Patients who followed an AI coach from an app on their phone cut their risk of developing diabetes as much as those visiting a human coach, a Johns Hopkins study showed.

“We were really surprised at how almost identical both of the groups were in all of the measures,” said lead researcher Dr. Nestoras Mathioudakis, an associate professor of...Read more

PORT ROYAL, S.C. — A Marine recruit was shot Wednesday during marksmanship training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, officials said.

It was the second shooting mishap during rifle training in less than three months at the Port Royal base, where recruits undergo 13 weeks of training to become Marines.

The recruit sustained a ...Read more

DENVER — Another of the wolves released in Colorado earlier this year as part of the state’s reintroduction effort has died, wildlife officials said Friday.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife learned of the death of the female wolf — given the identification number 2506 — when its collar gave a mortality notice on Oct. 30. The wolf died in ...Read more

Ukraine Ambassador Olha Stefanishyna said her country is engaged in “positive” talks about buying Tomahawk missiles and other long-range weaponry, even after President Donald Trump signaled he didn’t want to send them to the country.

“The discussion is still ongoing but we have a lot of delegations working to scale up the available ...Read more

Israel launched some of its heaviest airstrikes on Lebanon since it agreed to a ceasefire with the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah around a year ago.

The attacks late on Thursday, which Israel said were aimed at Hezbollah weapons sites and other infrastructure in southern Lebanon, have further stoked fears among Lebanese that the two sides...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Nearly 200 nations are gathering this week in Belém, Brazil, to kick off the annual United Nations climate policy summit, but there is one glaring exception: The Trump administration is not sending any high-ranking officials.

California hopes it can fill in the gap. The state, as it usually does, is sending a large delegation ...Read more

Multiple people have fallen ill after a “suspicious package” containing white powder and political propaganda was delivered to a US military base in Maryland, according to a report.

“As a precaution, the building and connecting building were evacuated, and a cordon was established around the area,” CNN reported, citing a statement from ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- Threats. A torched Bentley. Gunshots in the Hollywood Hills.

A network of private, high-dollar poker games in Los Angeles and Beverly Hills has been roiled by shakedowns and violence perpetrated by alleged Israeli organized crime figures, according to a federal agent’s affidavit filed last week in federal court.

The document ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — Debbie Collins makes her living cooking and selling funnel cake, corn dogs and deep-fried Oreos at festivals around Tampa Bay and beyond.

It’s not a job that comes with health insurance.

Like many self-employed workers, Collins relies on the Affordable Care Act for medical coverage for herself and husband, Joe Collins, 59.

...Read more

DENVER — The Trump administration has disbanded its federal cultural property investigations team and reassigned the agents to immigration enforcement, delivering a blow to one of the world’s leaders in heritage protection and calling into question the future of America’s role in repatriating looted relics, according to multiple people ...Read more

Patients who followed an AI coach from an app on their phone cut their risk of developing diabetes as much as those visiting a human coach, a Johns Hopkins study showed.

“We were really surprised at how almost identical both of the groups were in all of the measures,” said lead researcher Dr. Nestoras Mathioudakis, an associate professor of...Read more

​WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s plan to revamp the entire Health and Human Services Department, which Congress has rejected, has nevertheless led to the gutting of a 33-year-old agency that had been leading the nation’s response to the drug and mental health response epidemic.

Since February, staffing at the Substance Abuse and...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Zoo has announced the birth of a baby boy Bornean orangutan, the first such primate baby at the zoo in almost 15 years.

The unnamed auburn-haired infant was born Oct. 10, making him nearly 1 month old. He and mom Kalim spent the first few weeks behind the scenes. But they recently made their public debut at the ...Read more

MIAMI — Argentine President Javier Milei defended capitalism earlier this week as “the only morally just system” and urged international business leaders to invest in Argentina during a speech at the America Business Forum held in Miami.

Introduced as “a social media star turned president of a divided nation,” Milei thanked Miami ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he would look to diversify critical minerals purchases during a meeting with five central Asian countries on Thursday, as the U.S. seeks to address China’s dominance in rare earths critical to advanced technology manufacturing.

“One of the key items on our agenda is critical minerals,” Trump said...Read more

Senate leaders plan to take up a stopgap funding measure in a rare Friday session to test whether a Democratic logjam could finally break to end the longest partial government shutdown in history.

But after a long day of closed-door talks, Democrats remained mostly tight-lipped about their intentions, with some suggesting they were prepared to ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Senators on both sides of the aisle on Thursday signed onto a call to keep advanced artificial intelligence chips from being sold to China.

Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., unveiled an as-yet unnumbered resolution focused on the importance of maintaining U.S. “primacy in artificial intelligence” and on restricting access to the ...Read more

A Commission on Judicial Conduct hearing officer has found that a Boston judge accused of helping an illegal immigrant defendant escape from court did not take part on the plan but should receive a public reprimand for impropriety.

Judge Shelley Joseph was charged by the CJC with five violations of the Rules of the Code of Judicial Conduct for ...Read more