If a person’s story changes in the weeks following an alleged sexual assault, are they not telling the truth?

It’s a criticism I’ve seen on social media and heard in the public conversation surrounding the lawsuit filed in September 2026 by a plaintiff known as Jane Doe, a former student at Cornell University, accusing seven ...Read more

Drugmakers are pushing to develop effective defenses against Lyme disease as intensifying tick seasons continue to put more people at risk, with trials focused on vaccines and on drugs designed to block the pests’ ability to infect.

Companies including Pfizer Inc. and Moderna Inc. have stepped up efforts 24 years after the only Lyme vaccine ...Read more

The famed railroad line along the San Clemente coast has found itself on the endangered list amid a relentless assault from rising seas and punishing surf.

Transportation experts have long spoken about the possibility of relocating the tracks in the area, but the California State Transportation Agency is expected to launch a study before year's...Read more

The child gasped for air, sitting alone in front of an upstairs television, near death inside her Northeast Philadelphia home.

As a measles outbreak ravaged the city, Philadelphia’s deputy health commissioner, Robert Ross, used the home phone to call a judge for a court order to treat the girl. Her family worshiped at Faith Tabernacle ...Read more

After President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act more than a year ago, enrollment in the federal food assistance program dropped rapidly across the nation as states enforced new restrictions and prepared to take on more of the costs.

Nationally, an estimated 5 million, or 13%, fewer people were enrolled in the Supplemental ...Read more

With voter registration lagging and political parties complaining that eligibility requirements for fielding candidates are too burdensome, Haiti’s transitional authorities have revised the country’s electoral rules for the third time in four months, but stopped short of formally postponing the Dec. 13 vote.

The revised electoral decree ...Read more

President Donald Trump made another round of comments attacking Minnesota’s Somali community and Gov. Tim Walz on social media Thursday.

In a post on Truth Social, Trump broadly accused the immigrant community of violence and said the group was taking over Minnesota. He said Walz wants to get “out of town with as much as he can steal, and ...Read more

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents shot and wounded a man in an SUV on a bustling New York City street Thursday afternoon, as a 5-year-old boy sat in the vehicle’s back seat, sparking a heated confrontation between the feds and outraged citizens, officials said.

ICE agents opened fire on the silver Honda Civic at about 4 p.m. on ...Read more

As Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. hints he could retire next year, senators are watching closely. It would mean a tough confirmation process on Capitol Hill for any replacement picked by President Donald Trump, experts say.

Alito, 76, has contemplated retirement but decided to stay through the end of the Supreme Court term that started this week, ...Read more

A nearly eight-month stint aboard the International Space Station came to a splashing end for NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 on Thursday, when their recovery vessel safely splashed down off the coast of Los Angeles.

The four crew members spent 237 days living and working inside the space station — advancing scientific research while traveling more ...Read more

Mold and gnat larvae in shower rooms, cracked and worn-out mattresses, delayed visitations and an inadequate system to track disability accommodations were among the ongoing violations documented for the first time by an independent court monitor at California's largest immigration detention center.

A second monitor assigned to inspect the ...Read more

Like a pot of water on a slow boil, El Niño conditions in the Pacific Ocean are continuing to intensify, scientists said Thursday, setting up a winter that could bring drenching rain to some parts of California — at amounts potentially double the historical average, particularly in January and February.

On Thursday, scientists at NOAA, the ...Read more

The U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday that it filed a lawsuit against Denver — and Mayor Mike Johnston — over a city law that bans law enforcement officers from wearing facial coverings.

The City Council unanimously approved the city ordinance, which includes U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, this February, ...Read more

Republican President Donald Trump’s administration has denied Illinois’ request for a major disaster declaration that would have unlocked federal aid for eight counties, including Cook and Will, hit by severe storms this August. The state’s top Democrats accused the president of politicizing disaster relief.

In a letter Wednesday, Federal...Read more

In already one of the strongest Pacific hurricane seasons on record, with monster Hurricane Polo making landfall in Baja California Sur several weeks ago and several impacts to Hawaii over the past 2 months, another storm is now setting its sights a bit closer to home.

Tropical Storm Rachel is expected to impact Southern California and Baja ...Read more

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the firing-squad execution of Nidal Hasan, a former Army major who killed 13 people in a mass shooting in 2009, would be visible to the public.

“He’s going to get a firing squad of soldiers, as it should be,” Hegseth said on the Real America’s Voice network on Thursday. “We’ll make sure that ...Read more

Two years ago, Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., published a book about restoring the so-called talking filibuster and repairing what he describes as a “broken” system in the Senate. Now he’s forming an unlikely duo with Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., to push a sweeping proposal to overhaul the chamber’s rules.

“America today is larger, busier ...Read more

President Donald Trump will hold a campaign rally in Wasilla, Alaska, on Tuesday, on the heels of a visit by his vice president, in the GOP's effort to support Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan and Rep. Nick Begich and hold on to majorities in the U.S. House and Senate.

Trump will headline the rally at the Curtis D. Menard Memorial Sports Center, ...Read more

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents shot and wounded a man in a car on a bustling New York City street Thursday afternoon, narrowly missing a child who was seated in the vehicle and sparking a heated confrontation between the feds and outraged citizens, officials said.

ICE agents opened fire on the silver Honda Civic at about 4 p.m. on ...Read more