U.S. & World

A South African aquarium is stretched beyond capacity after more than 500 baby sea turtles were washed up on beaches by a rare and powerful storm and rescued by members of the public.

Authorities say one person died when a tornado ripped through the small northeastern Kansas city of Westmoreland and destroyed houses, RVs and outbuildings.

The U.S. Rowing federation on Tuesday released a 154-page report on the former Olympic medalist and coach, who died in 2021.

Student protests over the Israel-Hamas war have popped up at many college campuses after the arrest of demonstrators at Columbia University.

About 300 people attended the rally at the Paris Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games HQ in the French capital.

Officers took protesters into custody late Tuesday after Columbia University called in police to end the pro-Palestinian occupation on the New York campus.

Conservationists insist the population remains fragile after being hunted to near-extinction by the 1960s.

Bird flu has been found in nearly three-dozen dairy herds across nine states.

Federal regulators on Tuesday sent warning letters to several drugmakers, taking issue with patents on popular drugs for weight loss, diabetes, asthma and other respiratory conditions.

The U.S. and allies are scrambling to pull together a complex system that will move tons of humanitarian aid into Gaza by sea.

The synchronized emergence of periodic cicadas is an evolutionary strategy. But some scientists think global warming could be affecting the insects’ cycles.

A mom says “the unthinkable happened” when she was handed the wrong baby in a hospital maternity ward and cared for the infant for several hours.

Israeli officials sound increasingly concerned that the International Criminal Court could issue arrest warrants for the country’s leaders more than six months into the Israel-Hamas war.