Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo jumped by 71 in a day and another 21 deaths were recorded as health workers expanded testing in the mining town where the outbreak is believed to have begun, pointing to an epidemic that may be much bigger than previously understood.

The infections brought the number of laboratory-confirmed cases ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A series of military exercises taking place in empty buildings across the Southland are scaring residents and rattling neighbors as the sound of gunfire rings out in the dark and troops descend from helicopters.

Multiple nights this week, the sounds of simulated urban warfare have erupted in the middle of the night in parts of ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Federal agricultural inspectors detected a case of New World screwworm larvae — maggots that burrow into the flesh of living animals and sometimes humans — on a 3-week-old calf in south Texas, near the U.S.-Mexico border. Officials anticipated the arrival of screwworm in the United States and say they're prepared to contain ...Read more

BOSTON — Attorneys for Michael Proctor will have to answer in court when the disgraced former state trooper became unavailable for a scheduled deposition in Karen Read’s wrongful death suit.

The attorneys will also be pressed on when Read’s legal team was informed of the request to delay Monday’s deposition and why preparation couldn’...Read more

Harrowing scenes are unfolding at health facilities at the epicenter of an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

A 25-year-old midwife and a doctor in his early 30s are sick with Ebola symptoms, including fevers and severe joint pain, said their colleague Elisabeth Furaha, the medical director at SOFEPADI's Karibuni Wa Mama ...Read more

MIAMI — Inside the University of Miami’s newly opened 3D-bioprinting lab, the future of medicine looks a lot like science fiction. Think miniscule robotic devices that repair the body. Molecules designed to hunt down cancer cells. And a printer capable of creating a prosthetic ear in less than 10 minutes.

“You thought it was science ...Read more

CHICAGO — Third grader Denym Jenkins was meeting with the assistant principal at her Far South Side elementary school two years ago when a teacher walked in and told her to “get out.”

The teacher pushed Denym out of the office, slammed the door behind her and berated the assistant principal, district documents show. Denym was shoved so ...Read more

When retirees and activists in Citrus County, Florida, started to organize against a nearby data center proposal, they weren’t sure how many of their neighbors would show up.

They had been trying to gin up support on Facebook and Nextdoor. They had explained the harms of data centers to confused residents. They set up a flea market booth and ...Read more

WASHINGTON — American forces headed off Iranian missile and drone attacks in the Persian Gulf as the war that began nearly 100 days ago continued to simmer with no resolution in the offing.

Six ballistic missiles fired at Bahrain and Kuwait “were intercepted and a seventh did not reach its intended target,” U.S. Central Command said in a ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The British Broadcasting Corp. issued a wave of subpoenas to dozens of members of President Donald Trump’s inner circle as part of its defense in his $10 billion defamation lawsuit, raising fresh questions about Trump’s speech before the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.

The BBC in recent weeks sent 47 subpoenas to members...Read more

FORT WORTH, Texas — Texas Christian University’s chapter of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity was suspended Thursday at the conclusion of a conduct appeal process, officials with the university’s Interfraternity Council said.

The chapter will not recruit new members this fall or participate in other council activities during the suspension...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has outlined plans to start the consolidation of three key grant components in September, as part of a reorganization effort that has raised concern from advocates and drawn the attention of at least one senator.

The department held a stakeholder briefing Thursday morning where they outlined a rough ...Read more

MIAMI — Facing the potential loss of hundreds of millions in annual revenue, Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava isn’t just battling Gov. Ron DeSantis’ property tax overhaul.

She’s also facing hits from Republican lawmakers who represent her own backyard — and who say the county’s spending habits help make the case for the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration told a federal judge Friday there is no need to block implementation of a $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund,” arguing the administration has already scrapped the idea.

The filing, in response to an order from Judge Leonie M. Brinkema of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ...Read more