(Reuters) – A large Los Angeles teaching hospital has told scores of patients they may have been exposed to a drug-resistant bacterial “superbug” during endoscopy...
(CNN) – You’re due to go in for a medical procedure. But after what happened at a UCLA hospital, you’re a little apprehensive. Two patients...
MATTHEW PERRONE, AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials are easing access to DNA tests used to screen parents for devastating genetic disorders that...
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – Some schools are getting tougher on e-cigarettes, even punishing possession of the devices more harshly than regular cigarettes. The devices, which...
JOSH BOAK, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. home rental prices rose at a steady rate in January, but prices barely budged or even dipped...
(Bloomberg) — After years of avoiding confrontation, the U.S. labor movement is reasserting itself. From the ports of Los Angeles to the car plants of...
ANNE D’INNOCENZIO, AP Retail Writer BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is hoping its decision to boost workers’ paychecks will help it boost its bottom...
ESAM MOHAMED, Associated Press MAGGIE MICHAEL, Associated Press TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Islamic State militants unleashed suicide bombings Friday in eastern Libya, killing at least 40...
ABDI GULED, Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — At least two people were killed and Somalia’s deputy prime minister is among some officials who were wounded...
IAN DEITCH, Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian officials are nervously watching a landmark terrorism trial in the United States, brought by victims of Palestinian suicide...
MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN, Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — A year after he took office, President Ronald Reagan placed Cuba on a list of state sponsors of terror...
MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN, Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — A year after he took office, President Ronald Reagan placed Cuba on a list of state sponsors of terror...
Recognizing Black History Month, city councilmembers and Mayor Libby Schaaf honored a group of African American unsung heroes who have been dedicated in their work to...
JON KRAWCZYNSKI, AP Basketball Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — For 12 years in Minnesota, Kevin Garnett gave the Timberwolves something they didn’t have before he arrived and...
JON KRAWCZYNSKI, AP Basketball Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — For 12 years in Minnesota, Kevin Garnett gave the Timberwolves something they didn’t have before he arrived and...
Whether the proposed massive Coliseum City project would manage to save any of Oakland’s three major sports franchises is uncertain. There are a lot of...
CARSON, Calif. (AP) — Officials in Carson, California, have staged a pep rally in support of a proposed NFL stadium that could bring the Oakland...
CARSON, Calif. (AP) — Officials in Carson, California, have staged a pep rally in support of a proposed NFL stadium that could bring the Oakland...
(CNN) – After a Mother Jones report on Thursday asserted that Bill O’Reilly had made false claims about his coverage of the Falklands War in 1982, the...
KEN THOMAS, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats on Thursday assailed former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani for questioning President Barack Obama’s love of country,...
(New York Times) – Former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani of New York on Thursday defended his assertion that President Obama did not love America, and said...
(Salon) – The Obama administration is taking a cynical approach to the Supreme Court’s consideration of King v. Burwell, conservatives’ latest desperate and quite possibly...
(CBS News) – Common Core federal education standards are riling the conservative base, and as the 2016 Republican presidential field takes shape, the standards — seen by...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (USA Today) — Teenager Dwayne Powe Jr. got a suspension in eighth grade. He didn’t get into a fight. He wasn’t caught with drugs. He...
HILLEL ITALIE, AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — One of the last major digital holdouts, “The Autobiography of Malcolm X,” should soon be available as...