Nation & World

[ad_1] By EMILY SCHMALL, Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — In New Delhi, a sprawling capital region of 46 million and home to some of India’s highest concentration of hospitals, a pregnant woman’s death after a frantic hunt for a sickbed was a worrying sign about the country’s ability to cope with a wave of

[ad_1] By NOAH TRISTER, AP Baseball Writer DETROIT (AP) — An ace right-hander and a slugging corner infielder. It’s a combination that’s worked before for the Detroit Tigers — and now they have a couple of prospects they hope can bring competitive baseball back to the Motor City. Detroit drafted Arizona State first baseman Spencer

[ad_1] By STEVE LeBLANC and MARK PRATT, Associated Press Massachusetts is ramping up efforts to help more families put food on the table at a time when prices are rising and many have lost jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic. On Thursday, the state started accepting applications for a new $36 million food security grant

[ad_1] By LINDSEY TANNER, AP Medical Writer Surgeons in Chicago have given a new set of lungs to a young woman with severe lung damage from the coronavirus. Northwestern Medicine on Thursday announced the procedure, which took place last Friday. Only a few other COVID-19 survivors, in China and Europe, have received lung transplants. The

[ad_1] A widely cited model predicts that the coronavirus will kill nearly 170,000 Americans by early October with a second wave of the virus expected in September The new forecast from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington paints a grim picture for the summer, a time when some had

[ad_1] By DAVID CRARY and AARON MORRISON, Associated Press For much of its seven-year existence, the Black Lives Matter movement has been seen by many Americans as a divisive, even radical force. Its very name enraged its foes, who countered with the slogans “Blue Lives Matter” and “All Lives Matter.” Times have changed — dramatically

[ad_1] By DEB RIECHMANN and MATTHEW LEE, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump lobbed a broadside attack Thursday against the International Criminal Court by authorizing economic sanctions and travel restrictions against court workers directly involved in investigating American troops and intelligence officials for possible war crimes in Afghanistan. The executive order signed by

[ad_1] BEIJING — China’s Foreign Ministry has criticized a European Union report alleging that Beijing was spreading disinformation about the coronavirus pandemic. Spokesperson Hua Chunying told reporters Thursday that “the EU evades many obvious facts but specifically mentions China. This undermines the credibility and authority of this report.” Hua called the accusations against China “false.”

[ad_1] The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: MotoGP says it will resume next month with two races in Spain following a suspension caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The competition organizers say they have confirmed 13 races. They are all at European locations. They say four more races

[ad_1] MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines’ health ministry on Thursday confirmed nine more new coronavirus deaths and 443 additional infections. In a bulletin, the ministry said total confirmed infections have increased to 24,175 while deaths have reached 1,036. (Reporting by Neil Jerome Morales; Editing by Martin Petty) Copyright 2020 Thomson Reuters. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] By RAF CASERT, Associated Press TERVUREN, Belgium (AP) — When it comes to ruthless colonialism and racism, few historical figures are more notorious than Leopold II, the king of the Belgians who held Congo as his personal property and may have been responsible for the deaths of millions of Congolese more than a century

[ad_1] By DENNIS WASZAK Jr., AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Spencer Torkelson slugged his way through college, bashing baseballs all around the country with eye-popping power. All those impressive drives made the decision easy for the Detroit Tigers, who selected the Arizona State star with the No. 1 pick in the Major League

[ad_1] SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle Police say they are looking to reopen a precinct in the city’ Capitol Hill neighborhood that was shuttered during ongoing George Floyd protests. At a news conference Wednesday Assistant Chief Deanna Nollette said barriers were removed from the front of the precinct after it became a flashpoint between officers and