Do you feel like the same person in February as in June? For most people, the answer is a resounding no.

During winter, your energy tends to dip, your immune system takes a hit and you may feel less social. Research finds that people are less inclined to stick to a workout routine in winter.

In contrast, spring’s longer days...Read more

The Paris Grand Mosque, an iconic cultural landmark located in the heart of the city, is celebrating its centenary. Built as a war memorial to honor Muslim soldiers killed during World War I, it was the first permanent mosque in the French capital and remains its only mosque built with a minaret and a dome. The story behind its construction ...Read more

The “bible” of clinical psychiatry – the DSM, short for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders – is one of the most popular psychiatry reference books around the world. Clinicians use it to diagnose patients and scientists use it to guide research.

Despite its wide impact, the DSM has never integrated ...Read more

Over 368,000 miles of roads wind through U.S. national forests, eight times more than the entire interstate highway system. Many are heavily eroded and prone to landslides, and driving vehicles on them can spread invasive species. They need billions of dollars in repairs.

Yet the Trump administration wants to build more roads in ...Read more

Florida gets a lot of attention for its sinkholes, especially when they swallow cars and entire houses. But its sinkhole risk has nothing on Alaska’s.

Much of Alaska’s soil is permafrost – ground that remains below 32 degrees Fahrenheit (0 degrees Celsius) for at least two consecutive years. It is often rich with ice, but when ...Read more

For a long time, the likelihood of surviving pancreatic cancer has been extremely low. For patients who were diagnosed with metastatic pancreatic cancer between 2015 and 2021, about 97% died within five years of their diagnosis.

Pancreatic cancer is so deadly in part because there are no effective screening tests, and it rarely causes...Read more

Sen. Mitch McConnell on Wednesday commended the federal government for giving $26.7 million to help the University of Kentucky complete its agricultural research center, making a statement focused on government business rather than his health, which has been a focal point in recent months.

While recovering from a fall since June, McConnell has ...Read more

MINNESOTA — A federal grand jury has indicted a 46-year-old Minneapolis man for allegedly using his job at a Minnesota money services business to launder funds for a Mexican drug cartel.

According to the indictment, Christopher Bravo Marin helped launder at least $750,000 in drug proceeds on behalf of the Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación ...Read more

Mike McHaney adopted a 73-pound American bulldog named Houdini from the city shelter, and learned he’d have to pay $250 for a special permit due to his felony conviction.

That’s because a Minneapolis ordinance since 2008 requires people convicted of certain felonies — including drug charges, murder, assault, burglary and domestic assault ...Read more

BOSTON — State Rep. Francisco Paulino was arrested by federal agents on pandemic benefit fraud charges Wednesday morning, less than two weeks after another Massachusetts politician – Lawrence Mayor Brian DePena – was arrested by the feds on pandemic loan fraud charges.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office says Paulino, a Democrat representing the...Read more

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers are decrying the Trump administration’s threat to demolish the Kennedy Center if a federal judge doesn’t rule in favor of adding the president’s name and closing the building for two years for major renovations.

It sets the stage for a high-stakes court hearing on Thursday as President Donald Trump continues his ...Read more

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday became the latest politician in a swelling bipartisan movement to demand an overhaul of how and where AI-powered Flock cameras can be used, calling on Floridians to pressure lawmakers to regulate the tools.

“I don’t want to have this become a surveillance state,” he told attendees at an unrelated event in ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A bill mandating independent state investigations of shootings by federal immigration enforcement agents landed on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk Wednesday after passing an Assembly floor vote.

Assembly Bill 1806 responds to a recent uptick in civilian injuries and deaths at the hands of Immigration and Customs Enforcement ...Read more

BOSTON — An ill-timed grin and wink for the CourtTV camera in the triple-murder trial of mom Lindsay Clancy has cost a magazine scribe her credentials and came just after the defense sought a mistrial.

The Vanity Fair correspondent is seen hamming it up at the 7:12:05 mark in Monday’s session in Plymouth Superior Court. That’s exactly ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — An investigation led by the FBI’s San Diego field office has resulted in a takedown of online networks that were allegedly used by state-sponsored Chinese hackers to target federal agencies, large corporations and critical infrastructure across the United States and more than 130 other countries, the FBI and U.S. Department of ...Read more

The National Hurricane Center on Wednesday was back to tracking just one Atlantic system, but also dropped its chances that it could develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

As of the NHC’s 2 p.m. EDT tropical outlook, the area of low pressure associated with a tropical wave, dubbed Invest 96L, was located in the eastern...Read more

DENVER — Seven people who previously provided gender-affirming care at Children’s Hospital Colorado will have to testify in a contempt-of-court hearing in September, but a judge is allowing them to shield their identities from the public.

In May, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled in favor of families who sued after Children’s Hospital in ...Read more

NEW YORK — New York Attorney General Letitia James on Wednesday vowed to fight President Donald Trump’s plan to restrict mail-in voting by ordering the post office not to deliver ballots to voters in some Democratic-led states.

After the Supreme Court put on hold a federal judge’s previous ruling that blocked Trump’s move, James decried...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — In a blow to Minnesota law enforcement, a federal judge set the stage for ICE agent Christian Castro to be released from a Texas jail after he was arrested three months ago on charges that he shot a Venezuelan national in Minneapolis during Operation Metro Surge and later lied about it.

On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Fernando...Read more

DENVER — The mother of one of the men killed inside the Bent County Correctional Facility nearly three months ago brought a wrongful death lawsuit Tuesday against CoreCivic, alleging that her son’s homicide was the result of a “profound failure” by the private prison company.

Amber Gates, the mother of slain inmate Charles Gates, 27, ...Read more