What comes to mind when you think about preventing teen suicide? Crisis hotlines, maybe. Emergency interventions. Those matter – but prevention often starts earlier, in everyday relationships at home, school and in the community. A parent asking about a teenager’s day over dinner, for instance. Or a teacher helping a student find purpose ...Read more

The World Health Organization estimates that in 2026 nearly 11 million people will contract the virus that causes measles. Most of these cases will occur in Africa and Asia, but many countries in the Americas and Europe are reporting outbreaks affecting hundreds or thousands of people.

There is no treatment for measles, but vaccines ...Read more

The companies fishing for Antarctic krill have harvested so much so quickly that the season had to close in August 2026, three months before it was scheduled to end. That’s the second consecutive year of an early closing.

The fishing industry has said these developments are evidence that the management system is working as intended:...Read more

Growing up, my brothers were fascinated by the first “Rocky” movie. They were trying to get stronger and excel in sports, so one scene stood out almost as much as Rocky sprinting up the museum steps: Before sunrise, Rocky cracked raw eggs into a glass and drank them.

To a teenager, this raised some questions. Why raw eggs? Was ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — On the heels of the death of his longtime mate Jackie, bald eagle Shadow has been perching, singing and lounging at his Big Bear nest with a new companion. It’s all being captured on a world-famous livestream, spurring mixed reactions from fans who are still reeling from Jackie’s passing.

Pete Bloom, a raptor biologist who ...Read more

Natalie Harp gushes over President Donald Trump as her “Guardian and Protector” in newly unearthed letters that underline the unusually close personal relationship the 35-year-old White House aide has with the commander-in-chief.

“You are all that matters to me,” Harp writes to Trump in one missive, the Daily Beast reported. “I don’...Read more

It was a good day for Idaho Libertarians.

A U.S. District Court judge on Thursday ruled that the party would no longer have to follow state laws that limit how much it can spend on legislative and statewide candidates in coordination with their campaigns.

Other state political parties are still bound by the rules, which allow them to spend ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew Haden was found dead in an office inside the Edward J. Schwartz federal building in San Diego on Wednesday, shortly after being reported missing. There were no signs of foul play involved, authorities said.

Haden, 48, had worked for the U.S. attorney’s office since 2010 and twice served as acting...Read more

LOS ANGELES — In 1996, Tupac Shakur was gunned down off the Las Vegas Strip. Then, less than a year later, Christopher Wallace, a.k.a. Biggie Smalls or the Notorious B.I.G., was killed in a drive-by shooting in front of the Petersen Automotive Museum on Wilshire Boulevard.

The two killings have long been tied together in popular culture.

Now...Read more

MEXICO CITY — In her previous job as mayor of Mexico City, Claudia Sheinbaum expressed outrage when a conservative critic proposed publicizing a list of prominent supporters of her leftist Morena political party.

“This is a fascist position,” then-Mayor Sheinbaum declared in 2021. “Who makes lists? McCarthyism. Nazism. Those are the ...Read more

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Like most prosecutors, Creighton Waters, the lead prosecutor in the Alex Murdaugh retrial case, is not hesitant about making a point.

But when it comes to expressing a preference for a county to retry Murdaugh on double murder charges, Waters will let state Judge Debra McCaslin be the decider.

“We leave it to the court’s...Read more

Scott Jennings is emerging as a potential front-runner to become President Donald Trump’s next White House press secretary.

Jennings, a former adviser for Sen. Mitch McConnell and conservative political commentator on CNN, is considered an early favorite and met with Trump’s chief of staff Susie Wiles, according to reporting from CNN. Two ...Read more

SEATTLE — After nearly a week, more than 140 detained people at the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma have ended their hunger strike over alleged inedible and untimely food portions and medical neglect.

The strikers were promised new menus, bigger portions and better food. But as of Thursday, the changes still have not been ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Advocacy groups took to the California Capitol Thursday to decry a last-minute effort to modify a state law that greatly expanded who could file childhood sexual assault claims against public agencies.

The pushback came as legislators are considering changes to the law under increasing pressure to stem what school ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Assistant U.S. Atty. Andrew Haden was found dead in an office inside the Edward J. Schwartz Federal Building in San Diego on Wednesday, shortly after being reported missing. There were no signs of foul play involved, authorities said.

Haden had worked for the U.S. attorney's office since 2010 and twice served as acting U.S. ...Read more

WASHINGTON — When Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent vowed to ramp up pressure on Iran by targeting its economic partners, he echoed former President George W. Bush’s warning to U.S. allies after the Sept. 11 attacks.

“You are either with us, or against us,” Bessent said in an interview with CNBC Thursday. “This is going to be the ...Read more

The U.S., Japan and South Korea held a three-way call to coordinate their response to North Korea’s barrage of short-range ballistic missiles, after Pyongyang dismissed President Donald Trump’s overtures to revive dialogue with leader Kim Jong Un.

North Korea launched about 10 ballistic missiles from Pyongyang Thursday that flew roughly 300...Read more

Robert Torres lost nine family members, including his granddaughter, in the devastating earthquakes that struck Venezuela. Even as he grappled with his own grief, he became a volunteer rescuer, first helping search for survivors and later recovering bodies from the rubble.

Nearly two months later, he is still helping recover bodies in La Guaira...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — A recent state Supreme Court ruling could make it harder for cities and counties to offer multiple in-person early voting sites this fall.

The court ruled last week that Minneapolis must use party-balanced election judges at its early voting polling places, rejecting arguments from the city and Secretary of State’s office that...Read more