The city of Seattle has reached a $29 million settlement with the family of a 23-year-old graduate student from India who was struck by a speeding police officer as she crossed a street in 2023
Iowa Lakes Community College baseball team bus crashes, killing 1 person and injuring 32
Iowa authorities and media reports say a community college bus carrying the school’s baseball team has crashed and overturned in a ditch
Oklahoma set to execute man convicted of double killing in 2006 drive-by shooting
Oklahoma is set to execute a man convicted of killing two men in a drive-by shooting in 2006
Grieving families press Congress on aviation safety reforms after midair collision near DC
Key senators and the families of the 67 people who died when an airliner collided with an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C., are convinced advanced aircraft locator systems that experts have been recommending for decades would have prevented the crash
Winning numbers drawn in Wednesday’s Powerball
The winning numbers in Wednesday evening’s drawing of the "Powerball" game were: 06-20-33-40-48, Powerball: 5
Europe warily awaits Rubio at Munich Security Conference as Trump roils transatlantic ties
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is leading a large U.S. delegation to the Munich Security Conference this week
FDA declines to review Moderna application for new flu vaccine
Moderna requests meeting to discuss refusal as decision could have implications for all new and updated vaccines US regulators will not review Moderna’s request to license a new, potentially more effective flu shot – even though the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) previously gave the green light to the...
Reading and writing can lower dementia risk by almost 40%, study finds
Cognitive health in later life is ‘strongly influenced’ by lifelong exposure to intellectually stimulating environments, say researchers Reading, writing and learning a language or two can lower your risk of dementia by almost 40%, according to a study that suggests millions of people could prevent or delay the condition. Dementia...
Top US medical body to review vaccine effectiveness as government ‘abdicates’ responsibility
AMA to review safety of respiratory vaccines as health agencies end recommendations based on no new data The largest medical organization in the US will help conduct a review on the safety and effectiveness of respiratory vaccines as federal health agencies and advisers end vaccine recommendations based on no new...
Annual governors’ gathering with White House unraveling after Trump excludes Democrats
The National Governors Association annual conference is unraveling after President Donald Trump did not invite some Democrats to events