• Wildfire smoke over U.S. and Canada may last into the weekend

    Wildfire smoke over U.S. and Canada may last into the weekend

    Jun 08, 2023 01:27 PM EST

    ... nation known for hard winters.“I put my mask away for over a year, and now I’m putting on my mask since yesterday," Ma lamented. Eastern Quebec got some rain Wednesday, but Montreal-based Environment Canada meteorologist Simon Legault said no significant rain is expected for days in the ...

  • Pope Francis' 3-hour abdominal surgery completed without complications

    Pope Francis' 3-hour abdominal surgery completed without complications

    Jun 07, 2023 05:34 PM EST

    ... The Associated Press in January, Francis said the diverticulosis, or bulges in his intestinal wall, that prompted that surgery had returned. After that surgery, Francis lamented that he hadn’t responded well to the general anesthetic used in the longer-than-expected procedure. That reaction in part explained his refusal ...

  • Pope Francis admitted to hospital for intestinal surgery under general anesthesia

    Pope Francis admitted to hospital for intestinal surgery under general anesthesia

    Jun 07, 2023 01:23 PM EST

    After the 2021 surgery, Francis lamented that he hadn't responded well to the general anesthetic used in the longer-than-expected procedure. That reaction in part explained his refusal to have surgery to repair strained knee ligaments that have forced him to use a wheelchair and walker for over ...

  • After battling COVID, can mRNA vaccines fight cancer?

    After battling COVID, can mRNA vaccines fight cancer?

    May 28, 2023 12:47 PM EST

    ... the skin or muscle, which were the commonly explored routes. Why would it be so much more effective to inject the mRNA directly into the lymph nodes? We realized that directing mRNA vaccines into dendritic cells in the lymph nodes had to become a critical part of the solution. In ...

  • Taliban's crackdown on women makes delivering aid to Afghanistan even harder

    Taliban's crackdown on women makes delivering aid to Afghanistan even harder

    May 24, 2023 10:30 PM EST

    ... now? Jan Egeland, Secretary-General, Norwegian Refugee Council: It's beyond catastrophic, really. And it is very strange that there is not more of the limelight on Afghanistan, because we are probably having the highest number of people in acute need of humanitarian aid anywhere in the world; 28 million ...

  • Tina Turner, indomitable rock legend and survivor, dies at 83

    Tina Turner, indomitable rock legend and survivor, dies at 83

    May 24, 2023 06:59 PM EST

    ... her up and make an album. Among the material presented to her was a reflective pop-reggae ballad co-written by Terry Britten and Graham Lyle and initially dismissed by Tina as “wimpy.” “I just thought it was some old pop song, and I didn’t like it,” she later ...

  • Tennis Hall of Famer Martina Navratilova says she's 'OK' now after cancer treatments

    Tennis Hall of Famer Martina Navratilova says she's 'OK' now after cancer treatments

    May 21, 2023 11:00 PM EST

    ... in January that her prognosis was good and that she was going to start treatment that month. She said then that she noticed an enlarged lymph node in her neck while attending the season-ending WTA Finals in Fort Worth, Texas, in November, and a biopsy showed early stage throat ...

  • WATCH: Ukraine's President Zelenskyy meets with Biden as G7 leaders pledge support

    WATCH: Ukraine's President Zelenskyy meets with Biden as G7 leaders pledge support

    May 21, 2023 04:09 PM EST

    ... appearance in his trademark olive drab underscored the centrality of the war for the G7 bloc of rich democracies. It also stole much of the limelight from other priorities, including security challenges in Asia and outreach to the developing world, that the leaders focused on at the three-day gathering ...

  • Sen. Klobuchar's 'The Joy of Politics' invites readers into her personal life

    Sen. Klobuchar's 'The Joy of Politics' invites readers into her personal life

    May 15, 2023 10:30 PM EST

    And then you have got the political divides that we have seen. You have seen the violence out there. And it's just been a really hard time. So my answer to it was, yes, be honest about what we have been through, but not spend my whole time lamenting ...

  • Zelenskyy seeks to rebuild Ukraine's arsenal with visits to European capitals

    Zelenskyy seeks to rebuild Ukraine's arsenal with visits to European capitals

    May 15, 2023 05:24 PM EST

    ... of humanity" toward the most vulnerable and innocent victims of the conflict.While Francis has frequently prayed for the "martyred" Ukrainian people, he has also lamented the Russian mothers who have lost their sons. The equivalence, and Francis' reluctance to outright condemn Russia, is part of the Vatican's tradition ...