Colombia said it would favor a path for Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to hand over power to a transition government tasked with organizing new elections — preferring the idea over the alternative of a more forceful U.S. intervention in its neighbor’s affairs.

The transition proposal has been making the rounds in diplomatic circles in...Read more

As misinformation about women’s health spreads faster than ever, doctors say new research on the risks of hormonal birth control underscores the challenge of communicating nuance in the social media age.

The massive study, which was conducted in Sweden and tracked more than 2 million teenage girls and women under age 50 for more than a decade...Read more

The Trump administration has made deep cuts to the main federal agency focused on fighting opioid addiction, potentially jeopardizing the nation’s recent progress on reducing overdose deaths, some public health officials and providers say.

Created in 1992, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, known as SAMHSA, hands ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s boycott of this weekend’s Group of 20 summit in South Africa leaves the forum fumbling to divine his latest intentions on the global stage without a U.S. representative for the first time since its inception.

Fortunately, world leaders can find insight in the foreign policy machinations of the U.S. ...Read more

When local activist Frank Arcoleo found out over the summer that a data center was coming to his neighborhood in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, he said he was furious. There’d been no votes or public hearings.

The first phase of the data center project under development there only required administrative approval from a few city officials, based on...Read more

While the FDA is streamlining regulation of copycat versions of the expensive drugs that millions take for arthritis, cancer, and other diseases, the U.S. patent office is making it harder for the cheaper medicines to get on the market, industry officials say.

These officials were thrilled Oct. 29 when FDA Commissioner Marty Makary announced ...Read more

MIAMI – Preparing for surgery can be scary.

In addition to the medical issues, having surgery involves a lot of prep. You may need to coordinate childcare, transportation, finances and time off work. Designate a caregiver. Stop taking certain medications and fast a certain set of hours ahead of surgery.

While most scheduled surgeries do ...Read more

The Health and Human Services Department is proposing new initiatives for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, including a program to increase hepatitis B screening for pregnant women, as part of a broader push to restructure the agency, according to an internal document viewed by Bloomberg News.

Leading five of the 16 initiatives is...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Is it a gassy whale? A top secret submarine? Godzilla rising from the surfer-filled waters of Hermosa Beach?

Residents have been stumped over a patch of bubbles rising out of the ocean off the coast of Hermosa Beach this week, prompting several beachgoers to speculate at what exactly is under the surface and causing the water to...Read more

After attacking and demonizing each other incessantly during the New York City mayoral campaign, President Trump and Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani have agreed to meet at the White House on Friday.

In a post on his Truth Social site around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Trump said, “Communist Mayor of New York City, Zohran “Kwame” Mamdani, has asked ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The recent arrest of Capitol powerbroker Dana Williamson took Gov. Gavin Newsom completely by surprise, he said Wednesday in his first remarks since the U.S. Attorney’s Office indicted his former chief of staff on 23 counts of conspiracy to commit bank and wire fraud, lying to the FBI, falsifying tax returns and ...Read more

Harvard University will undertake a new investigation into its ties to Jeffrey Epstein after correspondence between the late sex offender and the school’s former president was made public by U.S. lawmakers.

Following the disclosure, former Harvard President Larry Summers said that he would step back from public commitments. On Wednesday, a ...Read more

California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta spent nearly half a million dollars in campaign funds last year on personal attorneys to represent him as he spoke to federal investigators about alleged corruption in Oakland.

Bonta paid about $468,000 to law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati last year from his 2026 reelection campaign, according to campaign...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced Wednesday evening that he has signed legislation overwhelmingly approved by Congress that aims to compel the release of files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump once again pointed a finger at Democratic lawmakers over the matter, saying,...Read more

WASHINGTON — House Republicans this year have pursued an aggressive oversight agenda for Washington, D.C., and they wasted little time returning to it after reopening the government.

On Wednesday the House passed two bills aimed at rolling back criminal justice laws, with help from a number of Democrats. One would require cash bail for ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump and New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani are set to meet at the White House on Friday, the president said in a social media post.

The meeting marks the first time the two leaders — and political polar opposites — will come together to discuss how they can work with each other since the election earlier this ...Read more

The Texas Department of Agriculture is warning horse owners to take precautions with their herds after an outbreak of a deadly virus after an event in Waco last week.

At least 18 equestrian events in North Texas and beyond have been canceled to control the spread of Equine Herpesvirus Type 1, including at the Fort Worth Stockyards. Visit Fort ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — First lady Melania Trump thanked roughly 1,500 Marines, sailors and airmen for their service Wednesday as Thanksgiving approaches, a greeting she offered after a visit to an on-base kindergarten, where the children wore ribbons for parents deployed overseas.

Trump spoke inside a hangar at Marine Corps Air Station New River, ...Read more