'The Ephemerality of Incense' wins Giovanni-Steger prize

Virginia Tech engineering student Ayah Ali won the 2024 Giovanni-Steger Poetry Prize on April 10. Ali said she was simply searching for avenues to incorporate more creativity into her life when she ... Read More

Counterfeit Botox injections sicken 22 across 11 states, US health officials warn

Counterfeit Botox injections can cause botulism, a deadly disease that starts with double or blurred vision, drooping eyelids, slurred speech, difficulty swallowing and difficulty breathing. Read More

Toxic: How the search for the origins of COVID-19 turned politically poisonous

The Chinese government froze meaningful efforts to trace the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, despite publicly declaring that it supported an open scientific inquiry, an Associated Press investiga ... Read More

'Relief and sorrow': Sarah Schultz, wife of missing truck driver David Schultz, speaks about discovery of body

Sarah Schultz said she has felt relief and sorrow since she learned her husband David Schultz's body had been discovered by a farmer in his freshly tilled field. Read More

USC cancels main commencement ceremony as Gaza war protests roil campus, others across US

Student protests over the Israel-Hamas war have ignited on colleges campuses across the U.S., with hundreds of arrests and confrontations. Read More

Longest case of COVID-19 was breeding ground for mutations, study shows

An immune-compromised man with a year-and-a-half-long COVID-19 infection served as a breeding ground for dozens of coronavirus mutations, a new study discovered. Read More

Is the US banning TikTok? Your key questions answered

A measure to outlaw TikTok is on its way to President Biden for his signature. So what does this mean for you, a TikTok user, or perhaps the parent of a TikTok user? Here are some key questions and ... Read More

AptarGroup: Q1 Earnings Snapshot

CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill. (AP) — CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill. (AP) — AptarGroup Inc. (ATR) on Thursday reported first-quarter earnings of $83.1 million. The Crystal Lake, Illinois-based company said it had profit of ... Read More

Africa news updates from the BBC

Bringing you the latest news from around Africa at bbc.com/africalive. This is an automated feed. The creatures shed light on how new viruses might spread from animals to humans, researchers say. That ... Read More

US births fell last year, marking an end to the late pandemic rebound, experts say

A little under 3.6 million babies were born in 2023, according to provisional statistics released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That's about 76,000 fewer than the year ... Read More

Caleb Williams, Jayden Daniels and Drake Maye make it four NFL drafts with quarterbacks going 1-3

Williams is the third quarterback Chicago has selected in the first round in the past eight years. Mitch Trubisky, the No. 2 overall pick in 2017, lasted four seasons. Justin Fields, the 11th pick in ... Read More