New drugs make headway against lung, prostate, colon cancers
Doctors are reporting success with newer drugs that control certain types of cancer better, reduce the risk it will come back and make treatment simpler and easier to bear By…
Judge demands ICE better explain why it won’t release kids
A judge has criticized the Trump administration’s handling of detained immigrant children and families, ordering it to give the court detailed information about efforts to quickly release them in the…
Trump’s disconnect with DC widens during viral pandemic
WASHINGTON — District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser’s cellphone rang earlier this week from an unfamiliar number: It was the White House calling to say President Donald Trump wanted to…
Holiday amid pandemic: Americans divided on how to respond
NEW YORK — President Donald Trump played golf at one of his courses Saturday at the start of the Memorial Day weekend as he urged U.S. states to reopen after…
Rural areas, tribal lands hit hardest by census interruption
ORLANDO, Fla. — Even though they’re neighbors, two New Mexico counties couldn’t be further apart in the rate of people answering the 2020 census. Los Alamos County, where the atomic…
Doctor accused of misdiagnosing epilepsy gives up license
A Detroit-area doctor accused of misdiagnosing epilepsy in approximately 250 children has surrendered his medical license to settle a complaint filed by state authorities By ED WHITE Associated Press May…
Trump threatens funds for states easing voting in pandemic
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to hold up federal funds for two election battleground states that are trying to make it easier and safer to vote during…
New Jersey gym reopens in defiance of coronavirus measures
A gym in southern New Jersey has reopened for business in defiance of a state order that shutdown nonessential businesses to help stem the spread of the coronavirus By MATT…
WHO bows to calls from countries for independent virus probe
GENEVA — The World Health Organization bowed to calls Monday from most of its member states to launch an independent probe into how it managed the international response to the…
Local leaders resist Mexico president’s push for reopening
MEXICO CITY — Local governments across Mexico pushed back Monday against President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s call to reopen the economy in some 300 townships that do not have active…