BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Earthquake monitors say a 6.3 magnitude temblor has shaken the ocean floor between South America and Antarctica, too deep and far from land to cause any damage. The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake hit at 8 a.m. Sunday in Drake Passage, about 220 miles southeast …

PLACERVILLE, Calif. – A judge has set bail at $20 million for a woman accused of kidnapping and raping Jaycee Dugard and holding her captive for 18 years. In setting the high bail amount, El Dorado Superior Court Judge Douglas Phimister said Thursday he considered Nancy Garrido to be a …

LONDON – The International Olympic Committee is recommending the establishment of special medical centers to deal with cases of athletes with ambiguous sexual characteristics. The IOC wants rules put into place by sports bodies to determine the eligibility to compete on a “case by case” basis for athletes whose gender …

KABUL – Major world powers opened talks Thursday seeking an end to the grinding conflict in Afghanistan, drafting plans to hand over security responsibilities to local forces and quell the insurgency with an offer of jobs and housing to lure Taliban fighters to renounce violence. Afghan President Hamid Karzai greeted …

A high-powered San Francisco tech mogul called out the city for not always taking safety as “seriously” as it does when it’s hosting an annual multi-million dollar event. “When the city of San Francisco wants to look good and look shiny and safe, it can do it,” Salesforce CEO Marc …

A hiker in Colorado was trampled by a moose on Tuesday. The Colorado Parks and Wildlife department said the incident happened when two people and their three dogs were hiking near Crags Trail in Teller County, about a 50-minute drive west of Colorado Springs. While the hikers were about a …

Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. vowed to ban hydraulic fracturing, which is known as fracking, a process of producing oil or natural gas. Kennedy said in a thread posted on social media that such a ban would come as part of his 10-step plan to “fix the plastics …

Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman said during a radio interview as a candidate last year he would adhere to whatever dress code was in place if he was elected to the Senate. “Will you wear your hoodie on the Senate floor,” Fetterman was asked during an interview with the Big K …

With the possible exception of cosmetic plastic surgery and dermatology, the world of medicine involves managing imperfection rather than aspiring to perfection, staving off the pathology of illness and death as long as possible, not worshiping a transcendent ideal. We doctors know too much to worship a perfect body. The …

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., defended the use of her non-union made electric car while supporting the United Auto Workers’ (UAW) strike on Sunday. The progressive “Squad” member appeared on CBS’ “Face the Nation” to discuss President Biden’s plan to visit the Michigan autoworkers on Tuesday. After Ocasio-Cortez complimented the president’s …