LOS ANGELES — A California woman said she contracted typhus after she disposed of a dead rat found in her backyard. She later found out her neighbor had also contracted the virus.

Margaret Holzmann of Monrovia initially thought she had COVID-19 when she began to feel ill. But after a negative test, and a relentless headache and fever that ...Read more

ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew Cuomo oversaw a toxic workplace and sexually harassed several women, including much younger aides and advisers, according to a bombshell report released Tuesday by state Attorney General James’ office.

The report details cases of harassment by the governor of current and former employees that include unwanted ...Read more

HARTFORD, Conn. — As he watches the change rapidly reshaping American college sports, U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy can’t help but wish progress always came so quickly.

In the 2 1/2 years since the Connecticut Democrat became Washington’s most outspoken advocate for college athletes’ economic rights, a decades-old movement has broken through ...Read more

The message from Big Bend Regional Medical Center was stark: The only hospital in a sparsely populated region of far West Texas notified local physicians last month that because of a nursing shortage its labor and delivery unit needed to temporarily close its doors and that women in labor should instead be sent to the next closest hospital — ...Read more

The number of officers who have died by suicide in wake of their response to the January insurrection at the U.S. Capitol doubled late Monday, with the Metropolitan Police Department in the District of Columbia confirming the death of a third and fourth officer.

Officer Kyle DeFreytag, a 26-year-old Pennsylvania native, was found dead on July ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — David Ordaz Jr. stood on the sidewalk outside his East Los Angeles home as sheriff’s deputies, as well as family members, yelled at him to drop a 12-inch kitchen knife.

Ordaz, 34, had told deputies he was upset because they wouldn’t shoot him. His sister had told a 911 dispatcher that Ordaz had talked about “suicide by cop...Read more

Have you heard that after you get the COVID-19 vaccine you'll become magnetic?

Do we need to say it? That's not true.

From the beginning of the pandemic public health officials have waged war on two fronts: against this new virus and an ocean of myths, rumors and misinformation.

Medical experts have begged Americans to get their information ...Read more

Gas station retailers are reeling from a recent New Mexico Supreme Court decision that finds the stores can be held civilly liable for selling gas to intoxicated drivers.

The July ruling could have major ramifications for service stations and other kinds of businesses, industry representatives say. It also could set an example for other states,...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Two cargo ship crewmen tied to one of the largest drug busts in U.S. history told a federal judge Monday that they initially resisted but were ultimately powerless to turn down efforts to recruit them into a conspiracy to smuggle 20 tons of cocaine through the Port of Philadelphia.

Ivan Durasevic, 31, and Nenad Ilic, 41, both ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Seven Bay Area counties on Monday jointly announced renewed indoor mask requirements, regardless of vaccination status, to limit spread of the highly contagious delta variant of COVID-19.

The public health offices of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara and Sonoma counties, along with the ...Read more

The U.S. is expanding airstrikes against members of a group affiliated to al-Qaida who have intensified attacks in Somalia since hundreds of American troops exited the country earlier this year.

The latest strike occurred close to the central towns of Bacadweyne and Geedaley on Sunday morning, hitting a position held by al-Shabab militants who ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — The Sunshine State leads the nation in another alarming coronavirus statistic: kids hospitalized with COVID-19.

Florida had 32 pediatric COVID-19 hospitalizations per day between July 24 and 30, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Adjusted for population, that’s 0.76 kids hospitalized per 100,000 ...Read more

A 100-year-old German man accused of working as a concentration camp guard from 1942 to 1945 has been ruled “fit to stand trial” in October.

The unidentified centenarian is accused of “knowingly and willingly” being a party to 3,518 deaths, according to the Guardian. Prosecutors claim the suspect, believed to be from Brandenburg, stood ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — In response to the proliferation of so-called ghost guns, the San Diego City Council on Monday approved a ban on the sale and possession of gun frames and firearms that lack a serial number.

“Today we are here to take action to combat the proliferation of non-serialized, nontraceable ghost guns because we have had enough,” ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — The Sunshine State leads the nation in another alarming coronavirus statistic: kids hospitalized with COVID-19.

Florida had 32 pediatric COVID-19 hospitalizations per day between July 24 and 30, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Adjusted for population, that’s 0.76 kids hospitalized per 100,000 ...Read more