedish city ...