The world-record holder needed only one attempt to advance to the shot put finals at world championships, where he’ll seek to defend his title
Opponents of a sweeping Texas bill blocking local governments from enforcing their laws say it would deprive workers of water breaks during a historic heat wave, among other dangers
The Economic Community of West African States has set a D-Day for its armed action but has not disclosed the date
A small vessel set sail from the coastal town for the Canary Islands before drifting for a month, leaving more than 90 dead and relatives to mourn those who departed
Hilary is expected to plow into the Mexican peninsula on Saturday night and then surge northward and enter the history books as the first tropical storm to hit Southern California in 84 years
Mark Cousins’s documentary is revealing and playful, funny and somber, tricky and artistic, all at once
While on vacation, your kids can be exposed to jellyfish stings, cold shock response and many kinds of injuries. Here’s how you can deal with them
An international mining company is constructing the only plant in southern Europe, and the seventh in the world, to recycle valuable metal elements present in electronic waste, amid criticism for polluting the environment
La Roja’s players are going through a tough physical training regime while adapting to the new ball introduced by FIFA in the semifinals
The Asian giant is facing an uncertain economic climate due to defaults by real estate and financial companies
The presidential election campaign has been marked by violence and the assassination of one of the candidates amid a wave of organized crime-related terror
The Swedish women proved once again they’re tough to beat after a semifinal loss, extending their perfect record in World Cup third-place matches to four
Animal rights activists have been fighting for years to have Lolita freed from her tank at the Miami Seaquarium
Teams have gotten an 80-game schedule for the coming season for now. The other two games will be based on how they fare in the new tournament that starts Nov. 3
The first couple is renting a private home on Lake Tahoe, the massive alpine lake that abuts California and Nevada and is a tourist attraction
The mainland’s ruling Communist Party claims democratic Taiwan as part of its territory and says it has no right to conduct foreign relations
California’s 2nd District Court of Appeal finds Friday that the lawsuits of Wade Robson and James Safechuck should not have been dismissed by a lower court
The 66-year-old, two-time Olympic champion was less than 24 hours removed from being elected unopposed to his third term as the global leader of track and field
In a region rife with coups, Niger was seen as one of the last democratic countries that Western nations could partner with to beat back a growing jihadi insurgency linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group
The value of WeWork shares have plunged since the company went public in October 2021, after a spectacular collapse during its first attempt to do so two years earlier
The Japanese government is promoting the greater use of nuclear power as a low-carbon energy source, but the country’s nuclear plants are running out of storage capacity
The bill was introduced to thwart the planned release of 1.3 million gallons of water with traces of radioactive tritium
The July unrest exposed Palestinians’ seething resentment toward their semi-autonomous government and forced a reckoning for their beaten-down security forces, who in their blue camouflage uniforms have come to embody the tensions tearing at Palestinian society
The apparent resumption of travel came as the U.N. rights chief, Volker Türk, told the first open meeting of the U.N. Security Council on North Korean human rights since 2017 that the country was increasing its repression and people were becoming more desperate
The free shuttle will run daily in a fixed route called the Loop around Treasure Island, the site of a former U.S. Navy base in the middle of San Francisco Bay
The move is expected to make 166,700 Ukrainians eligible for Temporary Protected Status, up from about 26,000 currently