Orlando Cepeda, the slugging first baseman nicknamed "Baby Bull" who became a Hall of Famer among the early Puerto Ricans to star in the major leagues, has died.

Four people were killed and nine others were injured after a minivan crashed into a Long Island, New York, nail salon Friday afternoon.

Four Missouri prison guards were charged Friday with murder, and a fifth with accessory to involuntary manslaughter, in the December death of a Black man who was pepper sprayed, had his face covered with a mask and was left in a position that caused him to suffocate while in custody at a correctional facility, according to a complaint filed Friday.

Two NASA astronauts will stay longer at the International Space Station as engineers troubleshoot problems on Boeing’s new space capsule.

An asteroid will whiz harmlessly past Earth, making its closest approach on Saturday morning.

The Texas Supreme Court upheld the state’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youths Friday, making Texas one of at least 25 states to adopt such laws.

The Iowa Supreme Court said the state’s strict abortion law is legal, allowing Iowa to ban most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy.

Tim Weah and other members of the U.S. national team were targeted with racist abuse on social media after the Americans were beaten 2-1 by Panama in the Copa America on Thursday night.

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IRONDEQUOIT, N.Y. — A 24-year-old man fatally shot his 80-year-old grandfather and eventually killed himself Thursday, authorities said, leading police to evacuate and close a New York state park for several hours while they searched for him.

As they travel around Alaska on a long-planned vacation, Ike and Susan Riffel stop now and then to put up stickers directing people to “Live Riffully.”

A portion of a canopy at a departure terminal at New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport collapsed Friday, killing one person and injuring six others.

Some people who lost family members to opioids expressed shock and sadness, but also a resolve to keep fighting, after the Supreme Court on Thursday torpedoed a massive settlement for victims of the drug crisis.

With fresh Covid cases bubbling up in some parts of the country, health officials are setting course for a fall vaccination campaign.

Doctors are prescribing antibiotics to most kids and teens who have pink eye, despite guidelines that discourage their use, researchers reported Thursday.

A candidate in Iran’s presidential election withdrew from the race, becoming the first to back out in order for hard-liners to coalesce around a unity candidate.

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Oklahoma plans to execute a man Thursday who was convicted of kidnapping, raping and killing a 7-year-old girl in 1984.

Paris Hilton described traumatic abuse during her time at a residential youth treatment facility in public testimony Wednesday before a House committee, urging lawmakers to institute laws that would protect vulnerable children.

A jury on Wednesday recommended a former prison guard trainee be sentenced to death for his execution-style murders of five women inside a Florida bank five years ago, a massacre that fulfilled his long-stated desire to kill.

Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was sentenced Wednesday in New York to 45 years in prison for teaming up with some bribe-paying drug traffickers for over a decade to ensure over 400 tons of cocaine made it to the United States.

Armored vehicles rammed the doors of Bolivia’s government palace Wednesday in an apparent coup attempt against President Luis Arce, but he vowed to stand firm and named a new army commander who ordered troops to stand down.

A CDC vaccine committee made a stronger endorsement for RSV vaccinations for people 75 and older, but offered a narrower recommendation for people 60 to 74.

Brazil's Supreme Court voted to decriminalize possession of marijuana for personal use, a move that could reduce its massive prison population.

When Mujahid Abadi stepped outside to see if Israeli forces had entered his uncle’s neighborhood, he was shot in the arm and the foot.

Mikal Bridges is being traded by the Brooklyn Nets to the New York Knicks, where he will join Jalen Brunson and his other former Villanova teammates, two people with knowledge of the details said Tuesday.

Many states are failing to track how frequently children in foster care facilities are abused, sexually assaulted or improperly restrained, leaving them vulnerable to mistreatment, the U.S.

A Texas man who admitted that he kidnapped, sexually assaulted and fatally shot the 18-year-old girlfriend of his drug dealer was set to be executed on Wednesday.

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The first U.N.-backed contingent of foreign police arrived in Haiti on Tuesday, nearly two years after the troubled Caribbean country urgently requested help to quell a surge in gang violence.

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Fifteen months after Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was arrested in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg on espionage charges, he returned there for his trial starting Wednesday behind closed doors.

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A suspected hypersonic missile launched by North Korea exploded in flight on Wednesday, South Korea’s military said.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange pleaded guilty to conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defense information, ending a yearslong legal battle and allowing him to return home a free man for the first time since 2012.

U.S. Olympic athletes have lost faith in the World Anti-Doping Agency to rid their sports of cheaters ahead of next month’s Summer Games in Paris, two former gold medalists said Tuesday in prepared before a House subcommittee.

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The Arkansas Supreme Court reinstated an agency rule prohibiting residents from using “X” instead of male or female on state driver’s licenses or ID cards.

Israel’s Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that ultra-Orthodox Jewish men must be drafted into the military, a new blow to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that could lead to the collapse of his increasingly fragile governing coalition.

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Elon Musk's Tesla is recalling its new Cybertruck for the fourth time to fix trim pieces that can come loose and front windshield wipers that can fail.

Indonesia’s national data center has been compromised by a hacking group asking for an $8 million ransom that the government says it won’t pay.

China’s Chang’e 6 probe returned on Earth on Tuesday with rock and soil samples from the little-explored far side of the moon in a global first.

Alicia Humiston bought her condo in Lahaina after she visited Maui and fell for its rainforests, lava fields and the whales that gather offshore.

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The first Black mayor of Newbern, Alabama, who said white officials locked him out of town hall, will return to the role under the terms of a proposed settlement agreement.

Police are stepping up patrols outside a synagogue that was an epicenter for protests that turned physical in West Los Angeles over the weekend.

The private operator of Puerto Rico’s power grid confirmed the deferral of $65 million worth of maintenance and improvement projects, putting at risk the already troubled grid — and sparking a widespread outcry.

A Seattle police officer was fired for calling his Chinese American neighbor racist and sexist slurs while off duty in 2022, according to a news report.

After production of the Volkwagen Beetle, known as "the people's car" stopped, taxi drivers in a Mexico City neighborhood preserve the tradition of driving colorful Beetles.

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LAS VEGAS — A strange monolith found jutting out of the rocks in a remote mountain range near Las Vegas has been taken down by authorities.

Columbia University said it has placed three administrators on leave while it investigates allegations that they exchanged unprofessional text messages while attending a panel discussion about antisemitism on campus.

More than 44 million people across the United States were under some form of heat warning or advisory Monday, with daily temperature records set to be smashed while the Midwest reels from dangerous storms and flash flooding, with more rain to come.

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A 4-year-old California boy who wandered away from a campground in the Sierra National Forest was found safe after spending 22 hours alone in the wilderness, authorities said.

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New York Mets closer Edwin Díaz is facing a 10-game suspension after being ejected from the team’s 5-2 win over the Chicago Cubs on Sunday night.

Angel Reese scored a career-high 25 points and grabbed 16 rebounds to help the Chicago Sky beat Indiana 88-87 despite 17 points and a franchise-record 13 assists for the Fever’s Caitlin Clark on Sunday.

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Gunmen opened fire at a synagogue, an Orthodox church and a police post in Russia’s North Caucasus region of Dagestan on Sunday, killing six policemen and injuring 12, the region’s interior ministry was quoted as saying.