Vaccines have been reliably and affordably protecting people from diseases worldwide for centuries. Until the COVID-19 pandemic, however, vaccine development was still a long and idiosyncratic process. Traditionally, researchers had to tailor manufacturing processes and facilities for each vaccine candidate, and the scientific knowledge ...Read more

NEW YORK — A judge has given John Gotti grandson Carmine Agnello an ultimatum: go through with his oft-delayed kidney transplant to his mom Victoria Gotti by Monday, or report to prison to start his sentence.

Agnello, who was supposed to start serving his 15-month sentence for COVID fraud back on June 20, got a two-month reprieve so he could...Read more

Now that a federal judge who temporarily blocked the Trump administration from ending temporary protected status for as many as 350,000 Haitians living in the U.S. has officially lifted that order, immigrants from the Caribbean nation are more vulnerable than ever to arrest and ultimately deportation.

Attorneys challenging the Department of ...Read more

At least 613 people have been killed and 375 others injured in months of violent confrontations between armed criminal gangs in Port-au-Prince’s Cité Soleil neighborhoods and sprawling Plaine du Cul-de-Sac, according to a new report from the United Nations detailing one of the capital’s deadliest outbreaks since 2024.

The casualties ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — A U.S. Marine recruit died Wednesday, days after experiencing a medical emergency at Camp Pendleton, military officials said Thursday.

The recruit, who was assigned to Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, was undergoing a “routine physical fitness evaluation” at Camp Pendleton on Saturday when the medical emergency occurred, ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Three years ago, environmental regulators discovered garbage burning deep inside the Chiquita Canyon Landfill in the Santa Clarita Valley. Few imagined the calamity that would follow.

Somehow the landfill’s pollution control system introduced oxygen below, causing decades-old waste to rapidly decompose, generating intense heat...Read more

The Trump administration is proposing a sweeping overhaul of Head Start that would largely relinquish federal control of the early learning program for low-income babies, toddlers and preschoolers.

Standards, such as the number of children a teacher can supervise, would soon be under local control, leading to variations across the country, ...Read more

Pornhub is trying to convince Texas lawmakers to rethink the state’s age verification law for adult websites.

The effort comes more than a year after the pornography website blocked access in Texas instead of complying with the requirement.

Now, Pornhub is making a new push to change the law that led to that decision.

So what exactly is the...Read more

OKLAHOMA CITY — State leaders of both parties say the federal government — including the president — wields too much power, and they want to see more authority returned to the states.

Bipartisan groups of governors and state lawmakers held major gatherings in recent days where issues of state authority became a major focus. They agreed ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Attorneys for Twin Cities journalist Georgia Fort asked a judge on Thursday to throw out federal charges against her over an anti-ICE protest at a St. Paul church, arguing the indictment violates her First Amendment free speech rights among other things.

Fort was indicted alongside former CNN host Don Lemon and several ...Read more

BALTIMORE — A lawsuit alleging that negligence by the cargo ship Dali’s shipbuilder led to the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse was dismissed this week by a federal judge, who ruled that another jurisdiction would be a more appropriate forum for the suit.

Filed by the ship’s owner and operator in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern ...Read more

The 2026 FIFA Men's World Cup delivered record audience levels for Fox and it showed up on the balance sheet.

Fox Corporation reported revenues of $4.12 billion for the three months ending June 30, an increase of 28% over the same quarter last year and well ahead of estimates from Wall Street analysts. Adjusted earnings per share were $1.79, ...Read more

HOLLY SPRINGS, N.C. — Holly Springs police are investigating an incident in which Wake County parents responded to a school bus driver missing some bus stops by allegedly blocking the bus with a car, prompting some of the children to open an emergency exit and jump out.

A police report shows Holly Springs police officers responded shortly ...Read more

One malfunctioning valve has been identified as the reason why Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket exploded during a test that destroyed much of the company’s launch pad in Cape Canaveral.

Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp gave an update on the company’s investigation to the May 28 incident that resulted in a massive fireball that destroyed the rocket...Read more

The wait for an Iran-Oman deal that partially reopens the Strait of Hormuz continued through Thursday, after the Islamic Republic said an agreement on proposed shipping lanes is in the final stages.

The two countries that border the crucial waterway have been negotiating a plan for the management of maritime traffic through the strait since ...Read more

The Democratic Republic of Congo is preparing a sweeping overhaul of its response to the country’s largest Ebola outbreak as the number of new cases continues to spike.

The government plans to provide free healthcare in its Ebola-affected eastern provinces, test experimental vaccines against the Bundibugyo strain of the virus and shift to a ...Read more

If you’ve followed mental health topics on TikTok or Instagram lately, you have probably heard the term emotional regulation. But emotional regulation isn’t just a trendy buzzword. It’s a nuanced concept that psychologists like me have been studying for decades.

At its core, emotional regulation is how well someone can manage ...Read more

When a wildfire is headed your way, evacuating may sound straightforward: Gather your belongings, get in the car and leave.

In reality, it is one of the most complex decisions a person can face.

Fast-moving fires, shifting winds, heavy smoke and limited escape routes can quickly turn an orderly evacuation into gridlock. In ...Read more