Just as cold and flu season arrives, the Food and Drug Administration proposes pulling many decongestants from store shelves.

The reason? An administration review found oral phenylephrine — a common ingredient in over-the-counter cold medications — doesn’t work. For some products, it is the only ingredient, the FDA said in a news release ...Read more

BOSTON — Karen Read’s team wants to look into Norfolk DA Michael Morrissey’s personal email and cell phone for any references to their client’s case, saying they have evidence he’s been making improper communications with the court and witnesses.

“As grounds for this motion, recent reporting, corroborated by documentary evidence, ...Read more

A New Jersey prosecutor’s detective killed during a violent home invasion last month was shot execution-style, prosecutors said.

Cumberland County Det. Sgt. Monica Mosley was getting ready for bed when a group of masked men burst into her Bridgeton home the night of October 15, just after 10 p.m., police said. She tried to fight off her ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — While Hurricane Rafael headed west into the Gulf of Mexico and no threat to land for now, the National Hurricane Center kept track of another system with low odds to develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

As of the NHC’s 7 a.m. tropical outlook, the trough of low pressure with disorganized showers and...Read more

DETROIT — A west Michigan man convicted of sexually exploiting a girl as part of an online child porn network faces 30 years in federal prison, officials said.

Richard Anthony Reyna Densmore, 47, of Kaleva, was given the sentence by a judge in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan, Southern Division, in Grand Rapids, ...Read more

MIAMI — Federal prosecutors might soon charge a Fort Lauderdale man with killing his estranged wife in Spain on top of the initial kidnapping offense — a legal move that would include the possibility of pursuing the death penalty, according to court records.

David Knezevich, 36, a native of Serbia, has been locked up in a federal jail in ...Read more

The University of Kentucky Police Department has announced additional security measures on campus following an increase in shootings and other safety concerns in the areas around campus, Police Chief Joe Monroe said Friday.

Changes including adding additional police patrols and lighting, and limiting night and weekend access to some campus ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Residents in the foothills above Camarillo are grappling with scenes of utter destruction after the Mountain fire flattened scores of homes.

More than 130 structures were lost, the majority of them houses, when flames swept through the area, and more than 80 others were damaged.

“The only thing left standing of our house is ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — As many as 60,000 local military veterans will qualify for half-off discounts on transit rides for up to six months starting in January 2025, thanks to a trial program being offered by the Sacramento Regional Transit District.

Thousands of frequent transit riders also will qualify for fare price breaks once Sacramento ...Read more

A growing movement believes President-elect Donald Trump is fighting a spiritual war against demonic forces within the United States. Trump himself stated in his acceptance speech on Nov. 6, 2024, that the reason that “God spared my life” was to “restore America to greatness.”

I have studied various religious movements that ...Read more

The 2024 election has finally ended. What happens now?

There’s a 2½-month period between Election Day and Inauguration Day. It’s commonly known as the “lame-duck” period, when the outgoing president still holds official power but their successor has been chosen and is waiting to take the reins. Donald Trump is constitutionall...Read more

“Aren’t they a little young for that?”

This is a question I used to hear regularly from parents when I’d recommend strength training for the kids I worked with, whose ages ranged from 6 to 18 years old, in youth sports. During my four years as a strength and conditioning coach, I often received questions from parents about the...Read more

Voters in 10 states decided on measures relating to abortion on Nov. 5, 2024, many of which sought to expand access to abortion or expressly recognize a right to abortion in the state’s constitution.

Seven of the ballot measures passed, while three failed. Measures in Arizona, Colorado, New York, Maryland, Missouri, Montana and ...Read more

As Florida and the Southeast begin recovering from 2024’s destructive hurricanes, many people are asking: How can we rebuild sustainably and in a way that avoids the same damage, costs and trauma in future storms?

There are proven ways to strengthen homes that pay off in the long run, such as installing hurricane straps to tie down ...Read more

The election of Donald Trump — and his vow to once again undertake a U.S. retreat from international climate diplomacy — poses a decisive threat to the fight against global warming, as the window for meaningful action closes.

Trump’s win comes just days before representatives from nearly 200 nations gather in Azerbaijan for COP29, the ...Read more

A few months after a vague new rule allowed the state to remove books with descriptions of sexual conduct from its public schools regardless of grade level, the South Carolina Board of Education has banned its first seven.

The board decided unanimously Tuesday — without being required to read them — that the books Elana K. Arnold’s “...Read more