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LOS ANGELES — Earlier this month, the Claremont Police Department received a chilling 911 report: A caller said they were holding someone captive inside a Claremont McKenna College restroom, carrying a bomb and preparing...Read more

Evenings in our house oscillate between routine and existential. I prefer the ones where we mostly muddle through the mundane, and the ever-present threat to health and to normalcy goes largely unobserved, acknowledged ...Read more

In 1831, Abraham Lincoln arrived at the New Salem grist mill along the Sangamon River aboard a flatboat that was sinking.

Lincoln had been hired by a man named Denton Offutt to deliver the boat cargo to New Orleans. As ...Read more

The routine is familiar for most people: When checking in for an appointment with a doctor or other health care provider, patients typically complete and sign a pile of paperwork, including a form that contains some ...Read more

Health insurance companies are under increasing scrutiny for allegedly using artificial intelligence bots and algorithms to swiftly deny patients routine or lifesaving care — without a human actually reviewing their ...Read more

It's an ability and skill often taken for granted. It affects quality of life and has been linked to heart disease and stroke. As we age and our muscles weaken, balance becomes crucial to staying active and supporting a ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — There is a non-zero chance that somewhere in the nearby solar system is a rock that might kill us all.

This stony assassin may well be orbiting the sun at this very moment, careening down a celestial path ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — At a time when President Donald Trump has threatened to cut education funding to institutions that cross him, the Los Angeles teachers union is having a throwback moment: It's pushing an aggressive social ...Read more

Editor's note: March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.

Colorectal cancer is no longer a disease of older people. People in their 50s, 40s and younger are increasingly being diagnosed with cancers of the colon and ...Read more

Freedom of speech. Due process under the law.

They sound good, don’t they?

They’re the twin pillars of a free society and a free university. And they’re both under assault from President Donald Trump’s ...Read more

An estimated 55 million people are believed to be living with dementia, according to health officials. Vascular diseases contribute to approximately 25% of all diagnoses.

When blood vessels are damaged or blocked, it can ...Read more

REDONDO BEACH, Calif. — The Trump administration’s targeting of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will jeopardize efforts to save sea lions, dolphins, sea birds and other wildlife stricken by poisons...Read more

“On Feb. 25, I voted yes on a budget resolution that protects Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid while cutting some spending elsewhere.”

Rep. Nick LaLota (R-N.Y.), in a YouTube video posted March 4, 2025

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More than a dozen states in the past two years have launched or expanded programs that allow families to use taxpayer dollars to send their students to private schools. Now, President Donald Trump and Republicans in ...Read more

Logan Paul is "no longer his first priority" after becoming a father.

The influencer and WWE superstar's fiancee Nina Agdal gave birth to their first child in September 2024 as they welcomed Esme Agdal Paul into the world...Read more

Netflix has confirmed a new 'Scooby-Doo' live action show.

The streaming giant has commissioned an eight-part reimagining of the classic Warner Bros. cartoon focused on the origins of the mystery-solving gang and their ...Read more

There could not be a worse time to implement a required national service for young people.

In a nation that has turned individual freedom into a fetish, such an idea would always be a hard sell. Now, with an autocratic ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- Extraordinary things happen in the cardiothoracic intensive care unit at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.

The sick rise from bed with new hearts and lungs. Machines valiantly take over for faltering ...Read more

As someone who firmly believes in libertarian/conservative values and principles, I fully understand that compulsory national service could seem like an infringement upon one’s personal freedom. However, I still think it...Read more

For the Day Eagle Hope Project, federal money has helped volunteers deliver fresh produce and meat to families in need across the remote Fort Belknap Indian Reservation in northern Montana — while putting cash into the ...Read more