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The White House is working with private companies like DoorDash and Instacart to try to make healthy food more accessible. It also named Olympic athletes to a council focused on nutrition.

For the first time, United Nations members have agreed on a unified treaty to protect biodiversity in the high seas.

The West African nation of Guinea has been under a state of emergency for nearly two weeks. A 12-hour curfew is in place. A crippling union-led strike prompted waves of anti-government demonstrations and riots.

Thunderstorms — some of which may be severe — are in the forecast from Atlanta to Binghamton, N.Y. Meanwhile parts of Texas and the Gulf Coast are expected to see record heat.

More than 1,500 people have died in narcotics-related killings in Mexico this year. Dozens of people have been beheaded and tortured as cartels across Mexico fight for the lucrative drug trafficking routes into the United States.

An appeals court heard arguments in the case of Maher Arar, a Canadian citizen who was arrested in New York and sent to Syria for interrogation. Arar is seeking permission to sue the U.S. government for violating his right to due process.

Judge Sonia Sotomayor gave as little away as she possibly could while still answering senators' questions at her confirmation hearing Tuesday. Her comments on the right to privacy echoed the remarks of Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito at their confirmation hearings.

Turkey says it has completed its goals against Kurdish rebels in Iraq, and its troops have returned to their bases. Turkey had launched an incursion into northern Iraq more than a week ago against the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK.

It could take a week for the floodwaters to drain from the streets of Iowa City, Iowa. Those caught in the deluge are trying to determine how to get their lives back together.

Chris Carosa literally wrote the book on burgers. In Hamburger Dreams, he traces the first hamburger to 1885, and to two brothers Frank and Charles Menches.