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5 family members found dead after flash flood in a scenic Utah canyon, authorities say

BICKNELL, Utah (AP) — Five family members who had set out for a day of hiking were killed after a flash...

Nolan’s 'The Odyssey' storms the box office with a $264.1 million global debut

NEW YORK (AP) — Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” launched with an estimated $124.5 million in domestic...

Second death reported in Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in New York City

NEW YORK (AP) — A second person has died in connection with an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in...

Not Greek to them. Scholars question Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey'

NEW YORK (AP) — For Greek translator Emily Wilson, the release of director Christopher Nolan's “The...

Justice Department activates untested court for 'alien terrorist' deportations

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has filed a first-ever petition to a secretive and dormant...

How to keep the air inside your home clean during wildfires

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The eerie glow of an orange sun through thick wildfire smoke might be unnerving, but...

Cuban artist and dissident exiled from country after 5 years in prison arrives in US

MIAMI (AP) — A famous Cuban dissident artist and musician, Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, arrived in Miam...

Taylor Farms recalls lettuce shipped to 27 states over cyclospora risk

Taylor Farms has expanded a voluntary recall of its iceberg lettuce products sourced from central Mexico...

Thunderstorms will clear wildfire smoke from Northeast ahead of World Cup final, meteorologists say

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Smoke from Canadian wildfires that engulfed the Northeast in haze is...

Pop culture’s 'reverent irreverence': How artists blur irony, sincerity and religion

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Indie musician Alex Cameron is known for his transgressive lyrics. So when he started...

Texas Hill Country floods test new warning systems after last year’s deadly disaster

After deadly floods killed more than 100 people in Texas' Hill Country last July, officials vowed...

International visitors came to the United States for soccer. Some saw beyond the clichés, too

From across borders and oceans, they came to the United States to watch soccer . Along the way, they...

A Texas prosecutor reveals new details in an ICE killing of a Houston father

A federal prosecutor in Texas shared new details Thursday evening about the moments before an immigration...

License revoked for boarding school in Utah where Paris Hilton says she was abused as a teen

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah revoked another campus license on Friday for the boarding school where Pari...

Men sue hospital after DNA tests showed they were switched at birth 38 years ago

COLORADO CITY, Colo. (AP) — The families of two men who discovered through DNA tests that they were...

Off-duty employee arrested in shooting near ICE detention center in Colorado that injured a woman

AURORA, Colo. (AP) — An off-duty employee at a federal immigration detention center in Colorado has...

Federal appeals court rules that New Jersey's assault weapons ban is unconstitutional

A federal appeals court ruled Friday that New Jersey's bans on assault firearms and magazines that ca...

Wildfire smoke from Canada and Minnesota pushes farther into the US and engulfs DC in haze

NEW YORK (AP) — Millions of people in the Great Lakes, Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states muddled through...

Clara Ester, activist who rushed to Martin Luther King Jr. after he was shot, dies at 78

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Clara Ester, an activist who as a 20-year-old college student rushed to the...

Foodborne illnesses at restaurant chains are rare but can sicken customers

NEW YORK (AP) — Big U.S. restaurant chains don't get linked to foodborne illness outbreaks often, but...

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