For years, the psychoactive compound kratom has been sold across much of the United States as an herbal supplement, available in powders, capsules and extracts with few of the restrictions applied to controlled substances.

But the market is changing. Products containing a potentially dangerous kratom derivative known as concentrated 7-...Read more

A federal judge in Miami has struck down a decades-old federal law barring people who are not U.S. citizens from voting in federal elections, ruling that Congress overstepped its constitutional authority by imposing a voter qualification that belongs to the states.

The decision comes as the Trump administration has made non-citizen voting a ...Read more

The last 2026 primary elections were held on Sept. 15 in Delaware. Although totals are not yet available, there is evidence that turnout was higher than in most prior election years.

This year’s primaries were also the most competitive in recent history; 13 congressional incumbents were defeated, the largest number since the 1950s ...Read more

On a typical night, I go to bed wearing a tracking watch on one wrist and another type of tracker on the other wrist. Then I compare their sleep findings while I drink my morning coffee.

I direct the Center for Modern Digital Health at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, where my team and I study how to use wearables to improve ...Read more

A team of researchers from Sivas Cumhuriyet University in Turkey is investigating a long-standing claim: that a boat-shaped geological formation in the country’s east contains the remains of Noah’s Ark.

In the biblical Book of Genesis, God decides to destroy the world with a flood. Following God’s instructions, Noah builds an ...Read more

Imagine your mom has just been discharged from the hospital to a rehabilitation center after hip replacement surgery. She has the paperwork, the facility’s address – and a long list of questions. Will her insurance cover her entire rehab stay? Does she have enough pain medication until she gets settled? Will the hospital transfer her ...Read more

Few historic figures are as divisive as Christopher Columbus. For some, in both Spain and the United States, he remains a great hero, an explorer who found a “new world.” He is reviled by others who see him as an arrogant conqueror: the first European to enslave Indigenous Americans, and the man who launched ecological destruction in the ...Read more

The number of people sick with flu is starting to increase across the United States, with health authorities warning that in some western regions of the country, the 2026-27 flu season may be off to an early start.

Health authorities often advise people to get their flu vaccine by the end of October – but as an epidemiologist ...Read more

Lt. Gov. KIm Driscoll defended the executive order signed by Gov. Maura Healey on Monday aimed a providing emergency energy relief for Massachusetts ratepayers by suspending a charge tied to state climate mandates for three months.

Healey declared a state of emergency as she announced her executive order, which will remove the SMART program ...Read more

Two managers at the California State Controller’s Office were the subject of an audit released this month outlining improper actions after they regularly teleworked from out of state. The finding prompted auditors to recommend the Legislature clarify remote work policies in state law.

The allegations come after the California Department of ...Read more

Comments by President Donald Trump at a Nebraska political rally interpreted by some as a suggestion Iran could “take out” Los Angeles or San Diego prompted a backlash in California.

Gov. Gavin Newsom said Tuesday on X that he has directed the State Threat Assessment Center to monitor for any possible threats to California following the ...Read more

Federal immigration agents reportedly detained more than a dozen people on Monday, in an operation that targeted a community college campus, workplaces and neighborhoods.

At least 17 people were detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in Santa Maria and Guadalupe on Monday, according to data collected by 805 UndocuFund, a ...Read more

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detained the father of a student at Allan Hancock College in Santa Maria on campus grounds Monday morning.

In September, ICE agents detained a San Diego City College student only steps away from the building where he takes classes, prompting the college to install signs saying immigration ...Read more

The Trump administration is reluctant to get more involved in Saudi Arabia’s offensive against the Houthis and has tried to restrain Riyadh from sparking a major new conflict in Yemen, according to people familiar with the situation.

While the U.S. has helped Riyadh with intelligence, targeting and refueling assistance, the lack of American ...Read more

The endless fight over daylight saving time is back in the news after President Donald Trump urged the Senate to clear a House-passed bill to make it permanent.

Trump said in a social media post over the weekend that Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., is the chief obstacle to the measure and gave out Cotton’s cellphone number so proponents could ...Read more

Elected officials across San Diego and California reacted bitterly to President Donald Trump’s off-the-cuff comment late Monday that Iran could “take out” San Diego and its larger neighbor to the north, Los Angeles. The White House, meanwhile, attempted to reframe the statements.

Trump made the comments at a political rally in Nebraska, ...Read more