Hanukkah is not the Jewish Christmas. Articles and op-eds in newspapers remind readers of that fact every year, lamenting that the Jewish Festival of Lights has almost become an imitation of the Christian holiday.

These pieces exist for a reason. Hanukkah is a minor festival in the Jewish liturgical year, whose major holidays come in ...Read more

Did you know that anorexia is the most lethal mental health condition? One person dies from an eating disorder every hour in the U.S. Many of these deaths are not from health consequences related to starvation, but from suicide.

Up to 1 in 5 women and 1 in 7 men in the U.S. will develop an eating disorder by age 40, and 1 in 2 people ...Read more

DENVER — Michelle Villanueva’s son was just 11 when Douglas County school resource officers handcuffed him and put him in a patrol car, leaving the sixth-grader for two hours before booking the boy, who has autism, into juvenile jail for poking a classmate with a pencil.

After the August 2019 incident, Villanueva no longer felt comfortable ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Many patients come to Allison Denman after the worst experience of their lives. As the clinical director and forensic nurse manager of the Philadelphia Sexual Assault Response Center, Denman runs the only dedicated resource for conducting adult rape exams in the city.

During her three years at the not-for-profit center, she has...Read more

At Fort Leavenworth, residents and visitors enamored of the stately homes that for more than 100 years have lined the military post’s tree-canopied streets have been unsettled by a recent fear.

Out of neglect, its historic homes — some dating to the late 1800s — were being left to rot. Too expensive to repair, they and the history they ...Read more

In the past few years, state and local governments across the U.S. have begun spending billions in opioid settlements paid by companies accused of fueling the overdose crisis. But where is that money going, who is getting it, and is it doing any good?

KFF Health News, partnering with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and ...Read more

When she first started working as an au pair, Edy Dominguez earned less than the minimum wage and went without paid sick time or overtime pay for extra-long weeks.

That’s because domestic workers, including nannies, housekeepers and home health workers, have historically been excluded from the basic labor protections most workers enjoy.

“...Read more

A Jeju Air Co. plane landing in South Korea crashed on an airport runway and caught fire, resulting in more than 170 people dead or missing.

Flight 2216 was carrying 175 passengers and 6 crew members from Bangkok when the accident happened at Muan International Airport in the country’s south, according to officials. While two people were ...Read more

A Jeju Air Co. plane landing in South Korea crashed on an airport runway and caught fire, killing at least 85 people.

Flight 2216 was carrying 175 passengers and 6 crew members from Bangkok when the accident happened at Muan International Airport in the country’s south, according to officials. Two people were rescued.

The accident stands to ...Read more

A Jeju Air Co. plane landing in South Korea veered off an airport runway and collided with a wall on Sunday, killing at least 47 people, Yonhap reported.

Flight 2216 from Bangkok was carrying 175 passengers and 6 crew members to Muan International Airport, in the country’s south, according to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport...Read more

BOSTON — An audit of the state Municipal Police Training Committee has found that the agency failed to ensure all training academies delivered a standardized curriculum, meaning it’s not guaranteed officers understand effective policing.

The State Auditor’s Office audited the MPTC from 2021 through 2022, discovering the agency responsible...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Two homeless men were fatally shot early Saturday morning on a downtown L.A. street near Skid Row, police said.

The shooting occurred about 12:50 a.m. in the 500 block of South Los Angeles Street, said Los Angeles Police Department Officer Jeff Lee. Both men were shot multiple times and a third victim was "uncooperative" and ...Read more

AT&T Inc. acknowledged that it had been hit by the China-linked Salt Typhoon hacking operation but that its networks were now clear from the intrusion.

The hackers attempted to gain information about foreign intelligence, the carrier said Saturday in a statement. The Dallas-based telecom company is cooperating with authorities and notifying ...Read more

SEATTLE — Four Alaska Airlines crew members were hospitalized after severe turbulence struck their Boeing 737 MAX on a flight from Seattle to Phoenix.

One passenger aboard Alaska Airlines Flight 700 was also injured during the midafternoon incident Thursday, but was treated at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport and not hospitalized, ...Read more

NEW YORK — A homeless man found on fire at Penn Station may be the victim of an arsonist who set him ablaze, police sources said Saturday.

The 67-year-old victim was seen on fire at the bustling Midtown transit hub near West 34th Street around 8:10 p.m. Friday by a commuter who alerted two MTA police officers.

The victim was found near the ...Read more

NEW YORK — In a city with no shortage of grisly, tragic or depraved crimes, 2024 stood out as a particularly violent year in New York history.

Several disturbing murders shocked even the most jaded New Yorkers for their sheer savagery and brutality, whether it was the assassination of a health care CEO on a Midtown street, the heart-wrenching...Read more

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — Three firefighters and 12 train passengers were hospitalized after a Brightline train crashed with a fire truck in crowded downtown Delray Beach late Saturday morning.

The crash took place about 10:45 a.m. near the intersection of East Atlantic Avenue and Railroad Avenue, city officials said.

Two of the firefighters were...Read more

BOSTON — Boston’s police commissioner boasted that the “city has never been safer” Friday when joining the mayor in rolling out end-of-year crime statistics that feature a record-low number of homicides and shootings.

There were 24 homicides in Boston this year, representing a 33% decline from the 37 that occurred in 2023. Commissioner ...Read more