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The Carpet and Rug Institute building, center, in downtown Dalton, Ga., on Sept. 30, 2025. (Miguel Martinez/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Takeaways from investigation showing Georgia officials knew carpet mills polluted local water

7:05 AM on Wednesday, May 6

State officials knew nearly two decades ago that toxic chemicals called PFAS were spreading from the carpet mills of northwest Georgia into rivers that are the region’s main source of drinking water

FILE - A person walks through the blooming Yoshino cherry trees at the University of Washington, April 5, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)

Study says trees counter half the world's urban heating, but not in the places that need it most

5:11 AM on Wednesday, May 6

Tree cover globally cools nearly half the warming from built-up cities, but it’s doing it more in richer, cooler areas and less in hotter poorer areas where it’s needed most

FILE - Passengers watch as a ship sails through the Lemaire Channel in Antarctica, Monday, Nov. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, File)

Antarctica's tourism boom raises concerns about contamination and disease

1:17 AM on Wednesday, May 6

A deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship that visited Antarctica has highlighted a growing tourism trend

Elijah Hollands of Carlton passes the ball during their Australian Football League against the Melbourne Demons in Melbourne, Australia, March 29, 2026. (James Ross/AAP Image via AP)

Football club fined for not doing enough to remove player from field during mental health issue

8:10 PM on Tuesday, May 5

Australian rules football club Carlton has been fined 75,000 Australian dollars ($54,000) for its lapse handling of a player’s on-field mental health episode

FILE - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration building is seen behind FDA logos at a bus stop on the agency's campus in Silver Spring, Md., Aug. 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

FDA announces its first OK of fruit-flavored e-cigarettes for adults in major shift under Trump

6:10 PM on Tuesday, May 5

U.S. health regulators have announced their first authorization of fruit-flavored electronic cigarettes intended for adult smokers

FILE - Denver Mayor Mike Johnston responds to questions during a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing with Sanctuary City Mayors on Capitol Hill, March 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr., File)

Trump administration sues Denver over its 1989 assault weapons ban

2:46 PM on Tuesday, May 5

The Trump administration has filed a lawsuit against Denver and its police department seeking to strike down an assault weapons ban that’s been in place for Colorado’s largest city since 1989

Trump's drugmaker deals may save economy $529B over 10 years, White House says

10:08 AM on Tuesday, May 5

President Donald Trump’s deals with drugmakers requiring many of their U.S. prescription prices to drop could save the economy $529 billion over the next decade

Trump's drugmaker deals may save economy $529B over 10 years, White House says

10:02 AM on Tuesday, May 5

President Donald Trump’s deals with drugmakers requiring many of their U.S. prescription prices to drop could save the economy $529 billion over the next decade

Lexaria Updates Progress on Human Study #7

9:10 AM on Tuesday, May 5

FILE - Mulambo Hamakuni Haimbe, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Zambia, addresses the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, Monday, Sept. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Zambia blasts the US over a $2 billion health deal in exchange for critical minerals

8:39 AM on Tuesday, May 5

Zambia accuses the U.S. of linking a $2 billion health assistance deal to access to its rich mineral resources

Health workers get off the Dutch-flagged MV Hondius, a cruise ship carrying nearly 150 people as it remains off Cape Verde on Monday, May 4, 2026 after three passengers died and several others fell seriously ill in a suspected hantavirus outbreak. (Qasem Elhato via AP)

Inside the cruise ship at the center of a deadly hantavirus outbreak

7:53 AM on Tuesday, May 5

Footage obtained by The Associated Press of a cruise ship in a rare-virus outbreak shows deserted decks and medical teams in protective gear as the vessel and its nearly 150 passengers and crew waited another day for help off West Africa

A view of the m/v Hondius Cruise ship anchored at a port in Praia, Cape Verde, Monday, May 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Arilson Almeida)

A cruise ship is waiting for help after 3 people died in a suspected hantavirus outbreak

7:43 AM on Monday, May 4

A cruise ship with nearly 150 people is waiting for help off Cape Verde's coast in the Atlantic Ocean after three passengers died and three others were left seriously ill in a suspected hantavirus outbreak

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