Four words that parents in the classroom group chat dread to read: ‘My kid has lice.’

Head lice (Pediculus humanus capitis) are parasites that primarily infest children in childcare, preschool or elementary school. Having lice doesn’t indicate poor hygiene, despite a longstanding misconception driven by stigma, and lice don’t ...Read more

When Hurricane Isaias hit the Florida Panhandle on Oct. 9, 2026, it was just the latest weather disaster for Americans in a year that continues to break records.

The hottest U.S. summer on record left millions of Americans facing life-threatening heat waves. Extreme heat and drought set the stage for wildfires. Flooding from powerful ...Read more

American audiences will be able to watch an English-dubbed version of “Ramayana,” a Hindi film based on a South Asian epic tradition, in theaters in November 2026.

The Sanskrit “Ramayana,” or “Journey of Rama,” is an epic poem that was composed sometime between 400 B.C.E. and 400 C.E. The epic follows Rama, an exiled ...Read more

When Colorado launched its Universal Preschool Program in 2023, the goal was simple: Give every 4-year-old in the state access to free, publicly funded education. To deliver on that promise, the state allowed both public and private providers – including faith-based preschools – to participate, provided they abide by the program’s rules...Read more

The proposed livestream of Nidal Hasan’s execution by a U.S. military firing squad gives an old question a new audience. Hasan, an Army psychiatrist convicted by a military court of killing 13 people at Fort Hood in Texas in 2009, is scheduled to be executed on Dec. 3, 2026.

Explaining the plan to make his death public, Defense ...Read more

Democrats are gaining momentum in their bid to retake the Senate in November. This has led Republicans to prepare for the possibility that a conservative Supreme Court justice might announce their retirement before the new Congress is sworn in on Jan. 3, 2027.

This would give President Donald Trump his fourth Supreme Court nomination,...Read more

Russia said it attacked Ukrainian electricity plants in a “massive strike” overnight, further undermining U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim of an energy truce between the two warring countries.

The Defense Ministry in Moscow said its forces struck six thermal plants and a substation supplying electricity in Kyiv and its surroundings as...Read more

LOS ANGELES — An "aggressive" great white shark was spotted in the waters off Huntington Beach on Tuesday, prompting the closure of a popular surfing spot.

The Huntington Beach Fire Department said in statement Tuesday afternoon that a roughly 10- to 12-foot great white shark exhibiting "aggressive behavior" was seen near Lifeguard Tower 16. ...Read more

U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham will host Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy in London on Wednesday as Kyiv and its allies scramble to respond to President Donald Trump’s diesel deal with Russia.

Burnham will tell the Ukrainian president that Britain will draw up new sanctions against the Kremlin’s war effort while accelerating delivery ...Read more

María Corina Machado holds a commanding lead in presidential voting intentions in Venezuela even as she remains sidelined from U.S.-backed negotiations between the government and opposition aimed at restoring democratic institutions.

Machado drew 52% support in a presidential voting-intention question, compared with 19% for acting President ...Read more

When many people think of an average lung cancer patient, they often imagine an older man smoking. But the face of lung cancer has changed. Over the past 15 years, more women, never smokers and younger people are being diagnosed with lung cancer.

In fact, lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among women, and more women die...Read more

DENVER — It’s difficult to visualize what Colorado under a Gov. Victor Marx would look like — and not only because he’s a first-time candidate with no prior political experience.

Since he won the Republican primary in June, he has avoided debates and has not run as a policy-heavy candidate. He built a nonprofit that has grown to $7 ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- Erika Lee, 30, grew up in Diamond Bar, California, attended USC and started her career in Southern California.

But then she pivoted to crypto and, in February, moved from an apartment in West Hollywood to San Francisco for a job at an artificial intelligence insurance startup.

“I didn’t expect to like it so much,” Lee said...Read more

SEATTLE — Immigration arrests linked to a search of Washington driver information have jumped at least fivefold since July, according to new data from the University of Washington’s Center for Human Rights.

Three months ago, the data showed 64 verified cases in about a year.

As of Tuesday, the number had soared to 354.

These numbers are �...Read more

LAS VEGAS — A potential juror was excused Tuesday after being overheard using profanity to describe the man on trial for allegedly stealing and torturing a flamingo from a Strip resort.

The juror made the remark to another person about Mitchell Fairbarn, 34, who is out of custody on high-level electronic monitoring, while Fairbarn was waiting...Read more

CHICAGO — The Rev. George Clements helped propel the Black Catholic movement, created the “One Church, One Child” initiative urging adoption and, against church practice, adopted children himself.

Those headline-grabbing and sometimes polarizing moves served as cover for the late South Side pastor to orchestrate a “decades-long child ...Read more

CHICAGO — The Cook County medical examiner’s office has identified all 55 people whose remains were found decomposing inside a Southeast Side funeral home this summer, authorities told the Chicago Tribune.

Officials previously indicated there were 56 remains found at South Chicago Chapel, but it was actually 55, said Natalia Derevyanny, a ...Read more

A judge is mulling an ICE agent’s attempt to stand trial in a federal courtroom instead of Hennepin County Court after hearing arguments spanning more than two days and tearful testimony from the defendant.

The ICE agent, Gregory Morgan Jr., is charged with two counts of second-degree assault for allegedly pointing his gun at two motorists ...Read more

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro on Tuesday announced the state will invest $371 million in the Port of Philadelphia, a commitment he said will help create thousands of jobs and boost the port's capacity to handle container cargo and automobiles.

Shapiro said the state funding will "unlock" at least $200 million in private investment and $266 ...Read more