In a sludgy, slow-motion trajectory, the pale yellow milkshake found its mark: Far-right political candidate and Donald Trump acolyte Nigel Farage, on the inaugural day of his insurgent campaign for a seat in the British Parliament.

But no display of airborne voter displeasure was going to prevent one of the country's most gleefully polarizing ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal judge has found top California prison officials in civil contempt for failing to hire enough mental health professionals to adequately treat tens of thousands of incarcerated people with serious mental disorders.

Chief U.S. District Judge Kimberly Mueller on June 25 ordered the state to pay $112 million in fines...Read more

JELLICO, Tenn. — In March 2021, this town of about 2,000 residents in the hills of east Tennessee lost its hospital, a 54-bed acute care facility. Campbell County, where Jellico is located, ranks 90th of Tennessee’s 95 counties in health outcomes and has a poverty rate almost double the national average, so losing its health care cornerstone...Read more

The new algorithm was supposed to help distribute lungs more fairly to people who desperately needed life-saving transplants.

But a flaw in the process for awarding the organs to sick and dying patients meant some people didn’t receive the care they were entitled to, the Chicago Tribune has learned.

Specifically, patients with type O blood ...Read more

The constant search for drinkable water in arid Southern California soon could tap into a new resource – the brackish ocean water that seeps into the southwestern edge of Orange County’s huge natural aquifer.

A small coalition that includes two local water agencies (Mesa Water and the Orange County Water District) and two Orange County ...Read more

California has made significant progress helping small communities address problems of contaminated drinking water, but the costs of bringing safe tap water to hundreds of communities over the next five years will run more than $11.5 billion, according to a new state estimate.

In a newly released report, the staff of the State Water Resources ...Read more

Opinion polls in Britain are still pointing to a crushing defeat for the governing Conservatives after 14 years in power as the election campaign reaches its final days.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak used a broadcast appearance on Sunday to insist everything remains in play, saying Britain is a “better place to live” than when the ...Read more

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators climbed over barricades, tossed fake blood and held up New York City’s Pride Parade on Sunday.

About a dozen protesters descended on the annual march as it approached Christopher St. and Waverly Place in Greenwich Village around 2:45 p.m.

They protesters splattered red paint on the route and on a Chevrolet ...Read more

North Korea shot off a suspected ballistic missile Monday, Yonhap News agency reported, days after firing a rocket to test a new multiple warhead system for delivering a nuclear strike.

At least one missile was launched eastward, according to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, Yonhap reported. It’s North Korea’s second launch in less ...Read more

President Joe Biden’s campaign is going on the attack against a chorus of donors, consultants, officials and media voices calling on him to drop out of the 2024 race after his devastating debate performance.

The strategy will be remembered as a display of either remarkable foresight or incredible hubris.

Aides spent the weekend publicly ...Read more

Ahead of a weeklong heat wave that will bake Sacramento and most of Northern California in sweltering temperatures, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. is warning that critical fire danger may lead to its first public safety power shutoffs of the year in across eight counties to prevent the utility’s equipment from sparking wildfires.

On Sunday, ...Read more

The U.S. Justice Department will charge Boeing Co. with criminal fraud, leaving the planemaker to choose between pleading guilty or taking the risk of going to trial, according to people familiar with the matter.

Boeing has until the end of the week to decide whether to plead guilty to the charge, the department told the families of victims of ...Read more

As the Archdiocese of New York and its insurance company, Chubb, battle over who is responsible for millions in potential payouts to survivors of clergy sexual abuse, a new group has entered the picture.

Announcing its presence in November with a full page ad in The New York Times, the Coalition for Just and Compassionate Compensation, which ...Read more

The U.S. Justice Department has told Boeing Co. that it will charge the planemaker with fraud, leaving the company to choose between pleading guilty or taking the risk of going to trial, according to people familiar with the matter.

Boeing will have until the end of the week to decide whether to plead guilty to the charges, the department told ...Read more

DOWNEY, Calif. — A mentally ill man was fatally shot Saturday by Downey police in his backyard after a neighbor called the police on him for lighting fireworks, his family said.

The Downey Police Department said it was responding to a call about a "disturbance" on Stewart and Gray Road about 6:15 p.m. Downey is 13 miles southeast of downtown ...Read more

Beryl became the season’s first major hurricane on Sunday, reaching Category 4 strength as it approached the Caribbean with winds topping 130 mph, forecasters said.

Beryl has strengthened rapidly since forming and is likely to bring “life-threatening winds and storm surge” on its approach to the far eastern Caribbean early Monday, ...Read more

Hurricane Beryl grew into a Category 4 major hurricane Sunday afternoon as it took aim at the Caribbean, according to the National Hurricane Center.

As of 2 p.m., the hurricane was located about 310 miles east-southeast of Barbados and 405 miles east of Grenada with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph moving west at 21 mph. Hurricane-force winds...Read more

Tiara Parker once clung to her cousin, who took her last breath in Pulse nightclub’s bathroom stall.

Now, cousin Akyra Monet Murray’s voice looms in her mind.

“‘You always did all that crying,’” Parker remembered Murray saying as they grew up. “‘Turn your pain into gain.’”

And she did.

Today, Parker is an advocate for gun...Read more

Marine Le Pen’s National Rally dominated the first round of France’s legislative election and set its sights on an absolute majority as President Emmanuel Macron and her other opponents began strategizing to keep the far-right party out of power.

The National Rally was projected to get between 33% and 34.2% of the vote, according to ...Read more