Philadelphia's leading health systems will no longer consider race in four common screening tools for lung, kidney, and obstetrics care, in an effort to make treatment more equitable for all patients.

Race has long been included in the algorithms that doctors use to evaluate patients and determine the best care plan. But mounting research has ...Read more

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected strategic missile bases and ordered the military to stay ready to deal a counterblow to enemies “at any time,” just two weeks ahead of the U.S. presidential election in an apparent move to raise its profile.

A photo released by the official Korean Central News Agency on Wednesday showed Kim ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — For more than a week straight, photographers, scientists and adventure seekers alike have captured dazzling images of an electric blue light emitting from Southern California's waves at night.

The display of bioluminescence, created when a type of algae is agitated, is difficult to forecast, but over the last nine days, ...Read more

NEW YORK — Rudy Giuliani must fork over control of his snazzy Upper East Side co-op apartment and other pricey assets to the Georgia mother and daughter election workers he defamed with baseless accusations of ballot fraud, a Manhattan judge ruled Tuesday.

The former New York City mayor and Donald Trump lawyer has seven days to give up assets...Read more

LOS ANGELES — L.A. County Dist. Atty. George Gascón announced that he would make a decision on the possible resentencing of the Menendez brothers by the end of the week.

Erik and Lyle Menendez have spent 34 years behind bars after being convicted of the 1989 slaying of their parents, but evidence recently surfaced supporting the brothers’ ...Read more

The winter could be warm. Rains that might otherwise fall across South Mississippi may instead veer away. And dry breezes that would normally relieve the region of its thick summer heat could bring a new risk: wildfires.

A winter forecast released this month by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says warm temperatures and ...Read more

WARREN, Mich. — Warren City Clerk Sonja Buffa said she isn't planning to start counting absentee ballots for Michigan's third-largest city until Election Day, a decision the Macomb County clerk and other city officials worry could potentially delay the results for the entire state and could determine who wins some close races.

Under a new ...Read more

For decades, China has sought to maintain influence among armed ethnic groups in Myanmar in lawless border areas while also providing support to military leaders in charge of the Southeast Asian nation. An attack on its consulate last week shows that balancing act is becoming untenable.

China has demanded an investigation and lodged “serious ...Read more

After a Republican lawmaker filed a confidential ethics complaint against North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs, a Democrat running to keep her seat on the state’s high court, her Republican opponent began running ads saying she was “under investigation” for her own ads attacking him on abortion.

Now, both sides are ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Domestic terrorism — the use of violence for political ends — has risen dramatically in recent years and is driven largely by partisan falsehoods and lies, a new study says.

U.S. military veterans are overrepresented among the perpetrators of such attacks, experts have long found.

The report comes nearly four years after the...Read more

Seven years after the last United Nations peacekeepers departed amid warnings they would soon be back, Haiti is now officially asking for their return.

Leslie Voltaire, the current president of the Transitional Presidential Council, wrote a letter to U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres asking that the current Multinational Security Support...Read more

SAN DIEGO — The San Diego County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday agreed to explore taking legal action against those responsible for worsening the cross-border sewage crisis.

The unanimous decision means the county may sue or join lawsuits against “any potentially responsible party” for damages caused to the Tijuana River Valley and ...Read more

More voters in Kansas’ largest counties are turning out to cast ballots in the first few days of early voting than in other recent presidential cycles, according to election officials.

The first two days of early voting in Johnson County saw 32,734 ballots cast — an 80% increase from the same period in 2020.

Saturday was the “single ...Read more

NEW YORK — Hundreds of New Yorkers testified during a marathon City Council hearing Tuesday reviewing the Adams administration’s sweeping “City of Yes” plan, which aims to boost the city’s housing supply by overhauling decades-old zoning regulations.

The hearing, hosted by the Council’s zoning and franchise subcommittee, marked the ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Walmart will pay $7.5 million in civil penalties and costs in a settlement with California prosecutors who alleged the retail corporation unlawfully disposed hazardous waste and medical waste from their facilities statewide in city landfills.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced the settlement Tuesday, saying ...Read more

A five-year-old girl and her mother, along with a 92-year-old man, are among the six people dead after Hurricane Oscar hit the coastal city of Baracoa and nearby areas in the eastern province of Guantánamo in Cuba as a Category 1 storm on Sunday, bringing heavy rains and flash flooding in a region that has been without electricity since Friday....Read more

Maryland legislators will meet Thursday to discuss conditions at the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, DPSCS, as employees remain uneasy after the May on-duty homicide of a parole and probation agent.

“How long do people have to patiently wait for an agency to get its act together after someone was murdered on ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — With two weeks to go until Election Day, nearly 1 million fewer voters have applied and been approved for mail ballots than at the same point in 2020, which will likely speed up the election results in the state.

So far this year, there have been nearly 1.9 million mail ballot applications approved in Pennsylvania as of Tuesday...Read more

The weeks around Halloween in California usually bring cooler weather, Christmas decorations appearing in stores, leaves to rake and umbrellas opening for the first time since spring.

So far this year it’s still dry. No major rain is forecast through the end of October. But that doesn’t mean the state is heading for water shortages. Because...Read more