MADISON, Wis. — Mercedes-Benz USA and parent company Daimer AG have agreed to pay $149.6 million to settle allegations that the automaker secretly installed devices in hundreds of…
Read more Mercedes-Benz agrees to pay $149.6 million to settle multistate emissions allegationsNEW DELHI (AP) — As India gears up for Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, people are divided over whether they should celebrate by setting off firecrackers, which…
Read more Use of smoke-emitting firecrackers renews air pollution debate in India’s capital ahead of DiwaliLOS ANGELES — As wildfires scorched swaths of land in the wine country of Sonoma County in 2020, sending ash flying and choking the air with smoke, Maria…
Read more Wildfires are growing under climate change, and their smoke threatens farmworkers, study saysRenee Gibbs, founder and CEO of The Heart Beat Foundation, helps support pre- and post-transplant patients nationwide. This is part of WTOP’s continuing coverage of people making a…
Read more Virginia heart transplant recipient creates ‘Heartbeat Foundation’ to support others – WTOP NewsEgg prices are at near-historic highs in many parts of the world as the spring holidays approach, reflecting a market scrambled by disease, high demand and growing costs…
Read more Bird flu, weather and inflation conspire to keep egg prices near historic highs for EasterROME — ROME (AP) — Pope Francis decided at the last minute to skip his homily during Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square, avoiding a strenuous speech…
Read more Pope Francis skips Palm Sunday homily at start of busy Holy WeekLou Gehrig’s disease took away Grace Armant’s ability to speak, but the 84-year-old still has plenty to say about her insurance. UnitedHealthcare has rejected several requests from her…
Read more Insurer delays and denials hamper patients seeking at-home breathing machinesAlternate-day modified fasting is put to the test for lifespan extension. Is it true that alternate-day calorie restriction prolongs life? Doctors have anecdotally attributed improvements in a variety…
Read more Is Our Life Expectancy Extended by Intermittent Fasting? | NutritionFacts.orgDEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli warplanes struck two urban refugee camps in central Gaza on Saturday, as the Biden administration approved a new emergency weapons sale to…
Read more Airstrikes hit camps in central Gaza as Biden administration approves new weapons sales to IsraelROME — Pope Francis said Wednesday he was feeling “much better” after a two-week bout of bronchitis but again asked an aide to read his remarks. Francis, who…
Read more Pope says he's 'much better' after bout of bronchitisVATICAN CITY — For a second Sunday, an ailing Pope Francis skipped his popular window appearance to the public in St. Peter’s Square, but in televised remarks said…
Read more Pope says he's doing better but skips his window appearance facing St. Peter's SquareJAKARTA, Indonesia — Against the backdrop of smokestacks from a nearby coal power plant, the sky above Edy Suryana’s village stays grey for months at a time, while…
Read more Coal power, traffic, waste burning a toxic smog cocktail in Indonesia’s JakartaBEIJING — A surge in respiratory illnesses across China that has drawn the attention of the World Health Organization is caused by the flu and other known pathogens…
Read more China says a surge in respiratory illnesses caused by flu and other known pathogensGENEVA — The World Health Organization says it has made an official request to China for information about a potentially worrying spike in respiratory illnesses and clusters of…
Read more WHO asks China for more information about rise in illnesses and pneumonia clustersBANGKOK — Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is suffering from stress and fatigue but is in good spirits, his daughter said Tuesday as criticism grew of his…
Read more Daughter of ex-Thai leader Thaksin says he is fatigued, as criticism grows of his hospitalizationSANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — The death toll from this week’s powerful explosion in the Dominican Republic rose to 27 on Wednesday as firefighters continued efforts to extinguish…
Read more Death toll rises to 27 as Dominican firefighters find more bodies in this week’s explosionWAILUKU, Hawaii — Leshia Wright heard the crackle of the fast-moving inferno closing in on her home in Lahaina and decided it was time to evacuate. The 66-year-old…
Read more Searching for the missing on Maui, some wait in agony to make contact. And then the phone ringsBEAVER, W.Va. — Laboring to breathe, West Virginia coal miner Terry Lilly told federal regulators Thursday he is appreciative the U.S. government is finally considering a proposal to…
Read more Coal miners plead with feds for stronger enforcement during emotional hearing on black lung ruleSACRAMENTO, Calif. — Temperatures in many California cities are cooling down this week, but a debate is simmering on how to generate enough electricity to power the state…
Read more Closure of 3 Southern California power plants likely to be postponed, state energy officials decideCHARLESTON, W.Va. — A half-century ago, the nation’s top health experts urged the federal agency in charge of mine safety to adopt strict rules protecting miners from poisonous…
Read more After decades of delays and broken promises, coal miners hail rule to slow rise of black lung
