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Inside the toxic legacy of America’s multibillion-dollar carpet empire 02/05/2026 09:49am • DALTON, Ga. (AP) — Bob Shaw glared at the executives from the chemical giant 3M across the table from him. He held up a carpet sample and pointed at the logo for Scotchgard on the back. “That’s not a logo,” fumed Shaw, CEO of the world’s largest carpet company, one attendee later recalled. What to know about the heat policy at the Australian Open 01/23/2026 10:23pm • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — With extreme temperatures forecast for Saturday, the Australian Open started matches an hour earlier than usual on all courts at Melbourne Park. The predicted hot weather meant the tournament's Extreme Heat Protocol, which works on a scale based on environmental conditi Trying to improve your health and wellness in 2026? Keep it simple 12/29/2025 08:42am • The new year is a time when many try to start new good habits and commit to improving health and wellness. But resolutions, lofty as they may be, can turn daunting quickly with all the advice and sometimes contradicting information coming at you from news reports, advertisers, influencers, friend Migrants thought they were in court for a routine hearing. Instead, it was a deportation trap 11/19/2025 03:41pm • The government lawyer knew what was coming as she stood inside a courtroom and texted an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent waiting in a corridor a few feet away. “I can’t do this,” the lawyer said in a text message as she looked at her docket of cases. “This is a new emotional load.� Disease of 1,000 faces shows how science is tackling immunity’s dark side 11/06/2025 02:37pm • Doctor after doctor misdiagnosed or shrugged off Ruth Wilson’s rashes, swelling, fevers and severe pain for six years. She saved her life by begging for one more test in an emergency room about to send her home, again, without answers. That last-ditch test found the Massachusetts woman’s kidneys PHOTO ESSAY: One woman’s journey with lupus, the disease of 1,000 faces 11/06/2025 10:04am • Ruth Wilson doesn’t look sick yet “everywhere hurts all the time” – because her immune system is attacking her own body. The Massachusetts woman has lupus, nicknamed the disease of 1,000 faces for its variety of symptoms — one of a rogues’ gallery of autoimmune diseases that affect tens From parrots to chemists, the world is captivated by baseball superstar Ohtani 10/30/2025 09:57am • TOKYO (AP) — “Ohtani. Home run. Awesome. Ohtani. Home run.” Cocochan Hayakawa, a chatty parrot with nearly 48,000 followers on Instagram, is one of millions of admirers of Shohei Ohtani, the baseball superstar starring again for the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series. “He is the greates Janelle Monáe embraces HalloQueen role, creating an empire where art and freedom collide in October 10/29/2025 12:13pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Just before Janelle Monáe’s DJ set at Cinespia — an outdoor movie series framed by the marble mausoleums of a storied Hollywood cemetery — the multi-hyphenated performer wasn’t just focused on rehearsing a setlist. Instead, Monáe paused to guide a symbolic circle inspi Sunburn Remedies: Best Home Treatments & When to See a Doctor 10/28/2025 08:00pm • Spending time outside -- even just a little -- can often lead to sunburn if your skin is unprotected. And sunburns can happen at any time of the year, not just summer. In fact, a 2024 American Academy of Dermatology survey revealed that nearly one in five adults are not aware that you can get sunbur Zanzibar is seeing a seaweed boom. Can the women collecting it cash in? 10/28/2025 12:06am • ZANZIBAR, Tanzania (AP) — The women wade with baskets near the beaches, their colorful dresses a magnet for tourist cameras. Sunscreen worn by the holidaymakers may even contain the product the women are collecting: Zanzibar’s seaweed. An eco-friendly local industry that employs thousands of wom Money-losing companies with colorful histories have pivoted to crypto 10/22/2025 07:14am • A marketer of shark-repellant sunscreen. A maker of chocolate-flavored whiskey. A seller of a drink that promises to quickly lower blood-alcohol levels. Until recently, these businesses had significant losses and floundering stock prices in common. Now, they’re members of a legion of publicly trad Pamela Anderson leads the way for women who choose to go makeup free 09/22/2025 03:14pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Pamela Anderson has nothing against makeup. It's just that she's been there, done that in her younger years. That's why now, at 58, she's attending fashion shows and film premieres with a blissfully bare face. It's a look, especially for older women, that serves to plague and perpl Here’s what dermatologists are saying about your skin care routine: Keep it simple 09/15/2025 12:34pm • There always seems to be someone on TikTok, YouTube or Instagram showing you a multistep skincare routine they swear by. They might use expensive products like snail mucin or red-light therapy masks that allegedly hydrate your skin or help reduce fine lines. Is any of it necessary? Does any of it w Across the US, cities combine art, shade and education to help people beat the heat 09/12/2025 04:34pm • LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE, Calif. (AP) — When sculptor Bobby Zokaites moved to Phoenix in the summer of 2011, walking the half mile to classes at Arizona State University in triple-digit heat felt risky. He learned to find shade along his route — resting in a stoplight's sliver of it, dodging the siz Important Questions to Ask Your Aging Parents 09/10/2025 08:00pm • For much of our lives, our parents seemed to have all the answers. They were in charge, and they always knew what to do and how to fix the problem. For many adult children, however, there comes a time when their parents need them to step up and help them make good decisions and plans for their futur