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Ion Izagirre soloes to victory in lively Tour de France stage as Vingegaard keeps overall lead 07/13/2023 12:15pm • BELLEVILLE-EN-BEAUJOLAIS, France (AP) — Ion Izagirre emerged victorious from an absorbing mid-mountain Tour de France stage which started with a flurry of attacks that lasted to the end on Thursday. The Cofidis rider posted his second career Tour stage win in the 12th stage. The 169-kilometer (105 Can you drink too much water? Here's what experts say 07/13/2023 11:14am • While most people have heard the advice to drink eight cups of water a day, there is some flexibility there and people are capable of drinking both too much and too little, though the latter is more common. Drinking too little can lead to dehydration which can cause a range of symptoms from d Russian lawmakers move to further restrict transgender rights in new legislation 07/13/2023 09:45am • TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russian lawmakers on Thursday approved a toughened version of a bill that outlaws gender transitioning procedures, with added clauses that annul marriages in which one person has “changed gender” and bar transgender people from becoming foster or adoptive parents. The b In ‘Oppenheimer,’ Christopher Nolan builds a thrilling, serious blockbuster for adults 07/13/2023 09:43am • NEW YORK (AP) — Christopher Nolan has never been one to take the easy or straightforward route. He shoots on large-format film with cumbersome cameras. He prefers practical effects and real locations — even when that means recreating an atomic explosion in the harsh winds of the New Mexico dese One year after launch, 988 mental health crisis line still building awareness and staffing 07/13/2023 08:32am • (CNN) — Thanks to a trio of digits — 988 — the past year has been “transformative” in the United States’ ongoing efforts to tackle the nation’s mental health crisis, according to health officials. But as it heads into its second year of existence, the three-digit number for the country Tornado touches down near Chicago's O'Hare airport, disrupting hundreds of flights 07/13/2023 07:52am • CHICAGO (AP) — A National Weather Service team will survey damage Thursday in northeast Illinois, where fierce winds from suspected tornadoes ripped roofs from buildings, downed trees and sent residents scrambling for safety as sirens sounded. The weather service warned Wednesday evening that a co EU rejects Myanmar’s diplomatic role and says it still doesn't recognize generals 07/13/2023 07:19am • JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The European Union’s top diplomat on Thursday expressed opposition to Myanmar’s upcoming role as the overseer of relations between the 27-nation bloc and Southeast Asian nations and reasserted its non-recognition of the strife-torn country's military government. The c Tourists are packing European hotspots, boosted by Americans 07/13/2023 07:01am • VENICE, Italy (AP) — Tourists are waiting more than two hours to visit the Acropolis in Athens. Taxi lines at Rome’s main train station are running just as long. And so many visitors are concentrating around St. Mark’s Square in Venice that crowds get backed up crossing bridges — even on wee Black Lives Matter movement marks 10 years of activism and renews its call to defund the police 07/13/2023 06:18am • The Black Lives Matter movement hits a milestone on Thursday, marking 10 years since its 2013 founding in response to the acquittal of the man who fatally shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. Gunned down in a Florida gated community where his father lived in 2012, Martin was one of the earliest symbols Borrowers advised to plan now for student loan payments to resume in October 07/13/2023 06:16am • For borrowers with federal student loan debt, repayments begin Oct. 1, and the D.C. Office of the Attorney General is advising consumers to gather the latest information on the status of their loans to prepare for that first payment date. The federal government paused student loan payments during Tornado touches down near Chicago's O'Hare airport, disrupting hundreds of flights 07/13/2023 06:09am • CHICAGO (AP) — A tornado touched down near Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, prompting passengers to take shelter and disrupting hundreds of flights. There were no immediate reports of injuries. A confirmed tornado was on the ground around 7 p.m. Wednesday, according to the National Wea Spain sweats out sultry nights as heat wave bakes southern Europe 07/12/2023 11:55pm • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain sweltered under an unrelenting heat wave Wednesday as temperatures started to build toward what is forecast to be a torrid weekend across southern Europe. Spain’s weather service said thermometers could potentially hit 45 C (113 F) in southeastern areas of the Iberi Ukraine wins G7 security pledges, but NATO membership remains elusive 07/12/2023 10:47pm • VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy welcomed fresh pledges of weapons and ammunition to fight Russia's invasion along with longer-term security commitments from the West on Wednesday even as he expressed disappointment over the lack of a clear path for his country to Thai diplomat meets with Suu Kyi in detention in Myanmar and says she wants to join talks on crisis 07/12/2023 10:40pm • JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Thailand’s top diplomat said Wednesday that he met with ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi in detention over the weekend and she conveyed her openness to engage in talks to resolve the crisis gripping her strife-torn nation. Thai Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai is Snow shovels in hand, volunteers help Vermont communities clear the mud from epic floods 07/12/2023 08:24pm • ANDOVER, Vt. (AP) — Volunteers pulled out their snow shovels Wednesday to clear inches of mud after torrential rain and flooding inundated communities across Vermont, trapping people in homes, closing roadways and littering streets and businesses with debris. The water drained off most streets