DIXON, Calif. — Deep inside one of the world's largest corn mazes, where the tri-tip sandwiches and soft-serve ice cream purchased at the concession stand have become but a memory and all that can be seen in any direction are dirt paths and dead-end walls of green plants whispering in the breeze, people tend to reveal themselves.

From humble...Read more

ATLANTA — A Calhoun woman contracted tuberculosis after contaminated human tissue was implanted in her spine during surgery, according to a lawsuit that she and her husband filed against the companies they say are responsible.

Tina and Steven Langford are seeking unspecified compensation from Elutia Inc., a Maryland-headquartered company that...Read more

WASHINGTON — In a nail-biter election Nov. 5, expect the losing side to challenge the results in court.

After former President Donald Trump's 2020 defeat, his supporters filed numerous of lawsuits nationwide raising questions about ballots, counting and deadlines. All were dismissed as lacking evidence or sufficient effect on the final tally....Read more

MIAMI — Daylight saving time, which began in March, ends in November. That means it will be light earlier in the morning but darker earlier in the evening in South Florida.

Which do you prefer?

Here’s what to know about the change:

Changes day and night

Time change: Clocks turn back an hour 2 a.m. Nov. 3.

School and work: When the ...Read more

More than half of the 410 hospitals in California have at least one building that likely wouldn’t be able to operate after a major earthquake hit their region, and with many institutions claiming they don’t have the money to meet a 2030 legal deadline for earthquake retrofits, the state is now granting relief to some while ramping up ...Read more

Words matter. Especially when uttered by a president, and especially overseas. “Speak softly, and carry a big stick,” Theodore Roosevelt advised, though he never envisioned a successor who would prove capable of obliterating cities half a world away in under half an hour.

That nuclear stick is pretty big indeed, capable since 1945 of ...Read more

SEOUL, South Korea — You'd be hard pressed to find anyone here who had anticipated that Han Kang would be awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in literature, the world's highest literary honor.

Although the South Korean novelist had already tallied up a number of other prestigious international accolades and is widely read here, she is 53, and the ...Read more

OAKLAND, Calif. — The patient was in his 60s, an African American man with emphysema. The oximeter placed on his fingertip registered well above the 88% blood oxygen saturation level that signals an urgent risk of organ failure and death.

Yet his doctor, Noha Aboelata, believed the patient was sicker than the device showed. So she sent him ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- Nine years ago, when an aging oil pipeline ruptured near the coast of Santa Barbara County, an inky darkness spread over the waters. The massive slick of oil engulfed and killed hundreds of marine animals, including, seals, dolphins and pelicans. And the acrid smell of petroleum polluted the coastline’s air.

On May 19, 2015, a ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — When Missouri voters decide in less than three weeks whether to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution, the ballot measure before them will include a legal definition of fetal viability more strict than current state law.

How Missouri defines fetal viability – generally the point at which a fetus can survive ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Nick Allen steps on broken ceramic pieces along a wooded path into a clearing.

The burnt umber fragments clank aloud, announcing his presence.

“Outreach, it’s Nick,” Allen calls out.

His colleague Kevin Morgan explains that the shards are common at the entrance of homeless encampments and serve as an alarm system.

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LOS ANGELES — Standing on the far left corner of the three acres he owns in Rolling Hills, James Bellis, 40, points to a crack he’s been monitoring in the yard since August. It started from Quail Ridge Road, right above his property, and was about 240 feet long and an inch wide when he first noticed it — but now it runs more than 450 feet ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance on Wednesday said at a rally in Pennsylvania that former President Donald Trump did not lose the 2020 election as Trump has falsely claimed since contesting President Joe Biden’s victory four years ago.

On the campaign trail, Vance has repeatedly sidestepped directly answering ...Read more

North Korea has defined South Korea as a “hostile state” in its constitution, driving a wedge deeper between the nations after Pyongyang stoked tensions earlier this week by blowing up its sections of roads that linked it to the southern part of the peninsula.

The new label was revealed by state media Thursday in a dispatch that also ...Read more

Housing remains a top issue for Massachusetts voters ahead of this year’s election, according to a new poll released by UMass Amherst and WCVB, as more residents report the state is on the “wrong track.”

When asked what the most important problem facing the state is, residents overwhelmingly point to “‘housing’ but also mention ...Read more

ATLANTA — Former President Bill Clinton has crisscrossed Georgia for Vice President Kamala Harris. Former President Barack Obama has hit other battleground states. Now his wife, Michelle Obama, has scheduled a stop in Atlanta.

The former first lady will headline an Oct. 29 rally for When We All Vote, the nonpartisan voter outreach initiative ...Read more