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At least 34 killed, dozens injured in Pakistan suicide bombing
A suicide bomber struck Monday inside a mosque within a police compound in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing at least 34 people and wounding as many as 150 worshippers, most of them police, officials said.
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Scenes outside pharmacies could foreshadow next phase in U.S. abortion battle
The next hot spot in the U.S. abortion fight is outside pharmacies. Reminiscent of scenes at abortion clinics, upcoming protests outside drugstores will illustrate a new battle in the post-Roe v. Wade era. At issue is access to abortion pills.
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Barrett Strong, Motown hitmaker and co-writer of I Heard It Through The Grapevine, dead at 81
Barrett Strong, one of Motown's founding artists who sang lead on the company's breakthrough single Money (That's What I Want), later collaborating with producer Norman Whitfield on such classics as I Heard It Through the Grapevine, has died. He was 81.
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U.S. professional skier among 2 dead in Japanese avalanche
One of two foreign men swept up in an avalanche in Japan while back-country skiing in the central prefecture of Nagano and found without vital signs on Monday was U.S. professional skier Kyle Smaine, according to an outdoor magazine.
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WHO says coronavirus remains a global health emergency
The coronavirus remains a global health emergency, the World Health Organization chief said Monday, after a key advisory panel found the pandemic may be nearing an "inflection point" where higher levels of immunity can lower virus-related deaths.
