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Mama bear, cubs spotted napping in tree in Va. neighborhood

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (AP) - Officials in Virginia have closed a road in one neighborhood after a mother bear and three cubs were spotted napping in a tree there. Chesapeake Animal Services asked residents ...

Dec 27, 2021

Omicron spreads global gloom over New Year's celebrations

BRUSSELS (AP) - As omicron spreads ever more gloom around the globe ahead of New Year's Eve, governments are moving at different speeds to contain the scourge, with some reimposing restrictions immedi...

Dec 27, 2021

Edward O. Wilson, biologist known as 'ant man,' dead at 92

BOSTON (AP) - Edward O. Wilson, the pioneering Harvard biologist who advanced the provocative theory that human behavior such as war and altruism has a genetic basis and warned against the decline of ...

Dec 27, 2021

Jury resumes deliberations at Ghislaine Maxwell's trial

NEW YORK (AP) - A jury resumed deliberations Monday in the sex trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwell after a long holiday weekend. The British socialite is charged with recruiting and grooming teenag...

Dec 27, 2021

Desmond Tutu, South African equality activist, dies at 90

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Desmond Tutu, South Africa's Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist for racial justice and LGBT rights and retired Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, has died, South African President C...

Dec 25, 2021

Ghislaine Maxwell turns 60 behind bars as verdict looms

NEW YORK (AP) - Ghislaine Maxwell reached her 60th birthday behind bars Saturday as she awaited the outcome of her sex trafficking trial. The British socialite is scheduled to return to a Manhattan co...

Dec 25, 2021

Influential Bluegrass musician J.D. Crowe has died

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Grammy-winning bluegrass musician J.D. Crowe, whose influential career spanned more than 50 years, has died. He was 84. His son, David, confirmed the death on Saturday to The A...

Dec 25, 2021

Surging COVID cases, 'jingle jabs' make for somber Christmas

ROME - Christmas arrived around the world Saturday amid a surge in COVID-19 infections that kept many families apart, overwhelmed hospitals and curbed religious observances as the pandemic was poised ...

Dec 25, 2021

Spanish eruption's end brings 'emotional relief,' rebuilding

MADRID (AP) - Authorities on one of Spain's Canary Islands declared a volcanic eruption that started in September officially finished Saturday following 10 days of no lava flows, seismic activity or s...

Dec 25, 2021

Space telescope launched on daring quest to behold 1st stars

The world's largest and most powerful space telescope rocketed away Saturday on a high-stakes quest to behold light from the first stars and galaxies and scour the universe for hints of life. NASA's J...

Dec 25, 2021