As World Pride wraps up this weekend in Washington D
June 07, 2025
As World Pride celebrates steps from the White House, LGBTQ pioneers call for a return to the movement’s roots in protest
June 07, 2025
Amid a constantly changing reproductive landscape, West Virginia prosecutor Tom Truman is warning women who have miscarriages in his state that they could get in trouble with the law. Truman tells CNN's Pam Brown that although he personally wouldn’t prosecute someone for a miscarriage, he made the suggestion out of an abundance of caution after hearing from other prosecutors and looking at the laws in West Virginia.
June 06, 2025
Helmeted police in riot gear turned out on Friday evening in a tense confrontation with protesters in downtown Los Angeles, after a day of federal
June 07, 2025
A Utah judge has ruled that a convicted killer who developed dementia while on death row for 37 years is competent enough to be executed
June 07, 2025
An innovative portable shelter recently exhibited in one of India’s largest cities shows how smart, cheap ways to help workers escape the heat are gaining traction in the country
June 07, 2025
The U.S.
June 06, 2025
The Supreme Court will consider making it harder for convicted murderers to show their lives should be spared because they are intellectually disabled
June 06, 2025
As measles spreads across the Americas, outbreaks in Mexico and Canada have also turned deadly
June 06, 2025
All-Star right-hander Corbin Burnes of the Arizona Diamondbacks is set to undergo Tommy John elbow surgery, ending his season early in the first year of a $210 million, six-year contract
June 06, 2025
Orphaned bear cub cared for by humans dressed up as bears
June 06, 2025
Sheriff says mass shooting at grad ceremony thwarted; Second suspect arrested
June 06, 2025
People across the war-ravaged Gaza Strip have marked the start of one of Islam’s most important holidays with prayers outside destroyed mosques and homes, with little hope the war with Israel will end soon
June 06, 2025
For many Americans, it's not clear how easy getting a COVID-19 vaccination will be
May 28, 2025
Driver found clinging to power pole after driving around flood barricade
June 06, 2025
Man lost his friends in a house fire nearly 60 years ago. Now, he’s buying their gravestones.
June 06, 2025
'It saved my life' | A recovery center is using pickleball to treat mental illness. They say it’s working.
June 06, 2025
Meet the Zooming Demons | Middle school students' summer running goal goes viral
June 06, 2025
The Texas health department reported no new cases of measles on Friday, the first time the state has not recorded an increase since the outbreak
June 06, 2025
Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state Agriculture Secretariat on Friday ruled out another suspected bird flu case at a commercial chicken farm in the town of Teutonia, after
June 06, 2025
The Trump administration's Environmental Protection Agency is taking aim at dozens of rules aimed at protecting the environment, including one that requires big polluters to report greenhouse gas emissions
June 06, 2025
Guardians ace Shane Bieber will not throw for seven days and will have his right elbow rechecked next week after experiencing soreness during a bullpen session on Tuesday
June 06, 2025
When he first ran for office, Donald Trump seemed like he could be a new kind of Republican when it came to LGBTQ+ rights
June 06, 2025
Subadult amputee sea turtle returns to ocean with help
June 06, 2025
A biological sample that a Chinese researcher was accused of smuggling into the United States and that prosecutors cast as a "dangerous biological pathogen" is a
June 06, 2025
Maryland DNR ensures rescued animals affected by fuel spill get care they need
June 06, 2025
'Literal steps to recovery:' 12-year-old hit by minivan battles severe injuries
June 06, 2025
Woman dies after car plunges into canal, police rescue caught on video
June 06, 2025
The U.S. is up to 1,168 confirmed measles cases this year
May 09, 2025
As transgender service members face a deadline to leave the U.S. military, hundreds are taking the financial bonus to depart voluntarily
June 06, 2025
'It shouldn't end in a nightmare': Boat explosion survivor calls for new safety legislation
June 06, 2025
An organization backed by Israel and the United States began distributing food packages in Gaza at the end of May, overseeing a new
May 20, 2025
The Chinese Anti-Doping Agency (CHINADA) has denounced the Enhanced Games on Friday and called on the global sports community to collectively oppose the competition that endorses the use of
May 24, 2025
Pontiac woman accused of abandoning her 3 children for years released on bond
June 06, 2025
Weight stigma isn’t just cruel — it makes losing weight harder
June 06, 2025
MCSO: Children thrown from pickup truck while riding an inflatable raft
June 06, 2025
Toddler hit by 2 vehicles; both drivers flee the scene
June 06, 2025
Car crashes through garage wall; multiple injuries reported
June 06, 2025
Billy Joel documentary reveals he attempted suicide twice and was in a coma after affair with friend’s wife
June 06, 2025
The Brazilian Agriculture Ministry on Tuesday updated the list of countries that have placed restrictions on chicken trade with Brazil, the world's largest exporter, after it confirmed its
May 21, 2025
As President Donald Trump's sweeping tax-cut and spending bill heads to the Senate, analysts examine how his broad-ranging policies could turn the fortunes of U.S.
June 05, 2025
Crash sends large metal plates flying onto highway
June 06, 2025
Shooting at Evanston Hospital leaves many wondering how a gun got in the ER
June 06, 2025
Consuelo Garcia del Cid was 16 when the family doctor came into her bedroom in Barcelona, Spain with her mother in 1974, grabbed her left
June 06, 2025
Aid distribution in Gaza was halted on Friday after the U.S. and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) said
June 06, 2025
Fentanyl trafficking from Mexico to the United States has fallen around 40% since U.S.
June 06, 2025
Less spending, higher prices and fewer animal sacrifices subdued the usual festive mood as the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha was celebrated in many parts of the world
June 06, 2025
Research shows that decades of policy choices shaped today’s fragmented health care system – which is precisely why reform is so difficult.
June 06, 2025
What is the difference between a hate crime and an act of terrorism?
June 06, 2025
The independent federal agency had been facilitating the work of approximately 200,000 volunteers a year, deploying them across the country through partnerships with thousands of nonprofits.
June 06, 2025
Contraceptives that could help prevent millions of unwanted pregnancies in some of the world’s poorest countries are stuck in warehouses because of U.S. aid cuts
June 06, 2025
How this weekend’s holiday draws attention to mindfulness
June 16, 2024
Here’s why air travel makes us so cranky — and what to do about it
June 06, 2025
South Africa is building up vaccine stocks and expanding inoculations to fight a worsening foot-and-mouth disease outbreak, the agriculture ministry said, as the country faces threats to
June 06, 2025
A West Virginia prosecutor is warning women that a miscarriage could lead to criminal charges
June 06, 2025
Promoted one day and not ‘fit for duty’ the next: Transgender military personnel grapple with dismissals as forced separations are set to begin
June 06, 2025
Many LGBTQ+ travelers have expressed concerns about or decided to skip the World Pride gathering going on in Washington due to anxieties about safety, border policies and a hostile political climate
June 06, 2025
Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled CalHeatScore, making the state the first in the nation to launch a heat-ranking system designed to forecast and communicate extreme heat risks to residents. The announcement coincided with $32.4 million in funding for 47 California communities to develop heat mitigation infrastructure as record temperatures are expected this weekend. The new tool addresses what state officials describe as the leading cause of weather-related deaths in California. Extreme heat claims more lives annually than fires, floods, or other climate-related threats, according to state data. “Extreme heat kills — and with the federal government cutting the very programs that
June 06, 2025
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says he found President Donald Trump open to discussion and is convinced that Washington remains committed to the NATO alliance
June 06, 2025
The legal aid group Lambda Legal has raised $285 million at a time when attacks on the rights of gay, intersex and transgender people have again intensified
June 06, 2025
Paramount Global chair Shari Redstone was diagnosed with thyroid cancer earlier this spring, a spokesperson for Redstone said in a statement to Reuters on Thursday.
June 05, 2025
Media mogul Shari Redstone says she is being treated for cancer
June 06, 2025
Former Zambian President Edgar Lungu died on Thursday at the age of 68, six months after an attempted return to politics was thwarted by a court
June 05, 2025
A man accused of yelling “Free Palestine” and throwing Molotov cocktails at demonstrators calling for the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza has been charged with 118 counts including attempted murder
June 05, 2025
A federal judge has ruled that two federal agencies cannot punish Catholic employers and health care providers if they refuse, for religious reasons, to provide gender-affirming care to transgender patients or won’t provide health insurance coverage for such care to their workers
June 05, 2025
When the head of the Environmental Protection Agency earlier this year announced a massive rollback of environmental regulations, he said it would spark a “Golden Age” for the American economy
June 05, 2025
It's kitten season in warm-weather areas and animal shelters need all the help they can get
June 05, 2025
Plumes of smoke are blanketing large swaths of the U.S. and parts of Europe, presenting risks for those breathing it
June 04, 2025
President Donald Trump said it might be better to let Ukraine and Russia “fight for a while” before pulling them apart and pursuing peace
June 05, 2025
A study published in the academic journal Science has found that cutting off the horns of rhinos in Africa leads to a reduction in poaching of the endangered species
June 05, 2025
U.S.
June 05, 2025
Biden’s White House physician subpoenaed for deposition by House Oversight Chair
June 05, 2025
Body of rafter who capsized on Colorado River in June 2024 located nearly one year later
June 05, 2025
Candidates to be the next mayor of Detroit want to help build back neighborhoods. A real estate policy expert has some ideas.
June 05, 2025
Utahns urged to watch out for ticks as they venture into the wild
June 05, 2025
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s intervention in COVID-19 vaccine recommendations without input from a key U.S.
June 05, 2025
Brazil's poultry exports fell in both value and volume in May from a year earlier, government data showed on Thursday, as trade restrictions following a bird flu case weighed on
June 05, 2025
Despite Kennedy’s claims, vaccines have been tested in placebo-controlled studies
June 05, 2025
Francisco Lindor is not immediately headed to the injured list after his toe was broken by a pitch in the New York Mets’ game against the Los Angeles Dodgers
June 05, 2025
Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark said she remains day-to-day with a left quadriceps strain but will be re-evaluated this weekend after the team’s game at the Chicago Sky on Saturday
June 05, 2025
Why exercise helps you sleep and why sleep is good for your fitness routine
June 05, 2025
The National Transportation Safety Board found a fuel leak and several improperly installed parts inside the engine of an American Airlines plane that caught fire after the plane landed in Denver in March
June 05, 2025
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.
June 05, 2025
The CDC, a $9.2 billion-a-year agency tasked with reviewing life-saving vaccines, monitoring diseases and watching for budding threats to Americans’ health, is without a clear leader
June 05, 2025
Indianapolis Colts coach Shane Steichen says quarterback Anthony Richardson has a shoulder injury that will sideline him indefinitely
June 05, 2025
Brazilian food processor BRF is confident local companies will be able to circumvent chicken trade bans in a matter of days as local authorities have so far been able
June 05, 2025
Olympic champion Imane Khelif is skipping the Eindhoven Box Cup in the Netherlands less than a week after World Boxing announced mandatory sex testing for all athletes
June 05, 2025
The first Trump administration also used words like ‘transparency,’ ‘reproducibility’ and ‘uncertainty’ − to try to block regulators from using important health studies when writing pollution rules.
June 05, 2025
The attorneys general of New York, California, Massachusetts and New Jersey asked the Food and Drug Administration to expand access to the abortion pill
June 05, 2025
UnitedHealthcare sues The Guardian for looking to ‘capitalize’ on CEO’s murder
June 05, 2025
1 dead after partial roof collapse in Brooklyn
June 05, 2025
President Donald Trump is alleging that officials in Joe Biden’s administration might have in effect forged their boss's signature and taken broad actions he wasn’t aware of
June 05, 2025
The rate of young children suffering from acute malnutrition in Gaza has nearly tripled since a ceasefire earlier
June 05, 2025
WhyHunger is celebrating 50 years of fighting to eradicate hunger at its root
June 05, 2025
Cincinnati youth baseball player recovering in hospital after being hit by line drive
June 05, 2025
Louisville family gets some answers after son's body found hundreds of miles away
June 05, 2025
Morten Harket, lead singer of a-ha, has Parkinson’s disease
June 05, 2025
Morten Harket, the lead singer of Norwegian band A-ha, whose "Take On Me" track remains one of the most popular songs from the 1980s, said on Wednesday that he had been diagnosed with
June 04, 2025
The U.N. food agency is appealing for $46 million for the next six months to help about 2 million Haitians in dire need of food, including 8,500 at the worst catastrophic level of hunger
June 05, 2025
Massachusetts sergeant's killer receives medical parole after decades in prison
June 05, 2025
Indian River County Fire Rescue played key role in plane crash rescue
June 05, 2025
Video shows sand fleas swarming Florida beach | What a doctor says about the critters
June 05, 2025
Doctors in the Gaza Strip are donating their own blood to save their patients after scores of Palestinians were gunned down while trying to get food aid, the
June 05, 2025
Reuters is withdrawing the June 5 article "New York, other states urge FDA to expand access to abortion pill." A petition underlying the states' reported activity has not been filed.
June 05, 2025
Mother recounts terrifying flood escape; 76 properties damaged
June 05, 2025
USA Gymnastics president and CEO Li Li Leung is stepping down at the end of the year
June 05, 2025
Why are synthetic opioids so dangerous? An ER doc explains
June 05, 2025
South African former Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius was spotted taking part in a triathlon last weekend in the coastal city of Durban
June 05, 2025
Sacramento to release 400,000 sterile mosquitoes to fight off invasive ones
June 05, 2025
U.S-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) said it will open two aid distribution centers on Thursday.
June 05, 2025
Walmart-owned Sam's Club said on Thursday it would eliminate over 40 ingredients, including artificial colors and aspartame, from private label brand Member's Mark by the end of this year.
June 05, 2025
Vaccine hesitancy isn’t a moral failure – it’s a property of a system in which people must balance personal and collective interests.
June 05, 2025
The more than $1 billion cut hits already strapped schools and food banks.
June 05, 2025
Adaptive sports bootcamp gives paralyzed veterans a second chance
June 05, 2025
When Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin proposed rolling back more than two dozen rules aimed at protecting clean air and water, he called it the biggest day for deregulation in American history
June 05, 2025
When the head of the Environmental Protection Agency earlier this year announced a massive rollback of environmental regulations, he said it would spark a “Golden Age” for the American economy
June 05, 2025
Counter-terrorism expert weighs in on fungus allegedly smuggled into Michigan
June 05, 2025
Berkeley homeless encampment cleared in surprise sweep
June 05, 2025
2000 gallons of diesel fuel overflowed into Baltimore's Inner Harbor, MDE says
June 05, 2025
A Milan-bound Ryanair flight was forced to make an emergency landing in southern Germany late on Wednesday due to heavy turbulence from a thunderstorm, with nine passengers
June 05, 2025
A 2,000-gallon diesel spill that originated at a hospital facility in Baltimore, Maryland, on Wednesday tainted a waterfront in a popular tourist spot in the city, but there was no impact
June 05, 2025
Many of the victims of the devastating flood that struck central Nigeria on May 29 are Almajiri pupils, the boys sent to learn the Quran and made to live with their teachers under tough conditions
June 05, 2025
Luigi Mangione’s diary reveals the motive for killing United Healthcare’s CEO, prosecutors say
June 05, 2025
Black-colored plastic used for kitchen utensils and toys linked to banned toxic flame retardants
October 01, 2024
Popular vape brands like Geek Bar may get more expensive in the U.S. - if you can find them at all.
June 05, 2025
Chile's Congress is set to begin debating a bill that could make abortion legal on request nationwide, a debate which could have ripple
June 05, 2025
On a Tuesday morning along a busy Mexico City avenue last month, a secretary to the city's mayor pulled her black Audi SUV up to a metro station to
June 05, 2025
Humana has told congressional staffers that it will support moves that would curtail billing practices worth billions in extra payments to the industry, the Wall Street Journal reported,
June 05, 2025
An effort by Chilean President Gabriel Boric to expand abortion rights in the final months of his administration could finally
June 05, 2025
At least 11 people were killed and more than 30 injured in a stampede outside a cricket stadium in southern India's Bengaluru city on Wednesday
June 05, 2025
More measles exposures are happening at airports and tourist destinations. Here’s what travelers need to know
June 05, 2025
2,000-gallon diesel spill stains part of Baltimore waterfront
June 05, 2025
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex releases pregnancy dance video
June 04, 2025
An Australian woman accused of murder denied measuring out a "fatal dose" of poisonous mushrooms on her kitchen scales to kill three elderly relatives of her
June 05, 2025
Health authorities in China's southwestern Sichuan province are proposing to extend marriage leave up to 25 days and maternity leave up to 150 days, to help create a "fertility-
June 05, 2025
Germany’s straight-talking new leader is meeting with Trump for the first time. Here’s why it matters
June 05, 2025
One in three Australian men say they have committed intimate partner violence, study reveals
June 05, 2025
The United States on Wednesday vetoed a draft U.N.
June 03, 2025
Emboldened by roaring online success in the U.S., South Korea's cosmetic startups are expanding their bricks-and-mortar presence in the world's biggest
June 05, 2025
The U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation on Tuesday named as its executive chairman an American evangelical Christian leader who has publicly backed
June 03, 2025
A decade after the Mount Kinabalu earthquake, survivors return to climb again
June 05, 2025
President Donald Trump is directing his administration to investigate Joe Biden’s actions as president, alleging aides masked his predecessor’s “cognitive decline” and raising questions about his use of the autopen to sign pardons and other documents
June 04, 2025
The number of newborns in Japan fell below 700,000 for the first time since records began in 1899
June 04, 2025
Andrew Cuomo faces a pile-on and other takeaways from New York City mayoral debate
June 05, 2025
Six weeks before UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was gunned down outside a Manhattan hotel last December, Luigi Mangione mused about rebelling against “the deadly, greed fueled health insurance cartel” and expressed that killing the executive “conveys a greedy bastard that had it coming."
June 05, 2025
‘Death and hunger’: Videos, expert analysis and witnesses point to Israeli gunfire in Gaza aid site shooting
June 05, 2025
Bankrupt genetic testing company 23andMe told a U.S. bankruptcy judge on Wednesday that it wants to re-open bidding on its assets, including customers' genetic
June 04, 2025
Vietnam has scrapped its long-standing two-child policy as birth rates fall and its population ages
June 04, 2025
The United States has vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution demanding an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza because it’s not linked to the release of hostages
June 04, 2025
Hardline conservative Republicans in the U.S.
June 04, 2025
US vetoes UN Security Council resolution demanding Gaza ceasefire
June 04, 2025
A federal appeals court on Wednesday declined to lift a judge's order blocking President Donald Trump's administration from carrying out his executive order to
June 04, 2025
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office on Wednesday projected that President Donald Trump's tax-cut bill, as passed by the U.S.
June 04, 2025
Federal authorities arrested a suspect
June 04, 2025
Pediatric infectious disease expert Dr. Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos resigned on Tuesday as co-leader of a U.S.
June 03, 2025
Federal authorities say they have arrested a Washington man who provided chemicals to make explosives used to bomb a California fertility clinic in May
June 04, 2025
Childhood vaccination rates against measles fell in the years after the COVID-19 pandemic in nearly 80% of the more than 2,000 U.S. counties with available data
June 04, 2025
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen has signed into law a measure banning transgender athletes from girls’ sports
June 04, 2025
UA adopts military horse from Fort Huachuca to help train future veterinarians
June 04, 2025
Smoke from Canadian wildfires is beginning to worsen air quality in the eastern U.S. as several Midwestern states battle conditions deemed unhealthy by the federal government
June 04, 2025
When minutes matter, drones are delivering for rescues
June 04, 2025
Woman riding 3,000 miles through the west with her horses and dog
June 04, 2025
Ground beef sold at Whole Foods might be contaminated with E. coli, USDA warns
June 04, 2025
Utah mom survives devastating vespa crash in Italy: ‘It’s just a miracle you can’t make up’
June 04, 2025
Soldier confesses to killing pregnant wife; victim’s sister responds to guilty plea
June 04, 2025
A federal investigation has found that a Texas hospital that repeatedly sent a woman who was bleeding and in pain home without ending her nonviable, life-threatening pregnancy violated the law
June 04, 2025
A plant owned by Brazilian soft drink company Solar, which produces beverages for Coca-Cola, had a fault in its cooling system detected, causing production
June 04, 2025
The Republican-led House of Representatives has passed a sweeping budget package that would fulfill many of President Donald Trump's priorities.
May 12, 2025
'Let's put a purpose behind it': Cancer survivor hosts car event to support others
June 04, 2025
An adolescent loggerhead sea turtle named Dilly Dally is back in the Atlantic Ocean, months after having a front flipper amputated at a Florida turtle hospital
June 04, 2025
Escaped Georgia inmate leads deputies on chase into South Carolina before crashing, catching fire
June 04, 2025
Massachusetts mother dies 10 days after crash that killed her 5-year-old daughter
June 04, 2025
Two scientists from China have been charged in Michigan in what the FBI says was an effort to bring a toxic fungus to the U.S. Investigators say the pathogen can attack wheat, barley, maize and rice and sicken livestock and people
June 03, 2025
U.S. agriculture officials are warning that packages of ground beef sold at Whole Foods markets may be contaminated with E
June 04, 2025
At least 11 people are dead and more than 30 injured in a stampede outside a cricket stadium in southern India
June 04, 2025
Edmonton Oilers forward Zach Hyman says his right wrist got dislocated late in the Western Conference final when he was hit by Dallas' Mason Marchment
June 04, 2025
81-year-old arrested, accused of pepper-spraying kids in Florida
June 04, 2025
Smoke from wildfires burning in three Canadian provinces covered about a third of the U.S. on Wednesday, forecasters said, but had little effect on air
June 04, 2025
Test results for a suspected bird flu outbreak on a commercial farm in the town of Anta Gorda in Rio Grande do Sul state came back negative, according to
June 02, 2025
Their synagogue taught them to build peace. An antisemitic attack is testing their resilience
June 04, 2025
12-year-old Virginia boy saves brothers and grandmother from house fire
June 04, 2025
Nashville trans woman speaks out after alleged assault inside storage facility
June 04, 2025
Wolf-dog hybrid sanctuary founded by daughter of Sacramento Kings owner rescues neglected pets
June 04, 2025
The English pop singer Jessie J says she has been diagnosed with early breast cancer
June 04, 2025
At least 98 people are still missing in addition to 160 confirmed dead a week after floods ripped through a town in central Nigeria, the national
June 04, 2025
A prosecutor on Wednesday told jurors in Harvey Weinstein's Manhattan retrial that the evidence clearly showed the former movie mogul raped three women, pushing back
June 04, 2025
Sudan’s former prime minister has told The Associated Press that the military's recent victories will not end the country's two-year civil war
June 04, 2025
Missouri police officer shot 4 times released from hospital, recovering at home
June 04, 2025
Torrential rainfall causes Walnut River to overflow, evacuating residents
June 04, 2025
Residents in Kansas say Tuesday flooding is the worst they’ve ever seen
June 04, 2025
‘My bad’: Suspect apologizes to victim for shooting at wrong car
June 04, 2025
An Israeli- and U.S.-backed group has temporarily paused food delivery at its three distribution sites in Gaza
June 04, 2025
World Aquatics to ban participants of controversial Enhanced Games
June 04, 2025
CDC official overseeing agency recommendations for Covid-19 vaccines resigns
June 04, 2025
Controversial Gaza aid operation pauses for 24 hours after days of deadly shootings
June 04, 2025
Wastewater is now helping track measles spread around the US
June 04, 2025
Edmund White, the groundbreaking man of letters who documented and imagined the gay revolution through journalism, essays, memoirs and novels, has died
June 04, 2025
Three recent Colorado moose attacks all involved people with their dogs
June 04, 2025
Chronic pain in children is common. Effective solutions exist − and training community providers is one way to get treatment to kids who need it.
June 04, 2025
Left and right brains hear speech differently, yet how this divide forms was unclear − until mouse studies showed each hemisphere runs on its own developmental clock.
June 04, 2025
RFK Jr. is investigating infant formula. Here’s what’s at stake
June 04, 2025
Your brain processes the pleasure of everyday behaviors like eating and drinking similarly to the pleasure of using drugs. Disentangling them requires understanding how memories are formed.
June 04, 2025
Scientists have identified a key genetic factor that helps explain why men are typically five inches taller than women. This difference is attributed to a gene called SHOX that operates differently between the sexes due to variations in chromosome structure. A new study, published on May 19 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, analyzed genetic data from nearly one million people across three large biobanks in the U.S. and the UK. Researchers found the SHOX gene accounts for approximately one-quarter—or 25%—of the average height difference between men and women. The research team, led by Matthew Oetjens, assistant
June 04, 2025
Florida mother accused of killing son told deputies 'he's going to go back to school'
June 04, 2025
An Australian woman on trial for the triple murder of her estranged husband's relatives and the attempted murder of another has told the Supreme Court in the state of Victoria that she carefully planned the July 2023 lunch where her dinner guests were poisoned with death cap mushrooms
June 04, 2025
Jessie J says she’s been diagnosed with breast cancer
June 04, 2025
Muslims from around the world are in the Saudi city of Mecca for this year's Hajj pilgrimage, one of the Five Pillars of Islam
June 04, 2025
Smoke from wildfires burning in three Canadian provinces is spreading into the U.S.
June 03, 2025
An Australian woman accused of using poisonous mushrooms to murder three elderly relatives of her estranged husband gave on Wednesday her account of the fatal lunch,
June 04, 2025
Smoke from Canadian wildfires has carried another day of poor air quality south of the border to the American Midwest
June 03, 2025
He survived an assassination attempt. Now South Korea’s new president must heal divisions and tread cautiously with Trump
June 04, 2025
Shootings have erupted nearly daily since last week in the Gaza Strip in the vicinity of new hubs where desperate Palestinians are being directed to collect food
June 04, 2025
Woman accused of triple murder says foraged mushrooms may have been added to meal
June 04, 2025
Members of the Boulder community are reeling from a firebombing attack that injured 12 people demonstrating for the release of Israeli hostages
June 04, 2025
Cincinnati Reds ace Hunter Greene will undergo an MRI on his right groin Wednesday morning after being pulled after five innings during Tuesday night’s game against the Milwaukee Brewers
June 04, 2025
A man in central Washington state is wanted on suspicion of murder after his three young daughters were reported missing and then found dead
June 03, 2025
Federal officials say the wife and five children of a man accused of throwing Molotov cocktails at demonstrators in Boulder have been taken into custody
June 03, 2025
U.S. federal prosecutors have accused two Chinese nationals of smuggling a dangerous biological pathogen that had the potential to be used as an agricultural
June 03, 2025
Fetterman chief of staff departing amid office turnover
June 04, 2025
Authorities say a 20-year-old man has been arrested on an attempted murder charge in connection with a weekend shooting around a house party in North Carolina that led to the death of one person and injuries for 11 others
June 03, 2025
Chile prosecutes individuals alleged to have stolen babies
June 03, 2025
The U_N_ Security Council has scheduled a vote Wednesday on a resolution which demands “an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire in Gaza respected by all parties.”
June 03, 2025
A federal judge in Manhattan has extended an injunction banning the Trump administration from canceling unspent funding to help elementary and high schools in
June 03, 2025
Harmful ultraprocessed foods may be removed from billions of California school lunches
June 03, 2025
The Trump administration has announced that it is revoking guidance to the nation’s hospitals that directed them to provide emergency abortions to women when they are necessary to stabilize their medical condition
June 03, 2025
A 4-year-old Mexican girl who receives lifesaving medical care from a Southern California hospital has been granted permission to remain in the country
June 03, 2025
A U.S. judge on Tuesday ruled the U.S.
June 03, 2025
New study suggests calorie restriction may be linked to worsening depression
June 03, 2025
‘It is a whole different environment’: Republicans revisit key Biden investigations with new momentum
June 03, 2025
Trump administration rolls back guidance specifying that ERs must offer abortion care when necessary
June 03, 2025
Dozens of protesters have converged in the heart of the Latino community in Minneapolis after a large force of federal and local authorities wearing tactical gear conducted what they called a law enforcement action
June 03, 2025
Yankees reliever Luke Weaver has been placed on the 15-day injured list with a strained left hamstring sustained while warming up at Dodger Stadium last weekend, an injury that moves Devin Williams back into the closer role
June 03, 2025
U.S.
June 03, 2025
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Tuesday that Moderna has agreed to a true placebo-controlled trial of its new COVID-19 vaccine.
June 03, 2025
U.S.
June 03, 2025
Surfer describes close encounter with shark along Peninsula coast: 'Saw this big mouth'
June 03, 2025
FBI wants to investigate doctors who provide gender-affirming care to minors. Experts question its legal basis
June 03, 2025
Football hero graduates: Robby Heil's journey continues 8 years after viral touchdown
June 03, 2025
Aid distribution in Gaza has turned deadly. Here’s what to know
June 03, 2025
A federal judge has barred state officials from enforcing a Florida law that would ban social media accounts for young children, while a legal challenge against the law plays out
June 03, 2025
Texas lawmakers have approved banning gummies, drinks and vapes infused with THC, the compound that gives marijuana its psychoactive properties
June 03, 2025
Dozens of Palestinians killed near Gaza aid distribution point, health officials say, in third day of shooting
June 03, 2025
Man stuck upside down in tree rescued in Pittsburgh neighborhood
June 03, 2025
The president of World Boxing has apologized after Olympic champion Imane Khelif was singled out in the governing body’s announcement to make sex testing mandatory
June 03, 2025
One injured after car crashes into eyecare center
June 03, 2025
A new report says a plane equipped with advanced sensors for deployment to chemical disasters could have helped authorities avoid needlessly blowing open five rail tank cars and burning their chemicals after the 2023 East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment
June 03, 2025
A senior official in Republican U.S.
June 02, 2025
Judge blocks Trump from cutting off gender-affirming care for federal inmates
June 03, 2025
Florida boy thrives after groundbreaking brain procedure at Nicklaus Children's Hospital
June 03, 2025
Brunei's ruler Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah returned home on Tuesday, the prime minister's office said, after resting in Malaysia following his admission to a Malaysian hospital
June 03, 2025
The British government said on Tuesday it was "deeply concerned" about the health of the mother of jailed Egyptian-British dissident Alaa Abd el-Fattah, Laila Soueif, who has been
June 03, 2025
Harrison Ford will receive an award for his philanthropy from the global surgery and training nonprofit Operation Smile
June 03, 2025
A judge says the federal Bureau of Prisons must keep providing hormone therapy to hundreds of transgender inmates following an executive order signed by President Donald Trump that led to a disruption in medical treatment
June 03, 2025
80-year-old grocery bagger works to pay off late wife's medical bills; Community steps in to help
June 03, 2025
Family grateful to have son home from hospital after near-drowning in hot tub
June 03, 2025
US Customs and Border Protection agent details 'miraculous' rescue of 3 plane crash survivors
June 03, 2025
Charlie Health presents research on how mental health stigma affects people with serious mental health conditions—from social exclusion to barriers in employment and care.
May 21, 2025
Rula explores the addictive properties of caffeine that can lead to dependence for some people.
June 02, 2025
Chalkbeat reports that cuts to lay off social workers and counselors and college programs designed to train mental health providers, appear to be part of the Trump administration's broader attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.
May 31, 2025
PeopleWin explains how to spot fake internet profiles on social media and potentially uncover who is actually behind them.
May 30, 2025
Good Samaritan rescues man from mobile home fire in Florida
June 03, 2025
Eight people were injured in what officials are describing an antisemitic attack in Boulder, Colorado. The suspect in custody, identified as 45-year-old Mohamed Sabry Soliman, allegedly used a makeshift flamethrower and threw an incendiary device into the crowd. He also yelled “Free Palestine,” according to the FBI.
June 01, 2025
Rare 19th-century condom with erotic etching goes on display at Dutch museum
June 03, 2025
'It tore my front door off': Storm rips through Southeast Georgia community, damaging homes
June 03, 2025
Delivery driver reunited with man he helped cross busy Omaha intersection
June 03, 2025
'He does everything:' Lifelong Iowa sports fan throws first pitch as he transitions to hospice
June 03, 2025
'Our DUI laws need to change': Nebraska family still without home five months after drunk driving incident
June 03, 2025
Lost dog returns home after swimming to island in 100-mile trip
June 03, 2025
At least 27 Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded by Israeli fire near a food distribution site in southern Gaza on Tuesday,
June 03, 2025
Driver taken to hospital after truck crashes into building in Baltimore, official says
June 03, 2025
One of the world’s most notorious pathogens has survived for centuries. Scientists say they now know why
June 03, 2025
Natural gas has become a go-to fuel for power plants from coast to coast, sometimes replacing dirtier coal-fired plants and, by extension, improving air quality
May 29, 2025
Officials remove kids from Asheville Academy after second suicide
June 03, 2025
Health Secretary Robert F
June 03, 2025
Maryland woman charged after allegedly hitting child on plane who called her "Miss Piggy"
June 03, 2025
Mom thanks Massachusetts troopers who escorted her through Boston traffic to give birth
June 03, 2025
Health influencers – perhaps including Health Secretary RFK Jr. – are promoting the chemical as an elixir that improves memory and focus. But evidence for these claims is thin.
June 03, 2025
Canadian wildfire smoke and a dust plume from Africa could collide over the South this week
June 03, 2025
The United Nations human rights office said on Tuesday that the wilful impediment of access to food and relief for civilians in Gaza may
June 03, 2025
American teens are increasingly turning to the weight-loss drug Wegovy as more families and their doctors gain confidence in its use for young
June 03, 2025
An Australian woman accused of murdering three of her estranged husband’s relatives with poisonous mushrooms has told a court she accepts the fatal lunch she served contained death caps
June 03, 2025
British American Tobacco nudged up its annual sales growth target on Tuesday to 1%-2%, saying revenue in the first half was ahead of expectations and sales in the United States were picking
June 03, 2025
Arwa Damon, President of the International Network for Aid, Relief and Assistance talks with CNN's Wolf Blitzer about the growing humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
June 01, 2025
Aid groups and opposition politicians in South Sudan say that dozens of civilians have been killed or badly injured in airstrikes in recent weeks as the country’s army clashes with militia groups across the country
June 03, 2025
Top Chinese general Xu Qiliang, a close ally of President Xi Jinping who was the former vice chair of the powerful Central Military Commission, died of illness at age 75 on Monday
June 03, 2025
Trump leans on GOP senators as they gear up to make changes to his domestic policy bill
June 03, 2025
Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip opened fire as people headed toward an aid distribution site a kilometer away at around sunrise, killing at least three people and wounding dozens, health officials and a witness said
June 02, 2025
Police say a dozen people were injured in a stabbing attack at an Oregon homeless shelter and a suspect was arrested
June 02, 2025
Authorities in the Italian city of Venice say that foreign tourists are among a dozen people injured when a 50-year-old tree fell next to a bus stop
June 02, 2025
Merck has held talks to buy Swiss biotech MoonLake Immunotherapeutics for more than $3 billion, the Financial Times reported on Monday, citing three people familiar with the matter.
June 02, 2025
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Monday that it had launched a generative AI tool, Elsa, aimed at improving efficiency across its operations, including scientific reviews.
June 02, 2025
U.S. health officials have changed their advice to international travelers about measles, saying Americans should be vaccinated against the disease no matter where they travel in the world
June 02, 2025
The Palestinian health ministry, hospital officials and multiple eyewitnesses say deadly gunfire killed dozens of Palestinians near an aid distribution site in Gaza on Sunday, with Israel’s military denying that its troops fired “within or near” the aid site. CNN Jerusalem correspondent Jeremy Diamond brings you up to speed on what we know about the weekend chaos.
June 01, 2025
CNN spoke to multiple witnesses who recounted the deadly chaos that unfolded near a US-backed aid center in southern Gaza after more than 30 Palestinians were killed and dozens injured on Sunday, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. The health ministry blamed the Israeli military for the deaths while other witnesses claimed that local security personnel had also opened fire. Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which runs the aid center, said there had been no gunfire at the site and Israel Defense Forces denied firing on civilians, calling such accusations “false reports.”
June 01, 2025
Elon Musk's Neuralink said on Monday that it had raised $650 million in its latest funding round as its brain implant device enters clinical trials.
June 02, 2025
UnitedHealth Group's new CEO Steve Hemsley on Monday told shareholders he was determined to earn back their trust after its surprising earnings shortfall earlier
June 02, 2025
Three people rescued after plane crashes in Vero Beach
June 02, 2025
Myles McClarity now cancer free, returns to college football after a 3.5 year cancer battle
June 02, 2025
Your coffee habit could be linked to healthier aging, study finds
June 02, 2025
Israeli fire killed at least three Palestinians and wounded dozens of others near an aid distribution site operated by the U.S.-based Gaza Humanitarian Foundation
June 02, 2025
Three women are suing Baltimore’s public school system, alleging they were sexually abused by a special education teacher decades ago
June 02, 2025
Trump returns to Supreme Court with emergency appeal over mass firings
June 02, 2025
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F
June 02, 2025
Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU hosts magical garden-themed prom for young cancer patients
June 02, 2025
Baltimore woman steps in to ease obituary costs
June 02, 2025
Sweden should phase out international adoptions, a government-appointed commission said on Monday, after an inquiry prompted by concerns that children had been taken from their
June 02, 2025
John Brenkus, founder and host of Emmy-winning ‘Sports Science’ show, dies aged 54 after battle with depression
June 02, 2025
Self-administered at-home tests are available for everything from thyroid function to HIV to cervical cancer
June 02, 2025
Hedges and trees may actually reduce home exposure to radiant heat and flying embers, but they must be well maintained. Two scientists who study how plants burn explain.
June 02, 2025
As FDA delays approval, Mom fears son with rare disorder could lose access to drug she says is saving his life
June 02, 2025
Philadelphia nurse helps pet owners create cherished memories through her photographs
June 02, 2025
Crews searching for man whose canoe tipped over on Schuylkill River in Pottstown, Pennsylvania
June 02, 2025
18-year-old student earns associate's degree in time for high school graduation
June 02, 2025
1 dead, 11 injured after 'mass shooting' during party, Catawba County deputies say
June 02, 2025
Mother recounts son's call after drunk school van driver allegedly runs from police
June 02, 2025
The losses include millions of dollars the NIH has already spent on research that will no longer generate results, and the next generation of scientists whose work has been cut short.
June 02, 2025
Man shares gratitude to good Samaritans after work van flips in crash
June 02, 2025
Flooding in Nigeria's Niger State this week has killed 151 people and forced several thousand from their homes, an emergency official told Reuters on Saturday.
May 31, 2025
U.S.
June 02, 2025
New World Screwworm, a devastating parasite that eats cattle and other wild animals alive, is traveling north from Central America to Mexico and has crept past
June 02, 2025
The founder of 23andMe, Anne Wojcicki, has asked a U.S. judge to reopen an auction for the genetic testing
June 01, 2025
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals said on Monday it
May 19, 2025
France's Sanofi has agreed to buy U.S.-based Blueprint Medicines Corporation for up to $9.5 billion to boost its position in rare immunology
June 02, 2025
Trump has begun another trade war. Here's a timeline of how we got here
Canada's leader laments lost friendship with US in town that sheltered stranded Americans after 9/11
Chinese EV giant BYD's fourth-quarter profit leaps 73%
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Purdue returns to Sweet 16 with 76-62 win over McNeese in March Madness