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Natasha Jacka evaluates a glass of wine during the period it matures in oak in Cape Town, South Africa, Thursday, June 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Neil Shaw)

How a COVID lockdown helped make an award-winning winemaker in South Africa

12:04 AM on Sunday, June 21

A woman in South Africa found opportunity in a COVID-19 lockdown in 2020 when she used the suspension of her studies at an agricultural college to plant her own vineyard at her family home

Police patrol a highway after President Rodrigo Paz declared a state of emergency to empower the military to remove road blockades, in El Alto, Bolivia, Saturday, June 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

Bolivia’s president declares a state of emergency as road blockades choke supplies

9:46 AM on Saturday, June 20

Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz has declared a state of emergency to empower the military to remove road blockades

At least 12 shot after SUV pulls up and opens fire on a crowd, Chicago police say

9:16 AM on Saturday, June 20

Police in Chicago say at least 12 people in a crowd on a street suffered gunshot wounds after an SUV pulled up and two people inside started shooting

FILE - Lauren Ellenburg, a nurse, prepares a combination measles, mumps and rubella vaccine for a patient at Tiger Pediatrics in Easley, S.C., March 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Mary Conlon, File)

Utah marks a year of battling measles, with no clear end in sight

7:21 AM on Saturday, June 20

Utah has spent the past year fighting measles outbreaks in almost every county

Dodgers catcher Will Smith sidelined longer as a nagging neck injury delays his return

10:29 PM on Friday, June 19

Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Will Smith is still dealing with a neck injury that has him on the injured list

FILE - The Kaibab Trail, running right to left at center, at Grand Canyon National Park on Jan. 20, 2001. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

3 hikers die of suspected heat-related illness during rising temperatures at Grand Canyon

9:05 PM on Friday, June 19

Federal officials say three hikers have died from apparent heat-related illnesses in the Grand Canyon

Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention Director-General Jean Kaseya speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Friday, June 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Amanuel Sileshi)

Africa CDC chief says the continent needs to invest its own funds in Ebola response, vaccine

3:21 PM on Friday, June 19

African officials must step up financing to respond and develop vaccines for the Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda

Catholic nuns from the orphanage where Vanisa Anifa, a 6-month-old orphaned girl who died of Ebola, was staying, attends her funeral in Bunia, Congo, Friday, June 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Mourners bury a 6-month-old Ebola victim in the Congo outbreak's third orphanage death

1:14 PM on Friday, June 19

Mourners in eastern Congo have gathered to bury a 6-month-old girl who died from Ebola earlier this week

FILE - Rosa Hernández shows a photo of her late daughter Rosaura Almonte in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Dec. 10, 2023. Hernández asked for an exception for her daughter to get an abortion in order to use chemotherapy as her leukemia treatment, but was denied because that would put the fetus at risk of death in the Dominican Republic where abortion is criminalized without exceptions. Both her daughter and daughter's 3-week-old fetus died in 2012. CORRECTION: Corrects from 13-week-old fetus to 3-week-old fetus. (AP Photo/Ricardo Hernandez, File)

Mother of pregnant teen with cancer who died challenges Dominican Republic's strict abortion ban

1:25 PM on Thursday, June 18

The mother of a teenage girl who died after doctors in the Dominican Republic delayed treating her for cancer because she was pregnant is challenging the country’s strict abortion ban

Lionel Messi's family pleads for 'humanity' as the Argentina captain's father undergoes treatment

1:09 PM on Thursday, June 18

Lionel Messi's family says the Argentina captain's father is undergoing medical treatment for an undisclosed illness

Brewers right-hander Quinn Priester to have season-ending surgery for thoracic outlet syndrome

11:24 AM on Thursday, June 18

Milwaukee Brewers right-hander Quinn Priester will undergo season-ending surgery for thoracic outlet syndrome and is expected to be sidelined for eight to 10 months

Health workers tend to an Ebola patient at the Rwampara Treatment Center in Ituri, Congo, Thursday, June 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Ebola cases increase almost 40% in a week as death toll passes 200

10:35 AM on Thursday, June 18

The Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda has claimed 204 deaths, with 894 confirmed cases, Africa’s Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said

FILE - A sign marks an entrance to a Moderna building in Cambridge, Mass., May 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Bill Sikes, File)prnto

FDA panel backs first-of-its-kind flu vaccine using mRNA technology

6:10 AM on Thursday, June 18

A new kind of flu vaccine is moving a step closer to the U.S. market

England's Harry Kane (9) cools off during a hydration break of the World Cup Group L soccer match between England and Croatia in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, Wednesday, June 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

FIFA hydration breaks have sparked criticism from different groups. But what do they actually do?

11:10 PM on Wednesday, June 17

FIFA’s new hydration breaks midway through each half were implemented to help players stay cool in the summer heat of Mexico, Canada and the United States, which some experts have warned could be the hottest World Cup in history

Rob Harris helps his daughter Isabelle Harris with her braille display on Thursday, June 18, 2026, in Grand Junction, Colo. (AP Photo/Jacob Spetzler)

Families of kids with disabilities warn Education Department changes could break a flawed system

11:10 PM on Wednesday, June 17

Parents of kids with disabilities say they have waited months for the Education Department to address complaints of bullying or discrimination

Dads today talk more freely with their teens about sex and relationships

7:33 AM on Wednesday, June 10

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