Public health institutions are under threat by populist governments across the globe.

From Budapest to Jakarta, Indonesia, public health agencies are being stripped of funding and independence. Meanwhile, disinformation has sown distrust in scientific experts. The results are already visible through the return of diseases once thought...Read more

The urban monkeys in New Delhi are so bold they’ll steal the lunch right off your plate. If you’ve spent time in New York, you’ve probably seen squirrels try to do the same. Sydney’s white ibises got the nickname “bin chickens” for stealing trash and sandwiches.

This brazen behavior isn’t normal for most species in the ...Read more

When a drought turns into an urban water crisis, a city’s first step is often to limit lawn watering and launch a campaign to encourage everyone to conserve. It might raise water-use rates or offer incentives for installing low-flow devices.

While demand management techniques like these have had a lot of success in reducing water ...Read more

MIAMI — Martin Hochheiser was overjoyed when nurses told him he was going home to his North Miami Beach condo after a brief hospital stay — until the medical van began veering west toward Hialeah.

His dread turned to panic when Hochheiser, 79, was unloaded at Villa Rosa III, a 48-bed assisted living home with peeling paint, burglar bars, ...Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A criminal probe into the Hope Florida Foundation is likely concluded, but the state-created charity could soon pique the interest of the Internal Revenue Service when it files its tax return.

The foundation’s financials, due May 15, should include the charity’s accounting for the $10 million it received from a state ...Read more

California lawmakers on Tuesday moved forward on a bill that could lead to the re-introduction of grizzly bears to the state, more than a century after the quarter-ton predators were hunted into local extinction.

The measure, which is backed by two Native American tribes, calls for a comprehensive study on the feasibility of bringing back the ...Read more

Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte has asked the nation’s top court to stop the impeachment proceedings against her by the House of Representatives, saying the process is unconstitutional and “marred by grave abuse of discretion.”

In her petition, Duterte claimed the move by the House justice committee to proceed with two impeachment ...Read more

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea fired an unidentified projectile Wednesday, South Korea’s military said, just days after South Korean President Lee Jae Myung expressed regret over an incident involving drones that crossed the border into the North’s airspace.

Pyongyang launched at least one projectile toward waters off its east coast, ...Read more

Google will donate $30 million to mental health hotlines and its Gemini bot will be updated to better respond to people in mental health crisis, the company announced Tuesday — five weeks after a South Florida father sued the AI giant over his son’s suicide.

A Google spokesman said the company’s mental health announcement Tuesday was ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump stood down from bellicose threats to strike Iran’s critical infrastructure on Tuesday night, agreeing instead to a last-minute, two-week pause in fighting to make room for negotiations.

But he did so stating that diplomacy would revolve around a 10-point proposal from Tehran, a framework he described as a...Read more

WASHINGTON — The United States and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire that is expected to halt the American-Israeli military campaign in exchange for Tehran reopening the Strait of Hormuz.

President Donald Trump announced the agreement Tuesday on social media hours after Pakistan, a mediator in talks, implored the U.S. leader to back off his...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — An Assembly bill targeting man-made toxic chemicals on cashier’s receipts passed through the Assembly Judiciary Committee on Tuesday with bipartisan support.

The development follows the bill’s initial advancement last month by the Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee, where it also received ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A trove of sensitive LAPD records, including officer personnel files and documents from Internal Affairs investigations, are among the materials believed to have been seized by hackers in a breach last month involving the L.A. city attorney’s office.

Some of the records have started surfacing on social media platforms like X. ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Tuesday evening announced a two-week ceasefire with Iran just hours after a world-shaking threat to eliminate the “whole” Iranian civilization.

In a post on his Truth Social platform just after 6:30 p.m. Eastern time, the U.S. commander in chief said senior Pakistani officials had brokered the ...Read more

NEW YORK — Accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann is expected to plead guilty Wednesday to murdering eight women — including a victim he had yet to be charged with killing, according to reports.

Heuermann, 62, is expected to admit to the 1996 slaying of 34-year-old mother of two Karen Vergata, whose remains were found in April 1996...Read more

WASHINGTON — The United States and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire that is expected to halt the American-Israeli military campaign in exchange for Tehran reopening the Strait of Hormuz.

President Donald Trump announced the agreement Tuesday on social media hours after Pakistan, a mediator in talks, implored the U.S. leader to back off his...Read more

Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) is calling for President Trump to be removed from office following a Truth Social post by the Commander-in Chief warning that “a whole civilization will die” in Iran Tuesday night if the country’s leaders do not reach a ceasefire deal with the U.S. by his deadline.

“With each passing day, it becomes increasingly ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — House Democrats and a panel of elections experts expressed unwavering confidence in state voting systems and dismissed Trump administration claims of widespread fraud and other vulnerabilities during a special "shadow hearing" in Los Angeles on Tuesday.

They accused President Trump and his Republican allies of pushing sweeping ...Read more

The question of who is in charge of operations at the controversial Everglades detention site known as Alligator Alcatraz continued to loom large Tuesday in Miami federal court as appellate judges weighed whether to overturn a lower court’s decision last summer that required the site be briefly shut down.

The three-judge panel of the Eleventh...Read more