Pennsylvania is experiencing its worst measles outbreak in more than three decades, with more than 1,400 confirmed cases and six measles-associated deaths so far in 2026, according to statistics compiled by the state.

Each new case brings a new warning of a measles exposure in that community. Exposures have occurred at hospitals and ...Read more

At a recent T-ball game, I was talking with another father who mentioned that his son had never played before. As we watched our children falling over trying to scoop up a ground ball, we laughed about how they were still figuring everything out. There was something refreshing about seeing kids learn a game without worrying about how well ...Read more

President Donald Trump is scheduled to speak at an aerospace and technology summit on Friday evening at Kennedy Space Center.

The remarks are slated for 5:30 p.m. as part of the Up.Summit, which will have a technology demonstration event that is part of NASA’s larger Max Power air show weekend.

But on Thursday and Friday, about 400 ...Read more

The blue wave that swept across Tuesday’s midterm election will deliver Democrats new power over state government, giving them the opportunity to advance long-sought policy changes.

Democrats flipped hundreds of seats, won control of several GOP-held chambers, broke veto-proof supermajorities and won a majority of governorships for the first ...Read more

A Colombian woman who says she had a five-year intimate relationship with former President Gustavo Petro has accused him of using government contracts to obtain sexual favors from dozens of women, allegations he vehemently denies as part of a politically motivated campaign to expose his private life.

The accusations, detailed in an ...Read more

Federal authorities on Friday arrested Meghan Markle's father, Thomas Markle Sr., in Florida for possession of child pornography, The Times has confirmed.

Markle Sr., 82, was arrested in Florida, on a charge of possessing child sexual abuse material, the Daily Mail first reported. Authorities in the Philippines are currently investigating ...Read more

Meghan Markle's father, Thomas Markle Sr., was arrested Friday on a federal child pornography charge following a raid of storage units that allegedly belong to him in California.

Markle Sr., 82, was arrested in Florida and is charged in the Central District of California with possession of child pornography. According to a criminal complaint ...Read more

As the clock ticks down for the Senate to pass the so-called Sunshine Protection Act to mandate year-round daylight saving time in most of the United States, President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he planned to "keep fighting" for the change.

In July, the House, in a lopsided bipartisan vote, approved a measure to make year-round daylight ...Read more

The U.S. and Iran are moving closer to a potential breakthrough in efforts to end the war, with Tehran showing a willingness to discuss issues related to its nuclear program that were previously off the table, according to a diplomat with knowledge of the talks.

Iran is studying proposals related to its atomic activities that were presented by...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Friday lowered its expectations a low pressure system in the Atlantic could develop into a more dangerous storm.

As of the NHC’s 7 a.m. tropical outlook, the broad area of nontropical low pressure with gale-force winds was located a few hundred miles south of Bermuda with areas of cloudiness ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Mining companies backed by billions of dollars in support from the Trump administration are facing a new risk: heightened scrutiny after the Democrats’ midterm sweep.

Even before a blue wave overtook Congress, Democratic lawmakers were questioning the methods used for President Donald Trump’s push to rebuild the nation’s ...Read more

Federal leaders overseeing a $50 billion rural health fund missed a critical deadline to announce how much they’ll give states next year, alerting state leaders to the delay with a mass email.

A 12-sentence message from Alina Czekai, director of the federal Office of Rural Health Transformation, said officials “discovered an additional ...Read more

DENVER — A Lakewood Police Department agent was killed and three others were wounded after a man open fired on them while boarding a Regional Transportation District bus at a busy metro Denver intersection Thursday night.

The four police agents were shot while responding to a suspicious person reported near West Colfax Avenue and Wadsworth ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Among the 548 inmates sentenced to death in California is Robert Rhoades, who abducted 8-year-old Michael Lyons as he walked home from school in Yuba City on May 16, 1996, then tortured and raped him before stabbing him more than 70 times.

Michael was found dead the next day, his body recovered from brush along the banks ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Farmworker rights activist Dolores Huerta will lie in honor at the State Capitol following her death at age 96, California state officials said.

Huerta, a longtime labor leader who worked to improve the lives and working conditions of California’s migrant laborers, died Oct. 28, The Sacramento Bee reported.

Members of ...Read more