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Dr. Cyril Wecht, celebrity pathologist who argued more than 1 shooter killed JFK, dies at 93 05/13/2024 02:38pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) — Dr. Cyril Wecht, a pathologist and attorney whose biting cynicism and controversial positions on high-profile deaths such as President John F. Kennedy’s 1963 assassination caught the attention of prosecutors and TV viewers alike, died Monday. He was 93. Wecht's death was announ Families still looking for missing loved ones after devastating Afghanistan floods killed scores 05/13/2024 01:51pm • ISLAMABAD (AP) — When he heard that devastating floods hit his village in northern Afghanistan last week, farmer Abdul Ghani rushed home from neighboring Kunduz province where he was visiting relatives. When he got home, he found out that his wife and three children had perished in the deluge. Tw Punxsutawney Phil's babies are named Shadow and Sunny. Just don't call them the heirs apparent 05/13/2024 12:56pm • PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) — Punxsutawney Phil's offspring now have names that just might help the famed weather-forecasting groundhog to predict when spring will begin. Phil's human handlers chose Mother's Day to announce that the two kits born this spring to Phil and his partner, Phyllis, are named A plane with 3 aboard lands without landing gear at an Australian airport after burning off fuel 05/13/2024 10:20am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A light plane with three people aboard landed safely without landing gear Monday after circling an Australian airport for almost three hours to burn off fuel. The pilot, Peter Schott, and his passengers, a 60-year-old man and a 65-year-old woman, walked unaided from the German court backs intelligence agency's designation of far-right party as suspected extremist case 05/13/2024 10:11am • BERLIN (AP) — Germany's domestic intelligence agency was justified in putting the far-right Alternative for Germany under observation for suspected extremism, a court ruled Monday, rejecting an appeal from the opposition party. The administrative court in Muenster ruled in favor of the BfV intelli Sleepy far-flung towns in the Philippines will host US forces returning to counter China threats 05/13/2024 03:44am • SANTA ANA, Philippines (AP) — The far-flung coastal town of Santa Ana in the northeastern tip of the Philippine mainland has long been known by tourists mostly for its beaches, waterfalls, fireflies and a few casinos. But that’s changing after the laid-back town of about 35,000 people, which sti ANÁLISIS | Xi Jinping remarca las divisiones en Europa antes de la esperada visita de Putin 05/13/2024 12:58am • (CNN) -- Puede que Xi Jinping haya comenzado su reciente viaje a Europa respondiendo preguntas difíciles en Francia sobre el comercio y la guerra de Rusia en Ucrania, pero el líder chino finalizó su estancia a fines de la semana pasada proyectando un mensaje crudo: que a pesar de las fricciones c Violence is traumatizing Haitian kids. Now the country's breaking a taboo on mental health services 05/13/2024 12:15am • PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Students often throw up or wet themselves when gunfire erupts outside their school in northern Port-au-Prince. When they do, school director Roseline Ceragui Louis finds there's only one way to try to calm the children and keep them safe: getting them to lie on the cla Putin replaces Shoigu as Russia's defense minister as he starts his 5th term 05/12/2024 11:40pm • Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday replaced Sergei Shoigu as defense minister in a Cabinet shakeup that comes as he begins his fifth term in office. In line with Russian law, the entire Russian Cabinet resigned Tuesday following Putin’s glittering inauguration in the Kremlin, and most mem 20 Certification Programs for Careers That Pay Well 05/12/2024 08:00pm • Certificate programs, often offered by colleges, provide training in specific fields that can help jump-start a career. You can take certificate programs as a college graduate, but many are designed for people with a high school diploma or GED who want additional training to land an entry-level posi How to Treat Seasonal Allergies 05/12/2024 08:00pm • For millions of allergy sufferers, spring and summer mean sneezing, runny noses and itchy eyes. Plumes of pollen from trees, grasses and plants (such as ragweed) get released into the air and trigger seasonal allergies -- also referred to as hay fever and allergic rhinitis -- for nearly 1 in 4 Ameri 5 Great Fixed-Income Funds to Buy Now 05/12/2024 08:00pm • Fixed-income investing can be perplexing, even to seasoned equity investors. Unlike stocks that trade on centralized exchanges, bonds typically trade over the counter. While purchasing U.S. Treasurys might be straightforward through platforms like TreasuryDirect.gov, navigating the corporate bond ma 10 of the Best Vanguard ETFs to Buy 05/12/2024 08:00pm • Vanguard is known for its straightforward brokerage platform and a suite of low-cost mutual funds, yet it also boasts a significant array of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), offering 86 diverse options. "Overall, Vanguard is highly regarded among professional investors and financial experts, primarily Flash floods in northern Afghanistan sweep away livelihoods, leaving hundreds dead and missing 05/12/2024 06:30pm • ISLAMABAD (AP) — Shopkeeper Nazer Mohammad ran home as soon as he heard about flash floods crashing into the outskirts of a provincial capital in northern Afghanistan. By the time he got there, there was nothing left, including his family of five. "Everything happened just all of a sudden. I came Apartment building partially collapses in a Russian border city after shelling. At least 13 killed 05/12/2024 06:05pm • An apartment building partially collapsed in the Russian border city of Belgorod on Sunday, causing at least 13 deaths and injuring 20 other people, officials said. They blamed Ukrainian shelling for the building's destruction. Online footage showed rescuers searching for survivors among the remnant