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Despite an early lockdown, Peru has now registered more deaths per capita from COVID-19 than almost any other country. Peruvians are debating what went wrong.

The killing of Marielle Franco, a Rio de Janeiro city council member and civil society activist who protested police violence, is being met by a huge wave of anger and indignation.

Since it was introduced as an ornamental plant a century ago, Brazilian peppertree has grown out of control in Florida. Researchers are releasing a tiny insect that may help stop the invasive plant.

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan's decision amounts to a sharp rejection to challenges the Trump defense team had raised to the four-count indictment in advance of the trial.

A new survey finds more people are surviving lung cancer and racial disparities are shrinking. But unless it's caught early, lung cancer still has a low survival rate.

The nations promised to accelerate efforts to address climate change ahead of a major U.N. meeting on the issue, making plans to cut emissions of methane and other greenhouse gases besides CO2.

The Israeli military says that it has not hit any hospitals, but medical facilities are on its radar because it says Hamas is hiding in tunnels underneath medical facilities in Gaza.

Authorities said the death toll was expected to rise, noting that communications were cut off with many places.

A Texas jury sentenced Kaitlin Armstrong to 90 years in prison for the May 2022 shooting death of cyclist Anna "Mo" Wilson in a case that sent investigators on an international search for the killer.

What if the song "Baby Shark" stopped after just two stanzas? There's no Daddy Shark in sight at a Chicago-area zoo where an epaulette shark pup hatched this summer.