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American star Chloe Dygert romps to individual pursuit title at cycling world championships 08/03/2023 06:09pm • Chloe Dygert insisted in the week leading up to the cycling world championships that she wasn't quite in form yet. The American track star was still by far the best in the world Thursday. The 26-year-old from Indiana, who has overcome a career-threatening crash and several other setbacks over the pa Local COVID-19 numbers creep up, get harder to track 08/03/2023 03:50pm • While the severity of COVID-19 is far from what it was during the height of the pandemic, case numbers are starting to increase once again in the D.C. region, according to figures provided by MedStar Health. "It's something we have to keep our eye on," said Amanda Joy, director of advanced practi Once nearing extinction, Brazil's golden monkeys have rebounded from yellow fever, scientists say 08/01/2023 12:46pm • There are now more golden lion tamarins bounding between branches in the Brazilian rainforest than at any time since efforts to save the species started in the 1970s, a new survey reveals. Once on the brink of extinction, with only about 200 animals in the wild, the population has rebounded to aroun COVID hospitalizations climb for 2nd week. Is it a summer surge? 08/01/2023 10:13am • ▶ Watch Video: Doctors warn COVID hospitalizations are rising Weekly COVID-19 hospitalizations have risen by more than 12% across the country, according to new data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, marking a second straight week of t American cyclist Chloe Dygert overcomes injuries, dark days to make another world title run 07/31/2023 05:15pm • Chloe Dygert’s career could have ended at the bottom of an Italian ravine, where the American cyclist had been racing for a world championship with an eye on Olympic gold before colliding with a guardrail and sustaining devastating leg injuries. Her comeback to the top of the sport has been daunti Skepticism prevails as Chinese leaders promise to back private businesses to spur slowing economy 07/30/2023 11:29pm • BEIJING (AP) — The Fangbiaogan Real Estate Agency in the southern city of Nanning is still waiting for China’s post-COVID rebound. Home sales are 30-40% below last year's depressed level after the economy barely grew in the latest quarter, according to the owner, who would give only his surname, Thousands take to streets in Gaza in rare public display of discontent with Hamas 07/30/2023 04:02pm • GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Several thousand people briefly took to the streets across the Gaza Strip on Sunday to protest chronic power outages and difficult living conditions, providing a rare public show of discontent with the territory’s Hamas government. Hamas security forces quickly dispe Violent crime is rising in the nation's capital. DC seeks solutions as Congress keeps close watch 07/29/2023 10:16am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Pamela Smith’s voice soared and quivered like a preacher in midsermon as she recalled her troubled childhood and how it helped prepare her for the challenges she faces as the new police chief in the nation's capital. “I stand before you as a child who had no hopes, who had no Mandy Moore says her son has rare skin condition 07/28/2023 11:22pm • Actress Mandy Moore has revealed that her 2-year-old son August, nicknamed Gus, has been diagnosed with a rare skin condition called Gianotti Crosti syndrome.Moore took to social media on Friday to describe a "crazy rash" Gus woke up with last week."We thought maybe an eczema flare? Poison Oak? Alle Cases of tick-borne illnesses are on the rise. Some experts believe climate change is the cause 07/27/2023 05:21pm • NEW YORK (AP) — In 2022, doctors recorded the first confirmed case of tick-borne encephalitis virus acquired in the United Kingdom. It began with a bike ride. A 50-year-old man was mountain biking in the North Yorkshire Moors, a national park in England known for its vast expanses of woodland and Chinese and Russian officials to join North Korean commemorations of Korean War armistice 07/26/2023 06:28am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Russia and China are sending government delegations to North Korea this week for events marking the 70th anniversary of the armistice that halted fighting in the 1950-53 Korean War. The visits suggest North Korea is further opening up after years of pandemic isolation and Former Tennessee police officer sues after department rescinds job offer because he has HIV 07/25/2023 03:55pm • A former Memphis police officer of the year has filed a discrimination lawsuit against the Nashville Police Department, claiming it violated federal law by rescinding a job offer after learning he has HIV. The lawsuit, filed Friday in federal court in Nashville, said the officer presented a letter f Israeli doctors reveal Netanyahu's chronic heart problem only after implanting pacemaker 07/24/2023 10:54pm • JERUSALEM (AP) — After undergoing emergency surgery to implant a pacemaker, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, 73, made a video appearance from a hospital near Tel Aviv. Wearing a crisp dark suit, he grinned and declared energetically that he felt “great, as you can see.” But the Sunda Sharks may be on your TV this week, but dolphins are in a bay or river nearby 07/24/2023 05:45pm • Sharks may be dominating your TV with Discovery’s "Shark Week," but that dorsal fin sighting on the Chesapeake Bay likely belongs to another marine animal. Of course, you may see some sharks in the Chesapeake or surrounding rivers; but if you spot a fin, it's more likely to be a curious bottlen Gene therapy eyedrops restored a boy's sight. Similar treatments could help millions 07/24/2023 07:32am • MIAMI (AP) — Dr. Alfonso Sabater pulled up two photos of Antonio Vento Carvajal’s eyes. One showed cloudy scars covering both eyeballs. The other, taken after months of gene therapy given through eyedrops, revealed no scarring on either eye. Antonio, who's been legally blind for much of his 14 y