Helen Branswell, STAT's infectious disease reporter who earned the respect of experts and public health officials with her accessible, prescient dispatches, has died at age 69.

CVS Pharmacy Inc. and various subsidiaries have agreed to pay $315 million to resolve a Justice Department case alleging it unlawfully dispensed medically unnecessary prescriptions of highly addictive opioids.

Cornell University is suspending parties and other social events at fraternity houses for the rest of the academic year.

The Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the execution would be “public.”

The Democratic National Committee has sued the Trump administration over recent TV ads promoting the president.

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has expressed condolences following the reported death of María del Carmen Abascal, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction sparked nationwide protests.

Police say a California couple has been arrested on child abuse charges following an investigation into a surrogacy scheme involving at least 21 kids.

It's the deadliest strike against American troops during the war with Iran. Now U.S. soldiers wounded in a drone attack on Port Shuaiba in Kuwait are raising their concerns publicly about whether comm...

The judges said they want to review whether her allegations of sexual abuse and rape as a child were fully considered before she was sentenced to death.

A federal appeals court has halted the execution in Tennessee of Christa Pike about an hour before it was set to begin.

The U.S. National Security Agency and military intelligence forces are set to guard election systems during the November midterms.

Police in Mississippi have arrested a second man in the death of a Black woman found hanging from a tree and have issued an arrest warrant for a third suspect.

The lightning advance of Yemen's Houthi rebels down the Red Sea coast was aided by Iranian advisers on the front lines.

A new lawsuit claims that Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI and Google illegally agreed to slow their AI development. Filed Friday in the U.S.

The artist Peter Max has died at age 88. Max was known for colorful, psychedelic pop art that expressed the optimism of the “flower power” movement of the 1960s and graced everything from postage stamps to a cruise ship.

A European Union-backed court has convicted former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci of four counts of war crimes committed during his country’s war for independence from Serbia.

The Environmental Protection Agency is repealing rules that limit planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants fueled by coal and natural gas, an action the agency said would remove more than $300 billion in costs for the industry and help “unleash” American energy.

MINAB, Iran (AP) — Families gather at the shattered remains of the Shajareh Tayyebeh school in Minab, Iran, to grieve and remember some 120 children killed by a U.S. airstrike on the war’s first day.

The Eiffel Tower has reopened to the public after a strike closed it for a day. A union official says staff were angry at management instruction limiting women's presence during a visit by a Hindu delegation on Saturday.

Turning Point Action activists made waves at the Iowa State Fair by heckling Democratic politicians.

New York City’s public school system will ban artificial intelligence for students through the 8th grade during the upcoming school year.

Apple has relabeled Lake Ontario to “Lake America” for U.S. users of its maps app, following competitor Google days after President Donald Trump ordered a new name for the body of water amid his escalating trade war with Canada.

Author-agrarian Wendell Berry, a Kentucky native who celebrated the farming world of his home state and warned of the excesses of industrial society, has died.

Authorities in Ecuador say they have arrested a Russian woman accused of trying to smuggle at least 32 marine iguanas from the Galapagos Islands out of the South American country.

BIG SUR (AP) — The Plaskett Fire erupted Wednesday in steep terrain in Monterey County along Highway 1.

An autopsy shows that an armed man killed by the Tennessee National Guard was shot in the back. The report that Tyrin Johnson’s family shared with The Associated Press on Thursday contradicts accounts by law enforcement.

Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Sal Veder, who was known for his iconic image “Burst of Joy,” has died. His death on Aug. 22 was confirmed Wednesday by his daughter.

Brazil is becoming a key global battleground for rare earth minerals that are crucial for renewable energy and technology.

Longtime Stars and Stripes publisher Max D. Lederer Jr. has announced his retirement. The development comes as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon seeks to exert editorial control over the milit...

Liberia has agreed to accept up to 1,200 third-country deportees from the United States. Authorities in the West African country announced this on Tuesday.

A U.S. judge has blocked plans to move the FBI's headquarters to a federal office building in Washington.

Navajo Code Talkers are being honored in a longstanding national day of recognition. Thomas H. Begay is one of the last living Code Talkers and will be among those expected to gather Friday in Phoenix to honor their vital role in the outcome of World War II.

A rare solar eclipse crosses Iceland, Britain and parts of the European continent, drawing crowds to watch the event.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers may soon be outfitted with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks that are intended to gain compliance from combative individuals.

A federal appeals court has decided President Donald Trump cannot build a $400 million ballroom at the White House without congressional approval.

An Australian air crew has flown an American from an Antarctic base to a New Zealand hospital in a rare midwinter rescue.

Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she will oppose Todd Blanche’s nomination as attorney general. The Alaska senator said in a statement that she is concerned President Donald Trump's administration could proceed with its proposed fund to compensate Jan. 6 rioters even though Blanche has pledged to

An Associated Press investigation reveals that President Donald Trump’s administration has detained dozens of parents and spouses of active-duty U.S. troops.

Four professors and a national faculty group asked a federal judge Monday to block the Texas A&M University System’s restrictions on teaching about race, gender and sexuality and to reinstate courses canceled under the policy.

Michigan has joined Minnesota in reporting cyberattacks on water systems but an official said all were operating “safely.”

The Michigan Supreme Court has ordered state regulators to reconsider a permit for a tunnel carrying an oil pipeline under the Great Lakes.

Over 100 women's college basketball players have formed the United College Athletes Association, a union for college athletes. The UCAA announced this on Friday.

Gianni Infantino is at risk of losing his job as FIFA president two weeks after seeming untouchable following a financial bonanza of a World Cup.

Germany’s national railway operator says it is banning alcohol consumption at all stations on the network in an effort to improve security and cleanliness for employees and passengers.

Influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate have been arrested by federal authorities Saturday in Miami, according to U.S. Marshals Service.