The number of confirmed cyclosporiasis cases, the parasitic intestinal illness that often results in watery diarrhea and explosive bowel movements, has more than doubled in the past week, the Maryland Department of Health confirmed Wednesday.

The total number of cases in the state is now 69, with 65 of those cases occurring since May 1, ...Read more

A jury found Florida Rep. Fabian Basabe liable Wednesday in a Tallahassee civil trial accusing him of sexual harassment, battery and defamation.

An attorney for the plaintiffs told the Miami Herald after the verdict was read that the total amount the jury awarded in damages was $450,000.

Basabe’s net worth at the end of last year was over $3...Read more

Federal lawmakers are turning up the pressure on UnitedHealthcare and two rival Medicare Advantage insurers over their use of artificial intelligence and their prior authorization rules for post-hospital rehab care.

U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat from Connecticut, and Sen. Josh Hawley, a Republican from Missouri, sent letters this ...Read more

The death of longtime U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham triggered a special primary election to replace his name on the November general election ballot.

State law clearly dictates when an election should be held following the death of a party nominee. Under the law, candidate filing opens the second Tuesday after the nominee’s death, and the election...Read more

Four new litters of red wolf pups were born in the wild this spring, giving hope for the conservation of the world’s most endangered canine.

According to recent reports from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Red Wolf Recovery Program, between 12 and 16 pups have survived their first months, the highest numbers recorded in several years. ...Read more

The family of the 18-year-old boy killed by a runaway carriage horse last month pleaded with the New York City Council Wednesday to ban the horse-drawn park tours, as lawmakers considered a bill that would wind down the industry.

“I cannot properly describe to you the true fear inside that carriage,” Deepak Mahajan, father of Romanch ...Read more

The U.S. launched more airstrikes on Iran Wednesday, after President Donald Trump pledged to intensify the bombardment until Tehran stops attacking ships in the Strait of Hormuz and agrees to open the waterway.

In a 90-minute operation, the American military hit missile storage and launch sites on Greater Tunb Island in the Persian Gulf near ...Read more

Five cases of measles have been confirmed in Maryland residents, according to the Maryland Department of Health.

Officials are warning anyone who visited the Carroll Hospital Center emergency department waiting room in Westminster on July 13 between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. may have been exposed. All five cases were in people who recently traveled ...Read more

Military planners at the Pentagon have been developing options for strikes against Cuba, including plans for an air assault spearheaded by the 101st Airborne Division involving several thousand U.S. troops.

According to a CBS report on Thursday, in late June the U.S. military held “a concept-of-operations briefing to discuss early-stage ...Read more

Colorado’s top health official has given the federal immigration detention center in Aurora until Friday to open its doors to outside health inspectors investigating a confirmed case of tuberculosis.

In the letter sent Tuesday evening, Jill Hunsaker Ryan, the executive director of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, also...Read more

The number of confirmed cyclosoriasis cases, the parasitic intestinal illness that often results in watery diarrhea and explosive bowel movements, has more than doubled in the past week, the Maryland Department of Health confirmed Wednesday.

The total number of cases in the state is now 69, with 65 of those cases occurring since May 1, ...Read more

CARLISLE — President Donald Trump — as fighting resumes in Iran and his administration’s request for $1.5 trillion in defense funding stalls in Washington — used a Wednesday appearance at a defense industry summit in Central Pennsylvania to mostly boast about his perceived foreign and domestic achievements, from the oil business in ...Read more

Some Senate Republicans and Democrats actually agree on one thing: It could take years for another lawmaker to become as big of a voice in any president’s ear on foreign policy as Lindsey Graham was in Donald Trump’s.

In fact, as Trump on Wednesday delivered his first major national security remarks since his informal adviser’s sudden ...Read more

Gov. Gavin Newsom raised $250,000 in the two weeks after he announced the Department of Justice was investigating him and his wife, First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom, according to federal campaign filings and his campaign.

The Newsoms announced on June 15 that federal investigators had approached friends and associates as part of a wide-...Read more

Congressional Republicans are moving forward with a plan to ramp up spending on President Donald Trump’s ongoing war with Iran despite the political risks of backing an unpopular military campaign that has spiked consumer prices.

Vice President JD Vance is meeting privately with House Republicans in a basement room of the Capitol Wednesday ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Baltimore County residents delivered a blunt message to police, prosecutors and state juvenile justice officials Tuesday night: declining crime statistics mean little if neighbors still feel unsafe walking their streets or letting their children play outside.

“You have a full room of people that don’t feel safe,” said Jackie...Read more

Cook County is considering whether to extend a financial lifeline to Chicago Public Schools by including the district in an interest-free loan program so the cash-strapped school system can avoid some costs because of late-landing property tax money.

But the $300 million pot of loan funding Board President Toni Preckwinkle announced last month ...Read more

A federal judge has halted California’s groundbreaking “Truth in Recycling” law, which aims to reduce consumer confusion about which packaging can be recycled.

California’s recyclable packaging law prohibits manufacturers from using a “chasing arrows” recycling symbol on products or materials unless they are actually being recycled ...Read more

Sen. Thom Tillis criticized Democrats on Wednesday for “situational ethics” before asking attorney general nominee Todd Blanche about his views on President Donald Trump’s Jan. 6 pardons and the “1776 fund.”

Beginning Wednesday morning, Blanche sat for a five-hour hearing in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee answering questions ...Read more