ATLANTA — The U.S. government’s premier research body has made an important discovery that could help create new drugs to lower “bad” cholesterol, and hopefully prevent heart attacks and stroke.

But the interesting part of that story isn’t just the discovery itself, but the technology responsible for it: a relatively new type of ...Read more

A clean energy watchdog group has filed a lawsuit against Georgia energy regulators and an elected member of the agency’s board for allegedly violating the state’s open records law.

The Energy and Policy Institute, a California-based nonprofit, alleges Georgia Public Service Commissioner Tricia Pridemore uses personal email accounts and her...Read more

ATLANTA — Georgia Republicans can subpoena Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis about her romantic relationship with Nathan Wade, the outside attorney she hired to lead her 2020 election interference case against former and future President Donald Trump and his allies, a judge has ruled.

The decision by Fulton County Superior Court ...Read more

NEW YORK — Mayor Adams is cracking down on excessive overtime spending within the NYPD, the FDNY and the city Departments of Correction and Sanitation — just days after bombshell allegations surfaced that former NYPD Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey was swapping sex for overtime pay, the Daily News has learned.

In an internal directive ...Read more

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier dissolved parliament and set the country’s snap election for Feb. 23, formally endorsing a timetable proposed by Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

Scholz, of the center-left Social Democrats, ended his three-party alliance with the Greens and Free Democrats last month, when he sacked FDP Finance Minister ...Read more

NEW YORK — Sebastian Zapeta, the migrant accused of torching a homeless woman on a Brooklyn subway was indicted on first-degree murder charges Friday, officials said.

A grand jury voted for the upgraded charges, meaning that Zapeta, 33, is facing life without parole if convicted for the disturbing caught-on-camera killing as his victim slept ...Read more

South Korea’s parliament impeached Acting President Han Duck-soo, dealing another blow to a government already reeling after President Yoon Suk Yeol’s suspension less than two weeks ago for his brief martial law decree.

Lawmakers voted 192-0 in favor of Prime Minister Han’s impeachment on Friday, according to National Assembly Speaker Woo...Read more

WASHINGTON — A White House official said Friday the U.S. identified a ninth telecommunications company impacted by a wide-ranging Chinese espionage effort and that further steps are planned to curb cyberattacks from Beijing.

As the Biden administration learns about the scope and scale of the so-called Salt Typhoon breach that it attributed to...Read more

After a surprise offensive earlier this year, Ukraine’s forces have lost about half the territory seized in Russia’s Kursk region and may lose the rest in a matter of months, according to U.S. officials, potentially depriving Kyiv of important leverage for ceasefire talks with Russia.

Ukraine’s military is already grappling with a lack ...Read more

BALTIMORE — The Baltimore City circuit courthouses and the District Court on East Fayette Street reopened Thursday after being treated for Legionella bacteria earlier this week.

Legionella is the bacteria which can cause Legionnaire’s disease, a severe form of pneumonia. The city recommended the courthouses close last week despite the ...Read more

Florida officials quietly ended a probe into Walt Disney World’s former Reedy Creek Improvement District, concluding that no laws were broken, according to a newly released memo.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement closed its case “due to a lack of a criminal predicate,” the state’s Chief Inspector General Melinda Miguel wrote in ...Read more

A woman in Sonoma County tried to get away with retail theft by pretending to be a 12-year-old girl, police say. But her alleged ruse failed, and the 29-year-old was arrested. It turned out she already had an outstanding warrant connected to some $250,000 in stolen goods, authorities said.

Now, Corenesha Brooks of Antioch faces five felony ...Read more

To many locals, it feels like Santa Cruz's picturesque coast is being battered like never before.

Waves from strong winter storms and a pair of tsunamis have caused millions of dollars in damage to the wharf and marina area in recent years, including an onslaught of dangerous waves this week that washed almost 150 feet of its wharf out to sea. ...Read more

Since the turn of the century, major hurricanes hitting the U.S. have had one key feature in common.

Location.

The Gulf of Mexico coastline transformed into a bullseye for major storms, which have taken aim from Corpus Christi, Texas, to Marco Island and destroyed communities in their wake. Eighteen hurricanes reaching Category 3 strength or ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — For less than a year, the desert landscape and sacred mountains of Avi Kwa Ame have been spared from the sprawl of developers and the wandering eye of the mining industry.

South of Las Vegas, the more than 500,000-acre site is holy to Yuman-speaking Native American tribes, which credit the region with being their source of life ...Read more

The coming 12 months can’t promise the bumper crop of elections we saw during 2024, when countries home to about half the world’s population headed to the polls. Still, voters will cast ballots in several important elections throughout the year – and many of the themes persist: the impact of inflation, the rise of the populist right and...Read more

On Dec. 31, while many people are preparing for their New Years Eve parties, some Roman Catholic Christians will also mark the feast day for St. Silvester.

Little is known for certain about Silvester’s life, but he lived during a transformational period in the history of Christianity. From 314-335 C.E., Silvester was the bishop of ...Read more

Imagine a world where food on grocery store shelves is ranked by its healthiness, with simple, research-backed scores. In some countries, that world already exists.

Nutrient profiling systems, or NPSs, support clear front-of-package labels that assess food quality based on nutrient content. Nutri-Score in France is a rainbow-colored ...Read more