People across the nation felt outraged and scared. The gunman who shot and killed eight people at massage parlors in Georgia was charged with several counts of murder.... The police captured the 21-year-old as he was on his way to Florida, where he may have planned more violence.... Bee Nguyen, the first Vietnamese American to serve in the Georgia House, told The AP. Asking for help: Asian-Americans in the San Francisco Bay Area are calling for more police patrols after a string of attacks....

We’re covering a vaccine stockpile that’s become a flash point with the E.U., and protesters in Myanmar building an armed resistance.A new flash point over vaccines Italian authorities found a stockpile of 29 million doses of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine languishing in a factory near Rome.... Partial tallies suggest that both contenders would need the support of a small Arab party, Raam, to form a majority coalition. Time for change: Israeli commentators and analysts were locked in debate abo

“ We’re also working to address polio, measles, malaria, Ebola, H.I.V., tuberculosis, malnutrition, cancer, diabetes, mental health and many other diseases and conditions.” Mr.... “ If authors have any responsibilities in the face of disaster, the greatest of them is to bear witness, ” she said.If you have 10 minutes, this is worth itNeutrinos may explain … the universe A just-published study offers something completely different to think about.... Researchers believe they have a bead on one o

Good morning. We’re covering fears of a second wave in India, Beijing’s blow to Hong Kong’s legislature and Chinese mail couriers on strike this Singles’ Day. Why are Covid cases falling in India?... Today, reported infections, deaths and the share of people testing positive have all fallen significantly. Some researchers say that cases are falling off partly because of a change in testing.... 16, the average dropped to about 46, 000 cases per day this past week....

This file photo taken in July 2002 shows volcanic fumes billowing from Mt.... Otake on Suwanose Island of Kagoshima Prefecture at around 2: 12 a.m. There were no immediate reports of injuries, according to local authorities.... The Japan Meteorological Agency raised its alert level to 3 on a scale of 5, meaning that people should not approach the mountain....

Quebec provincial police cancelled an Amber Alert on Thursday afternoon after two young children who had allegedly been abducted were found safe in New Brunswick. Police said on Twitter Thursday that the two children, aged 3 and 1, were “ safe and sound.” They were allegedly taken about 4 p.m.on Wednesday in Sutton, Que., about 110 kilometres southeast of Montreal. The provincewide Amber Alert was issued around noon on Thursday and cancelled a little over an hour later. Police spokeswoman Cather

MADRID--A series of small earthquakes in Spain’s Canary Islands has put authorities on alert for a possible volcanic eruption, with one official saying Thursday there is “ intense seismic activity ” in the area off northwest Africa. Authorities have detected more than 4, 200 temblors in what scientists are calling an “ earthquake swarm ” around La Palma island since last Saturday.... An earthquake swarm is a cluster of quakes in one area during a short period and can indicate an approaching eru

Some 65 million Americans are under heat alerts as a heat dome sits over parts of the South. Heat alerts have been issued from Alabama up into Kansas City on Wednesday.... Across this region, the heat index--what the temperature feels like--is forecast to hit at least 110 degrees.... ABC News Record highs were seen in multiple cities across Texas and Louisiana on Tuesday, with more high temperatures expected to impact the region on Wednesday.In Louisiana, Baton Rouge and Lake Charles saw recor

GEORGE TOWN: Floods inundated several low-lying areas here following non-stop rain while in Kedah, more than 200 residents in two districts were evacuated to relief centres. According to Penang welfare and environment committee chairman Phee Boon Poh, Jalan P. Ramlee, Jalan Perak, Kampung Masjid, Kampung Makam and Kampung Masjid Hashim Yahya in Datuk Keramat were among the areas affected after rain fell non-stop since midnight on Thursday.“ Several areas in the city centre were also flooded, ” h

KYIV( Reuters)-" How much explosives do you think can fit in this one?... " asked a Ukrainian bomb disposal expert, holding up a blue-and-yellow owl mascot in front of astonished pupils attending emergency drills at their school in Kyiv on Thursday.... After a pause, the hoax alerts in Russia resumed this month as tensions between Moscow and Kyiv rose.In 2014, Moscow annexed Crimea from Kyiv and went on to back rebels fighting government troops in eastern Ukraine, an unresolved conflict that h