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Pfizer Inc.’s experimental drug for cancer weight loss was shown to help patients regain weight in a mid-stage study, offering fresh promise for treating the dangerous muscle-wasting condition.
In cancer patients, a syndrome called …
A syndrome that paralyzed children in Colorado and across the nation seems to have disappeared almost as mysteriously as it arrived, leaving scientists to figure out what happened and survivors to adapt as they grow up.
Doctors first identified cases …
By DAN MERICA and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two decades ago, when a Democratic presidential nominee wouldn’t dream of endorsing gay marriage, a newly elected district attorney named Kamala Harris was performing one of the first same-sex …
By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — It was almost time for the presidential debate, but Kamala Harris’ staff thought there was one more thing she needed to know. So less than an hour before the vice president left …
An Ohio woman whose Facebook post sparked harmful rumors about Haitian immigrants eating pets in Springfield — accusations repeated by former President Donald Trump at Tuesday’s debate — has admitted the claims are false, saying she regrets how they’ve spiraled …
The most recent polling shows the debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump didn’t change the course of the 2024 presidential race all that much.
According to an ABC News/Ipsos poll released on Sunday and taken …
By RYAN J. FOLEY and BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Joe Wiederien was an unlikely candidate to challenge a Republican congressman in one of the nation’s most competitive House districts.
A fervent supporter of former President …
By MICHAEL BIESECKER, AUDREY McAVOY, BERNARD CONDON and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press
KAAAWA, Hawaii (AP) — Ryan Wesley Routh portrayed himself online as a man who built housing for homeless people in Hawaii, tried to recruit fighters for Ukraine …
By MICHELLE L. PRICE and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump on Monday blamed without evidence President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for inspiring another apparent attempt on his life, deriding their criticism of …
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is safe following what the FBI says “appears to be an attempted assassination” while playing golf two months after another attempt on his life at …
By JILL COLVIN Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — An apparent attempt to assassinate former President Donald Trump as he played golf in Florida has rocked a presidential campaign already marred by violence and raised questions about how such a …
By JILL COLVIN, COLLEEN LONG and LINDSAY WHITEHURST, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Secret Service agents opened fire after seeing a person with a firearm near former President Donald Trump’s golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida, while he …
Even before the COVID pandemic turned the world upside down, public health officials and health care providers would plead with the public every fall to get vaccinated in advance of the season of sniffles and coughs.
But now as the …
Should cities and counties in California be allowed to ban oil drilling?
Even though oil has been drilled in California for 150 years, the answer has been somewhat murky since last fall when the state Supreme Court overturned a ballot …
When Monterey Bay Aquarium volunteer Idonas Hughes was growing up, his father always kept an aquarium in the home. Tacitly understanding it as an essential element of the household, once on his own, he had his own aquarium, complete with …
EDITOR'S NOTE: As the Monterey Bay Aquarium counts down its 40th anniversary in October, The Herald is doing a series of stories taking a closer look at the history, research work and behind-the-scenes management of the region's most popular attraction. …
“Rent Watch” tracks what's happening at the intersection of landlords and tenants – who is paying what and where.
Buzz: Rents were falling in nine of 16 big California cities this summer.
Source: My trusty spreadsheet looked into ApartmentList's rent …
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Despite the planet’s growing plastic pollution crisis, petroleum-based polymers have become an integral part of modern life. They make cars and airplanes lighter and more energy efficient. They constitute a core material of …
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LOS ANGELES — Thomas VanCott compares his son Jake’s experience with autism to life on a tightrope. Upset the delicate balance and Jake, 18, plunges into frustration, slapping himself and twisting his neck …
By Christine Spolar | KFF Health News
PITTSBURGH — A false alarm that a gunman was roaming one Catholic high school and then another in March 2023 touched off frightening evacuations and a robust police response in the city. It …
