By SETH BORENSTEIN (AP Science Writer) LISLE, Illinois (AP) — With their bulging red eyes and their alien-like mating sound, periodical cicadas can seem scary and weird enough. But some of them really are sex-crazed zombies on speed, hijacked by … Continued
Around Galveston, Sam Collins III is better known as Professor Juneteenth. For the past 20 years, Collins, 54, has devoted his life to educating the public about Juneteenth—the commemoration of June 19, 1865, when Union General Gordon Granger and his … Continued
By LOLITA C. BALDOR and JON GAMBRELL (Associated Press) ABOARD THE USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER IN THE RED SEA (AP) — The combat markings emblazoned on the F/A-18 fighter jet tell the story: 15 missiles and six drones, painted in … Continued
KYIV, Ukraine — As evening falls, the streets are mostly dark in Ukraine’s capital. Russia has been systematically destroying the country’s national power grid as Western allies have dawdled over providing promised air defense systems. The whir of generators has … Continued
A rescue effort was underway Tuesday night in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness after a child was injured during thunderstorms that battered northeastern Minnesota. According to Cook County Sheriff Pat Eliasen in Grand Marais, there was a medical incident … Continued
Janet Jackson took the stage Tuesday night at St. Paul’s Xcel Energy Center wearing a comically oversized jacket that, coupled with the lengthy braids she kept sweeping away from her face, kept her largely hidden from the enthusiastic crowd of … Continued