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As Western wildfires get more destructive, scientists are finding a far-off connection to shrinking ice on the Arctic Ocean.

The boat sank over the weekend in the Mediterranean Sea between Tunisia and Italy. About 25 people were rescued. Thousands of migrants have reached Italy's tiny Lampedusa island in the past few days.

When public health specialists look at the annual case counts, some see a trend that raises questions about how realistic the goal of a polio-free world might be.

An imam in the city of Paterson was stabbed while leading his congregation in prayer on Sunday. When police arrived, the attacker was already apprehended by congregants.

California, Washington state, New York and Massachusetts are stockpiling misoprostol and mifepristone, both of which are used in abortion regimens.

Saying she is ready to share the "unfathomable" experience of being arrested and incarcerated in Russia, basketball star Brittney Griner is working on a memoir that is scheduled for spring 2024.

The video has been viewed millions of times on YouTube via links that are replaced as quickly as the video-sharing service can remove them for violating its policy against "COVID-19 misinformation."

Thanks to a very wet year, the Golden State is experiencing a rare "superbloom" that's blanketing the ground with a variety of richly colored plants.

Nickolas Wilt, a 26-year-old rookie officer, ran towards a gunman who opened fire at a Louisville bank on Monday. He's the latest to be heralded as a hero amid America's gun violence crisis.

It's the fifth fire-related death this year in New York City where officials have said an e-bike was the cause. A father and his five children were in the second-story apartment when the fire began.