SAN DIEGO — The Islamic Center of San Diego is mourning three people killed in Monday’s attack, including a security guard praised by police for his actions.

San Diego police Chief Scott Wahl said the security guard who was inside the mosque was “able to minimize the situation to the front area of the mosque” and saved lives.

“His ...Read more

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A new lawsuit accuses two top state Republican officials of intentionally “sowing chaos” into the fight over Missouri’s new congressional maps because they politically oppose an effort to allow the voters to weigh in on the gerrymandered boundaries.

In the ninth lawsuit filed in response to the GOP effort to add a ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — As the investigation into Monday’s deadly shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego continues, the three slain victims were praised for actions and heroism that local Muslim leaders said saved lives.

The men were identified Tuesday as Mansour Kaziha, Nader Awad and Amin Abdullah by the local chapter of the Council on American-...Read more

A Kansas judge has cleared the way for transgender minors to resume gender-affirming care that lawmakers banned in 2025.

Douglas County District Court Judge Carl Folsom III issued a temporary injunction blocking enforcement of key provisions of the state law in a 117-page ruling on Friday.

The decision will allow physicians to administer ...Read more

DETROIT – A series of salmonella outbreaks linked to baby poultry is sickening residents across the country, including 21 people in Michigan, health officials said Monday.

“While raising baby chicks and ducks can be fun and educational, poultry owners should be aware that chickens and other birds can carry germs that can impact human ...Read more

Russia is holding a major combat exercise to practice preparing and using its nuclear forces at the same time as President Vladimir Putin travels to Beijing for talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

The three days of drills will involve more than 64,000 troops, 200 missile launchers, 140 aircraft, 73 surface ships and 13 submarines, the ...Read more

NATO is discussing the possibility of helping ships pass through the blocked Strait of Hormuz if the waterway isn’t reopened by early July, according to a senior official in the military alliance.

The idea has support from several members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, but doesn’t yet have the necessary unanimous support, said a...Read more

Enrollment in the Affordable Care Act continues to erode as some customers struggle to make premium payments, with the declining numbers churning market uncertainty for insurers. In response, insurers are likely to raise rates again next year, following this year’s larger-than-typical hikes.

Sign-ups were already down in January by about 1.2 ...Read more

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing late Tuesday, aiming to reinforce ties with Chinese leader Xi Jinping and make progress on a long-stalled energy project.

China’s Foreign Ministry said it’s the Russian leader’s 25th visit to the country.

Putin and Xi, who share a strong bond and a common desire for a multipolar world ...Read more

CHICAGO -- Brooke Loughman knows that when she opens a social media app, she’ll be flooded with posts, whether she wants to see them or not. Lately, the first-year DePaul University student has found herself scrolling quickly through her feed, trying to avoid information about hantavirus and the wave of anxiety she experiences thinking about ...Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump said he held off on a new bombardment of Iran planned for Tuesday at the request of Saudi Arabia and other Persian Gulf allies, who are now pushing for a deal to end the war.

The U.S. delayed the strikes “for a little while, hopefully maybe forever,” because “we’ve had very big discussions with Iran, and we�...Read more

US President Donald Trump said he called off a new bombardment of Iran planned for Tuesday after Saudi Arabia and other Persian Gulf allies wanted more time to pursue diplomacy.

The U.S. delayed the strikes “for a little while, hopefully maybe forever,” because “we’ve had very big discussions with Iran, and we’ll see what they amount ...Read more

Former reality TV star Spencer Pratt was on the downslide in 2011. He’d been a tabloid sensation in the decade prior thanks to his villainous four-season run on MTV’s reality series “ The Hills,” and his ratings-boon relationship with co-star Heidi Montag. By the 2010s, the spotlight was fading and it seemed as if Pratt might slip into ...Read more

Paul Boyer, a psychotherapist for Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, California, is experiencing the AI revolution firsthand. He’s a little underwhelmed.

The health giant has rolled out a new suite of note-taking software, made by healthcare AI pioneer Abridge, intended to summarize a patient’s visit at supersonic speed. For many clinicians, the...Read more

LOS ANGELES — For the last several months, wildlife experts have been alarmed by a large influx of dead and emaciated seabirds washing up on California beaches.

While experts had been recording high mortality rates for brown pelicans for several years now — the result of harmful algal blooms, or “red tides” — this die off appears ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Kaiser Permanente is still trying to determine the source of bacteria responsible for 19 recent cases of Legionella infection identified at a hospital in the San Francisco Bay Area.

The 19 infections were linked to Kaiser's medical center in Santa Clara. Most of those who fell sick are recovering at home, Kaiser said in a recent...Read more

You’ve likely heard about vitamin D’s important role in maintaining strong bones and teeth. But it also plays several other important roles to keep your body healthy – including the function of your gut.

As part of our research on how a dietary fiber supplement affects bone mass in children and adolescents, the MetA-Bone Trial, ...Read more