CHICAGO — Janet Cole told herself she didn’t need to take any more pictures of trees at The Morton Arboretum. She had more than enough.

But an amur corktree standing alone with a mass of vibrant leaves called to Cole, 75, and she found herself once again grabbing photos.

“I just wanted to come over and see it with its beautiful, yellow ...Read more

Experimental peptides have become darlings among influencers, chiropractors, and doctors focused on longevity, antiaging, or “body optimization,” even though the FDA hasn’t approved them for safety or effectiveness. Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other leaders of the Make America Healthy Again movement have pushed to make ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — There are myriad public transportation challenges for the next Los Angeles mayor, but perhaps none is more visible than the long-awaited Skylink people mover train at Los Angeles International Airport.

The 2.25-mile train, designed to whisk people from airline terminals to ground transportation, is years behind schedule and more...Read more

WASHINGTON — When Sen. Richard J. Durbin first proposed what’s known as the DREAM Act, his current interns weren’t born yet. Pagers were often used instead of cellphones, and George W. Bush was president.

More than 25 years later, it hasn’t become law. And in just a few months, Durbin will leave the bill — and the Senate — behind. ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Captain Brandon Erdo steered the 95-foot Dana Pride up to a patch of water that looked promising miles off the Orange County coast on a Wednesday morning.

The boat was near capacity — 37 of 40 available angler spots were taken. And, after hearing on social media about the great fishing to be had with the super El Niño, they ...Read more

DENVER — Over the next few weeks, Coloradans will decide whether to ban gender-affirming surgeries for minors, though available data suggests few teens receive such procedures in this state.

Proposition 135 would outlaw surgeries to change a minor’s sexual characteristics for gender-affirming purposes. Currently, 26 states outlaw both ...Read more

DENVER -- The University of Denver’s civil rights office last year found a tenured philosophy professor responsible for sexually harassing a graduate student and recommended he be terminated. The case against him had spanned more than a year and involved four different investigators.

The now-former DU student, whom The Denver Post is not ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — At the federal courthouse in downtown Los Angeles late Monday, several green card holders arrested in a crackdown on alleged California voter fraud expressed confusion over the charges — with some saying they had no recollection of registering to vote, as Trump administration officials accuse them of doing.

Among them was Ana ...Read more

PARK CITY, Kan. — President Donald Trump on Monday urged Kansas voters to reelect U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall in a wide-ranging speech that largely attacked Democrats and faced opposition from several protesters.

Trump appeared at a rally supporting Marshall at Heartland Credit Union Arena in Park City, a suburb of Wichita, as Republicans look ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — A ban on cellphones in Pennsylvania schools is one step closer to becoming law, after House lawmakers on Monday passed a bill that would require all schools to bar students from using phones throughout the school day.

The bill, which passed the Democratic-led House 141-62, now heads to the Republican-led Senate for final ...Read more

NEW YORK — Cops are looking for a group of vandals who took a drill to a bank of One Metro New York, or OMNY, readers at a Brooklyn subway station, apparently as a political protest.

The subway sabotage took place some time before 11:30 a.m. last Wednesday, cops said, when a transit worker discovered seven mangled OMNY readers at the Church ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — As fires and high tides batter Malibu, Nicolas Cage is working to rescue his oceanfront home from a different threat: a sinkhole.

The actor has secured four permits to repair damage caused by a massive, expanding sinkhole the opened up Sept. 8 outside his home on Sea Level Drive, city records show. The repair work calls for ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — A new law inspired by the potential release from prison of Santana High School shooter Charles “Andy” Williams will now give judges more say over whether a former teenager charged with murder as an adult but eligible for resentencing should have their case heard in juvenile or adult court.

Assembly Bill 1959, signed into law ...Read more

DETROIT — All three wildfires burning in Michigan's Upper Peninsula are now at least 50% contained, state officials said Monday.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources also announced that it had lifted the evacuation warning for residents living near one of the blazes.

Since Oct. 11, residents on North Basin Drive in Marquette County ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers in both parties are assailing President Donald Trump for a series of decisions this month that critics say ally the U.S. government with the Kremlin amid its ongoing war on Ukraine, now in its fifth year.

In the last 10 days, the U.S. government:

—Announced a six-month waiver of sanctions on purchases of Russian ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Wildlife officials euthanized a coyote in Atwater Village after a reported attack on a 16-month-old child and months of complaints from residents that the animal had become dangerously comfortable around people.

California Department of Fish and Wildlife officers responded to the 3300 block of Glenhurst Avenue on Friday after ...Read more

Oysters linked to a salmonella outbreak that has reached at least 12 states were distributed to at least 15 states and the District of Columbia, according to Monday’s FDA and CDC update on the outbreak.

Here’s more information on the outbreak and the oysters.

What oysters have been recalled?

Little Wicomico Oyster Company has recalled ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Federal authorities have charged 28 people from across California with illegally registering to vote or casting ballots in federal elections despite not being U.S. citizens — again escalating an election battle between the state and the Trump administration just weeks before the Nov. 3 midterms.

Authorities said 11 of the 28 ...Read more