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Los Angeles County medical examiner, Dr. Odey Ukpo, poses for a portrait on Tuesday, June 16, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Medical examiner outlines how his office handles autopsies of the famous and everyone else

6:04 AM on Monday, July 20

The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office has performed autopsies in many high-profile cases, including that of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, who singer D4vd is charged with killing, and the death of “Friends” star Matthew Perry

Lexis Aubile watches her son, Atticus, play in the water as they try to beat the heat at Ramona Park in Portage, Mich., on Tuesday, July 14, 2026. (Devin Anderson-Torrez/Kalamazoo Gazette via AP)

How to keep babies safe when temperatures soar

5:08 AM on Monday, July 20

Infants, toddlers and young children need outdoor activity to build strong bodies and minds, but they also require extra care in the heat

A health worker at an ebola treatment centre in Bunia, Congo, Monday, July 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Prosper Heri Ngorora)

Ebola death toll in Congo rises to at least 930, including dozens of health workers

2:26 AM on Monday, July 20

Congo's health ministry says at least 930 people have died in the country's Ebola outbreak

Conor McGregor, right, jumps into the air for a kick as he fights Max Holloway in a welterweight fight at the UFC 329 mixed martial arts event Saturday, July 11, 2026, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Conor McGregor suffered torn ACL in shortened return fight against Max Holloway

2:33 PM on Sunday, July 19

Conor McGregor confirmed he suffered a torn right ACL in his shortened UFC 329 fight against Max Holloway

FILE - This 1978 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows Legionella pneumophila bacteria which are responsible for causing the pneumonic disease Legionnaires' disease. (Francis Chandler/CDC via AP, File)

Second death reported in Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in New York City

12:08 PM on Sunday, July 19

A second person has died in connection with an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in New York

The sun is obscured by wildfire smoke as a person runs in front of the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Friday, July 17, 2026, on the National Mall in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

How to keep the air inside your home clean during wildfires

8:08 AM on Sunday, July 19

When the air is smoky from burning wildfires, health experts say to stay indoors

Farisa, who has relapsed into malnutrition, plays on a mat inside her house in Kware Sokoto, northwestern Nigeria, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Nigerian children pay the price for the Iran war as malnutrition and poverty surge

1:13 AM on Sunday, July 19

Health workers in northern Nigeria say more children are relapsing into malnutrition and cite knock-on effects from the war in the Middle East

Taylor Farms recalls lettuce shipped to 27 states over cyclospora risk

5:51 PM on Saturday, July 18

Taylor Farms has expanded a voluntary recall of its iceberg lettuce products sourced from central Mexico because of a potential link to the multistate cyclospora outbreak that has sickened people across the U.S. The California-based company said products with the potential to be contaminated with the diarrhea-causing parasite were shipped to 27 states including Texas, Florida, Pennsylvania and Illinois

Rubble set on fire as health workers involved in Congo's Ebola response go on strike as they protest over payment issues in Bunia, Congo, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Constant Same Bagalwa)

Safety fears limit Ebola response in Congo, with more than 12 attacks recorded

12:10 PM on Saturday, July 18

Authorities report at least a dozen attacks on health facilities and workers during Congo's Ebola outbreak

FILE - Schoolgirls walk home past a mural from the women's organization Plan International in Freetown, Sierra Leone, March 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Caitlin Kelly, File)

Takeaways from AP's report on the impact of US aid restrictions on reproductive rights in Africa

1:16 AM on Saturday, July 18

The Trump administration has announced new, sweeping restrictions on U.S. funding for nongovernmental organizations, foreign governments and U.N. agencies that promote access to abortion overseas

FILE - A woman walks past a billboard promoting the Safe Motherhood Bill on Wilkinson Road in Freetown, Sierra Leone, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Caitlin Kelly, File)

Women are dying in Africa as US ramps up its global battle against abortion

1:14 AM on Saturday, July 18

The Trump administration's new, sweeping restrictions on U.S. funding for nongovernmental organizations, foreign governments and U.N. agencies that promote access to abortion overseas is delivering new momentum to U.S. anti-abortion groups

FILE -Signage for the Provo Canyon School in Springville, Utah, is pictured June 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum, File)

License revoked for boarding school in Utah where Paris Hilton says she was abused as a teen

8:11 PM on Friday, July 17

Utah revoked another campus license on Friday for the boarding school where Paris Hilton said she was abused as a teenager

National Guardsmen patrol the Lincoln Memorial as the sun, obscured by wildfire smoke, rises above the Washington Monument and the Reflecting Pool, Friday, July 17, 2026, on the National Mall in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Wildfire smoke from Canada and Minnesota pushes farther into the US and engulfs DC in haze

4:29 PM on Friday, July 17

Millions of people in the Great Lakes, Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states are muddling through another day of unhealthy air from uncontrolled wildfires in Minnesota and Canada

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