U.S. & World

Dorothy Staten used to be a professional cook and loves food. She has firm rules about what she eats and avoids in her diet.

Authorities in North Carolina say a children’s book, likely with a lithium battery, is to blame for a fire inside a vehicle that occurred Sunday when no one was in the car.

The Justice Department watchdog says the FBI has failed to report some child sexual abuse allegations to local law enforcement or social service agencies despite changes prompted by its handling of the case against former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar.

The city of Porto in northern Portugal takes pride in its beaches, old churches and famous port wine. It’s also home to a church where its members surf before they worship.

The incident occurred when the Trump aide sought to take photos and video at Section 60, the officials said. No charges were filed and the Army considers the matter closed.

Corn sweat is the process by which corn plants release moisture into the air to stay cool, and it brings the Midwest a surge in humidity every summer. Now, climate change and evolving agriculture are making the phenomenon even stickier.

A Hong Kong court convicted two former editors of a shuttered news outlet on Thursday, in a sedition case that is widely seen as a barometer for the future of media freedom in the city once hailed as a bastion of free press in Asia.

The suspects in the foiled plot to attack Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna earlier this month sought to kill “tens of thousands” of fans before the CIA discovered intelligence that disrupted the planning and led to arrests.

The Israeli military said it killed five more West Bank militants, including a local commander, as it pressed ahead Thursday with what appeared to be the deadliest operation in the occupied territory since the start of the war in Gaza.

A healthy 41-year-old man in New Hampshire has died after contracting eastern equine encephalitis, a rare but serious virus spread by mosquitoes.

Russia’s Foreign Ministry has announced 92 additions to its list of Americans banned from entering the country.

Colorado authorities are investigating the suspicious death of a dog breeder and looking for 10 Doberman puppies who were missing from his property, according to the Clear Creek County Sheriff’s Office.

The alleged altercation at Arlington National Cemetery threatens to blunt Trump’s attacks on the Biden-Harris administration over Afghanistan.