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Nescopeck Volunteer Fire Company firefighter Harold Baker is comforted at the scene in Berwick, Pa., Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022.

One person died and 17 others were injured when a car struck a crowd at a fundraiser

Police identified the driver, who was arraigned early Sunday on two counts of criminal homicide.

President Joe Biden speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on Wednesday.

Biden uses first public outing since testing negative to tout his pandemic response

President Biden tested negative for COVID-19 and will discontinue his isolation, his doctor wrote Wednesday in a letter. He appeared in public remarks not long after the letter's release.

Iga Swiatek of Poland reacts after defeating Ons Jabeur of Tunisia to win the women's singles final of the U.S. Open tennis championships on Saturday.

Iga Swiatek wins her first U.S. Open, cementing herself as a new top figure in tennis

The top-ranked Swiatek has won seven titles in 2022, the most by a woman since Serena Williams in 2014.

Director of the National Science Foundation Sethuraman Panchanathan relaxes in a San Diego home after talking about NSF investments in the region's scientific research. June 29, 2022.

National Science Foundation director visits San Diego to talk NSF mission, investments

The NSF invested $150 million in San Diego research in 2011 alone.

The newly-detained superyacht Phi is pictured while docked in Canary Wharf in east London on Tuesday.

A $49M Russian superyacht has been detained by U.K. officials near London

Detaining the yacht, named Phi, is "a clear and stark warning to Putin and his cronies," Britain's transport secretary said. Officials said the yacht's ownership is "deliberately well hidden."

Serena Williams, shown here in Australia in 2014, has announced that she is retiring from tennis after the U.S. Open.

Serena Williams says she intends to retire from tennis after the U.S. Open

"I'm turning 41 this month, and something's got to give," Williams told Vogue. She attributed the choice to the competing urges of wanting another child while facing off with the world's best players.

Protestors rally in front of London's High court against U.K. financing of a new gas project in Mozambique. Mozambique plans to export its first ever liquified natural gas later this year.

War in Ukraine is driving demand for Africa's natural gas. That's controversial

The African natural gas industry is booming as Europe looks to replace Russian supplies. But some worry new African gas projects don't make financial sense in a warming world.

Globe Resident Artist Patricia McGregor directs "A Midsummer Night's Dream" on the Lowell Davies Festival Theatre.

'A Midsummer Night's Dream' closes Globe's summer Shakespeare season

Globe Resident Artist Patricia McGregor directs her final production before leaving for a job in New York.

Australian site challenged Fox's Lachlan Murdoch to sue after he accused it of libel

Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch threatened to sue Australian news site Crikey for defamation. Crikey says bring it on, though Australian libel laws make such cases much tougher for media companies to win.

A pharmacy in New York City offers vaccines for COVID-19 and flu. Some researchers argue that the two diseases may pose similar risks of dying for those infected.

Scientists debate how lethal COVID is. Some say it's now less risky than flu

They argue the threat posed by COVID has lessened because of preexisting immunity and access to treatment. Plus, some deaths may be incorrectly blamed on COVID. Others caution it's too soon to tell.

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