Experts and emergency crews have been working for nearly two days to try and prevent a potentially catastrophic chemical spill or explosion at Garden Grove, California, aerospace manufacturing facility, but have so far been unable to find a fix.

Anxious observers and residents may be asking themselves, what makes fixing this damaged chemical ...Read more

Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency in Orange County early Saturday afternoon as the temperature inside a malfunctioning chemical storage tank in Garden Grove rose to dangerous levels while crews attempted to head off a disastrous explosion and tens of thousands of residents remained under evacuation orders.

Crews who “put ...Read more

President Donald Trump said that a peace deal with Iran has been “largely negotiated” and he plans to announce an agreement shortly that would reopen the strategic Strait of Hormuz.

“An Agreement has been largely negotiated, subject to finalization between the United States of America, the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the various other ...Read more

Lather on the sunscreen this holiday weekend and pay close attention during your skin exam.

That brown spot on your leg could look like nothing to worry about, particularly to the naked eye. But early skin cancer, including aggressive melanoma, could be missed with just a visual exam.

A recent viral headline illustrates the risk: “Mom, 37, ...Read more

It took just over one month for the Federal Aviation Administration to close the book on an investigation that had grounded Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket.

The company announced Friday on X that the FAA had approved its report about what went wrong with an April 19 launch when the rocket’s upper stage had an engine issue and ultimately lost...Read more

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s decision to call a referendum that could lead to the energy-rich province separating from Canada has angered both sides of the debate and triggered calls to challenge her leadership.

For decades, aggrieved Albertans have accused the distant federal capital Ottawa of unfairly holding back their province from ...Read more

Maternal deaths are finally back down to their pre-pandemic levels in California — and the numbers hold some lessons for future pandemics, investigators said.

The California Pregnancy-Associated Review Committee, which convenes experts under the leadership of the state’s departments of Public Health and Health Care Services to look into the...Read more

The Trump administration launched its “Economic Fury” campaign to hobble Iran’s economy with sanctions more than a month ago. So far, the country is unbowed.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent exhorted allies earlier this week to join the U.S. in its economic pressure campaign, which the administration rolled out shortly after it entered ...Read more

The temperature inside a malfunctioning chemical storage tank in Garden Grove has risen to dangerous levels as crews continued to try to head off a disastrous explosion and roughly 40,000 people remain under evacuation orders, fire authorities announced early Saturday.

Crews who “put themselves in harm’s way” overnight realized that the ...Read more

St. Paul and Minneapolis have both started spending money allocated for emergency rental assistance during Operation Metro Surge.

Out of $1.4 million allocated by St. Paul, the city has paid out $150,000 since April 1, when the program opened. That’s just over 10%, in part because the program caps payments at $75,000 per month total.

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State health officials are warning the public that a nationwide salmonella outbreak, which also sickened two Minnesotans, has been linked to a supplement purchased online from Amazon.

The Minnesota Department of Health said two Minnesotans became ill with salmonella in April after taking moringa capsules from the brand TNVitamins that was ...Read more

Iran said talks on a peace deal with the U.S. focused on ensuring fighting ends on all fronts are progressing and that other key points of contention will be ironed out at a later stage.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio also signaled that a resolution is in sight, even as U.S. officials have indicated that planning...Read more

Ebola is spreading faster than responders can track it in eastern Congo, where health workers managed to follow up with barely one in five identified contacts in a single day.

Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo reported 83 confirmed infections, 746 suspected cases and 1,603 identified contacts as of May 21, according to the health ...Read more

Kevin Warsh has vowed to usher in “regime change” as the new chair of the Federal Reserve, but Fed watchers say there are limits to how much he can revamp on his own — and that even in areas where he can make sweeping reform, it might be smarter for him to hold back.

On the most pivotal decisions, like ushering in changes to interest ...Read more

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman outlined a major overhaul of the agency’s structure that included a new director for Kennedy Space Center.

Following the retirement of Janet Petro earlier this month, KSC had been in the hands of interim director Kelvin Manning. It will now be run by Brian Hughes, Isaacman announced Friday. Hughes will add ...Read more

Ejup Maqedonci has worn three uniforms over the past 27 years: first as a young rebel fighting for Kosovar independence, then as a member of an interim humanitarian body, and now as defense minister shaping the nation’s military.

All three sets of fatigues, each framed in gold, hang in his office in the ministry’s sprawling complex in the ...Read more

Immigration lawyers and advocates say detainees at Alligator Alcatraz are being moved unusually fast to other locations amid reports the detention center in the Everglades could shut down as soon as next month.

Immigration attorney Laura Quintero, who has clients in Central Florida and Tampa, said she heard of detainee relocations happening in ...Read more

Fire crews were making progress Friday lowering the temperature of a chemical tank that is at risk of exploding and releasing toxic material in Orange County.

Orange County Fire Authority Division Chief Craig Covey said in an update on Friday night that efforts to cool the tank by spraying it with water have been successful.

“It’s down to ...Read more

For decades, people have been told that their weight problems can be solved by math: Calories in, calories out. If weight were a simple math equation, more people would likely be the weight they desire. But it is much more complicated.

There are several theories as to why it is difficult to lose weight. Some focus on genetics and ...Read more

For decades, female sterilization has been one of the most common forms of birth control in the U.S.: 11.5% of U.S. women, ages 15-49, use female sterilization as their primary contraceptive method – nearly identical to the pill.

But the history of sterilization is also deeply entangled with coercion in the form of racial targeting,...Read more