“Witch hunt” – it’s a refrain used to deride everything from impeachment inquiries and sexual assault investigations to allegations of corruption.

When powerful men cry witch, they’re generally not talking about green-faced women wearing pointy hats. They are, presumably, referring to the Salem witch trials, when 19 people ...Read more

The vampire is a common image in today’s pop culture, and one that takes many forms: from Alucard, the dashing spawn of Dracula in the PlayStation game “Castlevania: Symphony of the Night”; to Edward, the romantic, idealistic lover in the “Twilight” series.

In many respects, the vampire of today is far removed from its roots...Read more

Typically after tragedy strikes a community you hear about how it brought people together.

This is not that story.

Two weeks ago, McClatchy received a report that U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx, a Republican from Banner Elk, North Carolina, was preventing seven people from driving off their property at the base of Grandfather Mountain after the ...Read more

Health care is suddenly front and center in the final sprint to the presidential election, and the outcome will shape the Affordable Care Act and the coverage it gives to more than 40 million people.

Besides reproductive rights, health care for most of the campaign has been an in-the-shadows issue. However, recent comments from former President...Read more

If Nebraska voters approve a pair of medical marijuana ballot initiatives next month, Kansas will be surrounded by states with some form of legal cannabis.

The Sunflower State is one of 10 in the U.S. where marijuana remains illegal and criminalized, including for people who rely on it to treat chronic pain and other medical conditions.

More ...Read more

SACRAMENTO — Ahmed remembers only flashes of when a bomb landed near him last February in Gaza.

The 15-year-old and his friend were on their way to pray after a long week of working in nearby agricultural fields. The two were discussing their weekend plans. As usual, Ahmed envisioned spraying passes across dirt fields and scoring goals just ...Read more

TEHRAN, Iran — War in the Middle East escalated yet again early Saturday as Israel bombed targets in Iran in a spiraling pattern of attack and retaliation that has inflamed the region.

Israel said it was punishing the Islamic Republic for its missile barrage this month aimed at Israeli military installations and other sites. Those attacks ...Read more

Israel launched airstrikes on targets across Iran early Saturday, fulfilling its promise to retaliate for a missile barrage three weeks ago and fanning fear of open conflict between the two longtime adversaries.

Numerous explosions were reported across Tehran in what appeared to be a first wave of strikes. More than an hour later, Israel’s ...Read more

Israel said early Saturday it conducted “precise” strikes on military targets in Iran, in retaliation for a barrage of ballistic missiles earlier this month.

Numerous explosions were reported across Tehran. Early reports suggested that sites linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps had been hit.

The latest clash between the two ...Read more

TEHRAN, Iran — War in the Middle East escalated yet again early Saturday as Israel bombed targets in Iran in a spiraling pattern of attack and retaliation that has inflamed the region.

Israel said it was punishing the Islamic Republic for its missile barrage this month aimed at Israeli military installations and other sites. Those attacks ...Read more

Israel said early Saturday that it is conducting what it called “precise” strikes on military targets in Iran, a salvo meant to retaliate for a barrage of ballistic missiles three weeks earlier.

“In response to months of continuous attacks from the regime in Iran against the State of Israel – right now the Israel Defense Forces is ...Read more

TEHRAN, Iran — War in the Middle East escalated yet again Friday as Israel bombed targets in Iran in a spiraling pattern of attack and retaliation that has inflamed the region.

Israel said it was punishing the Islamic Republic for its missile barrage this month aimed at Israeli military installations and other sites. Those attacks came in ...Read more

Billionaire Elon Musk and Russian leader Vladimir Putin have reportedly had an ongoing relationship since 2022.

Putin and Musk, the latter of whom has been busily supporting Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in recent weeks, have discussed topics including global politics, according to The Wall Street Journal, which said its story ...Read more

President Joe Biden apologized for the federal government’s role in running a system of Indian boarding schools that separated Native American children from their families and wreaked havoc on tribal communities.

“It’s a sin on our soul,” Biden said Friday at the Gila River Indian Community in Arizona, calling his formal apology “long...Read more

MIAMI — Chaos erupted late Friday after a man convicted of murdering a teenage student during a botched robbery of Yeezy sneakers four years ago tried to attack the girl’s father during the sentencing in a Miami-Dade County courtroom.

Adrian Cosby, 22, leapt from his chair as the father of Andrea Camps-Lacayo read from a prepared statement ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A Sacramento Superior Court judge on Tuesday rejected a motion to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit that alleges “reckless planning” by California Highway Patrol investigators serving a search warrant last year at a busy Roseville park, where a hostage was killed and two other people were wounded during an afternoon ...Read more

MIAMI — Chaos erupted late Friday after a man convicted of murdering a teenage student during a botched robbery of Yeezy sneakers four years ago tried to attack the girl’s father during the sentencing in a Miami-Dade County courtroom.

Adrian Cosby, 22, leapt from his chair as the father of Andrea Camps-Lacayo read from a prepared statement ...Read more

BOSTON — The former Massachusetts Air National Guardsman who shared military secrets with fellow video gamers online is getting closer to sentencing — but attorneys are trying to keep even more details out of public view.

Jack Teixeira faces a maximum of 16 years and eight months for six counts of willful retention and transmission of ...Read more

CHICAGO — Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on Friday refused to say whether he will return $150,000 Chicago rapper Lil Durk contributed to the mayor’s political committee, a day after the artist was arrested in an alleged murder-for-hire plot.

Johnson suggested he had no immediate intention to give back the money when asked how he would handle...Read more