The fight against infectious disease is a race against evolution. Bacteria become resistant to antibiotics. Viruses adapt to spread more quickly. Diseases transmitted by insects present another evolutionary front: Insects themselves can evolve resistance to the poisons that people use to kill them.

In particular, the mosquito-borne ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Democrats are calling out a right-wing political group for mocking former state House Speaker Melissa Hortman, who was assassinated last year.

The fracas comes as the House State Government and Finance Policy Committee voted on Thursday, March 26, to advance proposals to honor Hortman.

One proposal would create a ...Read more

Hundreds of college diversity officers opened their national conference Thursday in Philadelphia with a moment of silence for those who had been forced out of their jobs and for offices and programs that had been shut amid President Donald Trump’s orders for colleges to halt DEI efforts.

“This isn’t the first time higher education and ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota will no longer recognize March 31 as Cesar Chavez Day after the Legislature passed a bill repealing the commemoration of the farm labor leader’s birthday.

The Senate unanimously approved the legislation on Thursday, March 26, following revelations that Chavez groomed and sexually abused girls who worked as part of ...Read more

Evangelist Franklin Graham said conservatives nationwide must unite ahead of the 2026 midterm elections to elect candidates who share the same values as President Donald Trump.

During a speech Thursday at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Texas, Graham noted that Trump will not be on the ballot in November, “but his policies are...Read more

NORFOLK, Va. — The rector of Old Dominion University’s Board of Visitors asserted in an impassioned letter Thursday afternoon that the university’s faculty senate was using the recent deadly shooting on campus in “exploiting” a “political or personal agenda” he said had been held by the body prior to the tragedy.

Hours before a ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Staffing shortages tied to the ongoing federal shutdown forced security checkpoint closures at Baltimore/Washington International Airport on Thursday, raising the risk of delays for travelers in the days ahead.

“Security Checkpoint A and B are temporarily closed. Expect long lines at times, especially in mornings,” the airport...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Yolo County officials failed for years to shut down an illegal fireworks operation in Esparto despite repeated warning signs, a civil grand jury report released Thursday found, a lapse that preceded a July 1 explosion that killed seven people.

The grand jury, separate from a criminal grand jury weighing possible charges ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday continued projecting confidence in the U.S. war effort in Iran, suggesting online and during a high-level Cabinet meeting that Iran has been “obliterated,” that its leaders were “begging” for a deal, and that the United States is “roaming free” over Iran and “NEEDS NOTHING” from ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Baltimore and Maryland can proceed to discovery in their lawsuit against Glock after a Baltimore Circuit Court judge denied the gunmaker’s motion to dismiss, moving the case into the evidence-gathering phase.

The mayor and City Council of Baltimore, alongside the state of Maryland, filed lawsuit against Glock and its Austrian ...Read more

GRAPEVINE, Texas — A rally in support of the American- and Israeli-led war against Iran erupted outside the CPAC main stage Thursday around noon but was quickly disbanded by security at the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center.

Shortly after two Iranian women left the main stage of the Conservative Political Action Conference, a few ...Read more

NEW YORK — A Manhattan judge on Thursday said he wouldn’t throw out narco-terrorism charges against ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, but sounded sympathetic to arguments about U.S. sanctions interfering with their defense.

The Manhattan Federal Court hearing was the first for Maduro and Cilia Flores Maduro since ...Read more

MEXICO CITY — President Claudia Sheinbaum’s approval rating dipped to the lowest level of her term in March, as Mexicans expressed deepening worries about corruption and crime following the killing of a notorious cartel leader.

Roughly 54% of the poll’s respondents approved of Sheinbaum, down 2 points from February and 9 from her January ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Just eight days after the emergence of allegations of sexual abuse of minors at the hands of Cesar Chavez, the California Legislature has stripped the labor organizer, until last week one of the state’s most iconic political figures, of his state holiday.

On Thursday, the state Senate passed a bill fast-tracked through ...Read more

The parents of slain teenager Sheridan Gorman criticized Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker for their remarks about her death, saying in a statement that they want to “ensure that what happened to her does not happen again.”

“We will not allow Sheridan’s name to be used in political arguments — but we will ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has launched an internal investigation into whether graphic crime scene photos of a grenade explosion that killed three of their own were improperly shared, officials said. One top commander was relieved of duty the day the investigation was launched.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff�...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Wynnie Savageford said she was observing federal agents on Nicollet Avenue on the frigid morning of Jan. 24 when three of them tackled her to the ground after she asked if they had a warrant. A stranger told the agents to leave her alone and recorded the interaction with his phone as she was escorted to the back of a car, her ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — Two men who worked as couriers for an illicit delivery service the sold methamphetamine, ketamine and cocaine in the same style as Door Dash or Instacart were given sentenced that did not include any prison time, court records show.

U.S. District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley sentenced Matthew Sestak and Rory Rickey to time ...Read more