Experts suspect that dust from the sea contains endotoxic bacteria membranes caused by fertilizer runoffChemical-laden dust from southern California’s drying Salton Sea is likely harming the lungs of people around the shrinking body of water, and the effects are especially pronounced in children, new peer-reviewed research from the University of California, Irvine, shows.A separate peer-reviewed […]

A dangerous faith in AI is sweeping American healthcare – with consequences for the basis of society itself The computer interrupted while Pamela was still speaking. I had accompanied her – my dear friend – to a recent doctor’s appointment. She is in her 70s, lives alone while navigating multiple chronic health issues, and has […]

Campus police officer Roger Smith was killed during a struggle and a ‘person of interest’ is in custody, police say A police officer was shot and killed during a struggle in the emergency department lobby at a North Carolina hospital Saturday. The shooting happened around 9am at the WakeMed Garner Healthplex, killing WakeMed campus police […]

Ron Dailey, 65, survived nearly three weeks in the frosty, mountainous wilderness after taking a wrong turn The California hunter who spent nearly three weeks stranded in the frosty, mountainous wilderness reportedly survived by rationing out the little food he brought with him – eating 70 or fewer calories daily for a stretch – as […]

New York City mayor-elect refused to ‘be in the shadows’ in the face of Islamophobic attacks during his campaign Across the country, Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigrants has shaken neighbourhoods, torn apart families and engendered a sense of panic among communities. But in New York, on Tuesday night, Zohran Mamdani, the first Muslim mayor of […]

Charlotte, North Carolina, has the most cancellations – at 120 – as industry experts say other sectors might also feel effects US airlines canceled 1,460 flights on Saturday, the second day of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) order to reduce air traffic because of the government shutdown. So far, the slowdown at many of the […]

Gregory Bovino was called out by a judge only two days earlier for lying about being assaulted by a protester A border patrol chief claimed on Saturday that his agents came under fire in Chicago while conducting immigration enforcement operations, just two days after a federal judge said that he had lied to her about […]

Trump urged Republican senators to redirect federal money toward direct payments to individuals. Key US politics stories from 8 November at a glance Donald Trump on Saturday urged Republican senators to redirect federal money used to subsidize health insurance costs under the Affordable Care Act toward direct payments to individuals, in an effort to overcome […]

Amid a historic government shutdown, some senators on Capitol Hill are working this weekend on an unpopular bill US senators are working through the weekend for the first time since the government shutdown began more than a month ago, but hopes for a bipartisan agreement on how to end the standoff, and keep healthcare affordable […]

Charlotte, North Carolina, has the most cancellations – at 120 – as industry experts say other sectors might also feel effects US airlines again canceled more than 1,000 flights on Saturday, the second day of the Federal Aviation Administration’s order to reduce air traffic because of the government shutdown. So far, the slowdown at many […]

Police say vehicle was involved in street racing before driver fled from authorities and then crashed into Ybor City bar A speeding car fleeing police slammed into a crowded bar early on Saturday, killing four people and injuring 11 in a historic district of Tampa, Florida, known for its nightlife and tourists. An air patrol […]

As tens of thousands of military personnel work without pay and others are furloughed, a local pantry sees its numbers increasing as restaurants are losing customers When Jane Doorley and her husband Bill arrived at the Fairborn Fish Food Pantry they help run on 28 October, they couldn’t get into the parking lot, such was […]