Former reality TV star Spencer Pratt was on the downslide in 2011. He’d been a tabloid sensation in the decade prior thanks to his villainous four-season run on MTV’s reality series “ The Hills,” and his ratings-boon relationship with co-star Heidi Montag. By the 2010s, the spotlight was fading and it seemed as if Pratt might slip into ...Read more

Paul Boyer, a psychotherapist for Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, California, is experiencing the AI revolution firsthand. He’s a little underwhelmed.

The health giant has rolled out a new suite of note-taking software, made by healthcare AI pioneer Abridge, intended to summarize a patient’s visit at supersonic speed. For many clinicians, the...Read more

LOS ANGELES — For the last several months, wildlife experts have been alarmed by a large influx of dead and emaciated seabirds washing up on California beaches.

While experts had been recording high mortality rates for brown pelicans for several years now — the result of harmful algal blooms, or “red tides” — this die off appears ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Kaiser Permanente is still trying to determine the source of bacteria responsible for 19 recent cases of Legionella infection identified at a hospital in the San Francisco Bay Area.

The 19 infections were linked to Kaiser's medical center in Santa Clara. Most of those who fell sick are recovering at home, Kaiser said in a recent...Read more

You’ve likely heard about vitamin D’s important role in maintaining strong bones and teeth. But it also plays several other important roles to keep your body healthy – including the function of your gut.

As part of our research on how a dietary fiber supplement affects bone mass in children and adolescents, the MetA-Bone Trial, ...Read more

A Disneyland visitor has filed a $5 million class action lawsuit alleging the Anaheim theme park does not properly disclose the use of facial recognition technology that violates the privacy rights of visitors.

Summer Christine Duffield of Riverside County alleges Disneyland and Disney California Adventure violated privacy, competition and ...Read more

Britain’s Prince William plans to sell off one-fifth of the Duchy of Cornwall, the estate created in 1337 to guarantee income for the heir to the throne, and use the estimated $670 million in proceeds to fund public housing and clean energy projects.

The 130,000-acre private estate spans more than 20 counties and nets the Prince of Wales over...Read more

BOSTON — Leaders with the Democratic National Committee visited the Hub Monday to tour the city as the potential site of the 2028 convention.

“From founding the nation’s first public school library and park to stewarding innovations ranging across lifesaving cures and cutting edge climate tech, Boston has advanced the common good for 250 ...Read more

The Philippines would likely be involved in any potential conflict over Taiwan due to its proximity, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said, reiterating a stance that risks riling up Beijing.

“In the Philippines, we do not have a choice because Taiwan is so close to the Philippines and we have almost 200,000 Filipino nationals living and working...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Mark Fuhrman, the former Los Angeles police detective whose testimony, credibility and incendiary racist language became central to the O.J. Simpson murder trial, has died at 74.

Fuhrman became one of the most recognizable law enforcement figures in America when he discovered a bloody glove outside Simpson’s Brentwood estate ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Gov. Wes Moore on Monday announced nearly $57 million in state grants for energy efficiency in schools, government buildings, nonprofits and low-income housing developments across Maryland, aiming to move away from fossil fuels.

The administration said the funding is part of a broader effort to lower utility costs for Marylanders,...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Aimee Bock should spend 50 years in prison for coordinating the biggest pandemic-era fraud in the U.S., according to a court filing made today by Minnesota U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen.

Bock was convicted last year of using her nonprofit, Feeding Our Future, to help steal $250 million from a federally funded program aimed at ...Read more

BOSTON — Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s revelation that the city needs to ask for an additional $70 million in funding to cover this year’s budget shortfall was slammed by her critics as “fiscal mismanagement.”

Wu filed two supplemental budgets with the City Council Monday that will see her administration seek approval to use $47.1 ...Read more

President Donald Trump said that he’d called off a strike on Iran planned for Tuesday after an appeal by the leaders of Persian Gulf allies, who called for more time to pursue a diplomatic resolution.

“I put it off for a little while, hopefully maybe forever, but possibly for a little while, because we’ve had very big discussions with ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A former Trump Justice Department official on Monday criticized what he called the administration’s “shocking” settlement with Live Nation and its subsidiary Ticketmaster, telling lawmakers that the department abused its prosecutorial discretion to reach the deal.

Roger Alford, a former principal deputy assistant attorney ...Read more

NEW YORK — The MTA and unions representing 3,500 Long Island Rail Road workers who walked off their jobs reached a tentative deal late Monday, bringing the three-day strike that paralyzed the nation’s largest commuter rail system to an end.

The trains are set to begin running again starting Tuesday at noon Eastern time. Service will be ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon’s internal watchdog will investigate whether U.S. boat strikes in the Caribbean followed targeting guidelines, amid claims from outside groups that the attacks were illegal.

“The scope of this evaluation includes the joint process for targeted vessels in the US Southern Command area of responsibility as part of ...Read more

NEW YORK — In the span of a few hours Monday, Gautam Adani, Asia’s richest person, neared a resounding victory halfway around the world that had been months in the making.

In Brooklyn, New York, the Justice Department sought to drop criminal charges against the Indian billionaire, just after an announcement that the Treasury Department was...Read more

This is just jaw-some.

Another shark species has the attention of local white shark researchers, who will be “closely monitoring” an additional apex predator this season as beachgoers return to the water.

Dusky sharks — which were spotted attacking seals off Nantucket in the past — have also been seen off Orleans’ Nauset Beach, where...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A wolf known as BEY03F seems intent on making history over and over again.

The 3-year-old, black-furred wolf has become the first of her kind known to venture into Sequoia National Park in more than a century — after making similarly momentous visits to Los Angeles and Inyo counties.

By 7 a.m. Sunday, BEY03F had passed just ...Read more