One person has died in an E. coli outbreak that spread at a pumpkin farm in San Luis Obispo County last month, health officials confirmed Tuesday.

The outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli left more than a dozen people who visited the popular Brookshire Farms in late October with symptoms, including three children reportedly put in ...Read more

CHICAGO — Richard A. Posner, known for his storied career as a federal appellate judge and pioneering work in the field of law and economics, died Tuesday. He was 87.

The University of Chicago Law School, where Posner spent much of his tenure, announced the eminent scholar’s death in a news release Wednesday.

“There has never been a ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — San Jose declared a local emergency Tuesday to speed flood preparations and make $5.5 million in city reserves available ahead of a winter that officials and residents fear could threaten neighborhoods devastated by flooding in 2017.

Taking effect immediately, the declaration cuts bureaucratic red tape to fast-track ...Read more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Less than a month before leaving office, Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced that his administration had formed a public corporation intended to attract data centers to Alaska, along with a new platform to allow individuals to invest in the projects.

The initiative is led by the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority,...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Shouting that his name was Joshua Masias and that he was being taken to Sutter Hospital, a Sacramento resident was loaded into an ambulance following his detainment after a confrontation Wednesday with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at the John E. Moss Federal Building.

Masias was taken into custody ...Read more

All people carry differences in their DNA that could affect how they respond to medication, according to my team’s newly published research. Moreover, 1 in 4 already take a medication their body processes differently because of their genetics.

Clinicians often take a trial and error approach to prescriptions. Two people take the ...Read more

The Trump administration has formally said it plans to sell public lands as part of a plan to reduce the size of the federal estate.

The Interior Department’s four-year strategic plan released Wednesday didn’t specify how much land it plans to sell or how the land would be priced. The department, which manages some 480 million acres, didn�...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Federation of Teachers on Wednesday urged Gov. Gavin Newsom to order a three-year pause on artificial intelligence in K-8 public school classrooms, citing concerns that schools are adopting AI tools without adequate protections for students and educators.

The call followed Newsom’s September executive ...Read more

A Houston-area woman who came to play a central role in an incomplete arms deal struck between the Haiti National Police and a firm led by Bryan Seaver, nephew of late country singer Dolly Parton, has a record of prior financial fraud allegations.

The deal to supply Haitian security forces with semi-automatic rifles and thousands of rounds of ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — After President Donald Trump's unfounded claim that California's slow vote count during the June primary indicated cheating by Democrats, state and local elections officials made changes to speed things up — in part to dispel any questions about this month's crucial midterm elections.

The state of California allocated $29 ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s administration has taken steps to deny more than $112 million in Medicaid money from Minnesota after delaying reimbursements on more than half a billion in payments so far this year, state officials said this week.

The disallowance for July through September could mean Minnesota will have to find a way to pay for ...Read more

NEW YORK — A New York state judge on Wednesday approved Columbia University’s decision to close a stretch of 116th Street privately owned by the school to the general public, as Morningside Heights residents vowed to appeal.

The campus access restrictions — which limit access almost exclusively to Columbia students, faculty and staff, and...Read more

A 13-year-old North Carolina student formed a relationship with Google’s Gemini chatbot on a school-issued Chromebook and came close to taking her own life, an advocate told a state task force that looks into the causes of child deaths.

Mick Tobin, co-founder and advocacy director of the Young People’s Alliance, was referencing a lawsuit ...Read more

Agustin Baccega and Gustavo Romanello flew to Arizona from Orlando, Florida, on Saturday to attend the funeral of a friend who died a day earlier.

But when they arrived at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, Baccega was immediately grabbed by plainclothes Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. Their friend, Jonathan Batchelor, was ...Read more

An East Carolina University fraternity was suspended amid an investigation into reported hazing, university officials said Wednesday.

According to a university crime log, a “campus security authority” on Saturday received a report regarding an alleged hazing incident at Sigma Tau Gamma on Friday afternoon.

Sigma Tau Gamma has been placed ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A Republican state lawmaker is drafting legislation to divide Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools into smaller districts and force new school board elections, a proposal that could dramatically reshape public education in Mecklenburg County.

North Carolina state Rep. David Willis, a Union County Republican, has not publicly ...Read more

U.S. Rep. Brittany Pettersen was among 11 Democrats who missed Tuesday’s high-stakes vote on whether to move forward with impeaching Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, an effort that was ultimately blocked by House Republicans.

Fellow Democrats lambasted the absences, which allowed Republicans to block the impeachment effort through a procedural...Read more