• An homage to one of the great traditions of fatherhood: the dad joke

    An homage to one of the great traditions of fatherhood: the dad joke

    Jun 16, 2024 05:20 PM EDT

    ... recoil in indignation. The only rule broken is the taboo against telling a bad joke. The child feels vicarious embarrassment for dad’s display of lameness. For his part, the dad knows perfectly well that it was a poor joke – but he doesn’t care. I think it’s a ...

  • Muslims converge at Mount Arafat to worship as Hajj pilgrimage reaches its peak

    Muslims converge at Mount Arafat to worship as Hajj pilgrimage reaches its peak

    Jun 15, 2024 04:42 PM EDT

    ... exhaustion. He urged pilgrims to drink water and carry umbrellas as they perform Hajj’s rituals. As pilgrims perform their worships, contracted migrant cleaners with lime-green jumpsuits were collecting empty water bottles and other trash around Mount Arafat. Pilgrims will next travel nearby to a site known as Muzdalifa ...

  • What you need to know about the Southern Baptists' resolution on IVF

    What you need to know about the Southern Baptists' resolution on IVF

    Jun 13, 2024 01:58 PM EDT

    INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Southern Baptist delegates expressed alarm Wednesday over the way in vitro fertilization is routinely being practiced, approving a resolution lamenting that the creation of surplus frozen embryos often results in “destruction of embryonic human life.” They urged members to carefully weigh the ethical implications of the technology while ...

  • Hunter Biden trial highlights experience of Americans struggling with addiction

    Hunter Biden trial highlights experience of Americans struggling with addiction

    Jun 12, 2024 10:40 PM EDT

    ... people who support someone with the substance abuse disorder?Dr. Scott Hadland: What really struck about this trial is that Hunter Biden is in the limelight, but he is somebody's son. And we're so acutely aware of this because he's the president's son. And it's ...

  • French music icon Françoise Hardy dies at 80

    French music icon Françoise Hardy dies at 80

    Jun 12, 2024 08:11 PM EDT

    PARIS (AP) — Françoise Hardy, a French singing legend and pop icon since the 1960s, has died. She was 80. Her son, musician Thomas Dutronc, announced her death on social media, sharing a poignant photo of himself as a child with his mother. Hardy, who had been battling lymphatic cancer since ...

  • Bill Gates is breaking ground on a nuclear power plant in Wyoming

    Bill Gates is breaking ground on a nuclear power plant in Wyoming

    Jun 10, 2024 10:34 PM EDT

    ... the fuel, and it’s working with other companies to develop alternate supplies. The U.S. Energy Department is working on developing it domestically. Edwin Lyman co-authored an article in Science on Thursday that raises concerns that this fuel could be used for nuclear weapons. Lyman, the director of ...

  • Negotiator reveals shadowy world of hostage rescue in new book, 'In the Shadows'

    Negotiator reveals shadowy world of hostage rescue in new book, 'In the Shadows'

    Jun 05, 2024 10:30 PM EDT

    For decades, families who have had loved ones kidnapped overseas have often had to work with consultants to get their relatives freed. Negotiating with kidnappers, terrorists and hostile countries is a murky and secretive world. One of the leading hostage negotiators has stepped into the limelight and written a book ...

  • New York pauses plan to charge big tolls to drive into core of Manhattan

    New York pauses plan to charge big tolls to drive into core of Manhattan

    Jun 05, 2024 06:27 PM EDT

    ... as two weeks ago and dismissing the “backlash from drivers set in their ways” who worked to stall implementation. Her change of heart was widely lamented by transit advocates as a betrayal of a key state environmental initiative that was expected to provide an annual cash infusion of around $1 ...

  • Mexico's 2024 elections: Who's leading the polls and what's the next president's biggest challenge?

    Mexico's 2024 elections: Who's leading the polls and what's the next president's biggest challenge?

    Jun 01, 2024 11:07 PM EDT

    ... remains high and extortion rates have risen some 50 percent. Organized crime has spread geographically and expanded business operations, including protection rackets for avocado and lime farmers, contraband energy producers, and migrant smugglers. Complaints of public corruption are also rising. Meanwhile, the militarization of security has meant cuts to state ...

  • As COVID precautions vanish, people with disabilities struggle with safety and isolation

    As COVID precautions vanish, people with disabilities struggle with safety and isolation

    Jun 01, 2024 09:35 PM EDT

    ... you know, that's a real concern for me. John Ross: My name is John Ross. I am a 71-year old widower with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. I don't go to restaurants. I don't go into inside places. Julie Lam: My name is Julie Lam. I am immunocompromised ...