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Hundreds of people in 27 states have been sickened in a salmonella outbreak linked to jalapeño peppers, including at Chipotle and Qdoba restaurants, the CDC said.
As of Tuesday, 345 cases had been reported with 36 people hospitalized.
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The Department of Health and Human Services began the process of decertifying a multistate organ procurement group a year after a federal investigation found the organization prepared dozens of patients for organ recovery while they were still alive.
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A Nobel Prize-winning pioneer of artificial intelligence is stepping aside from his role leading Google’s work on the technology, as the company faces pressure to keep up in the AI race.
Google’s stock was down around 4 percent following the news.
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Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin) said he obtained a copy of Anthony Fauci’s phone from the Trump administration ahead of a planned vote on whether to hold Fauci in contempt of Congress for declining to answer Republicans’ questions last week.
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Maryland may be late to the mid-decade redistricting push, but Democrats in Annapolis have arrived.
The state’s existing 7-1 gerrymander could become an 8-0 one in 2028, ousting the lone Republican, if a voters approve a state constitutional amendment.
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President Trump touted his signature tax proposals in Las Vegas, seeking to highlight Republican wins to voters increasingly frustrated with his handling of the economy and the Iran war.
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Scientists have captured the highest-resolution video of the surface of the sun ever, showing turbulent, vortex-like structures in unprecedented detail.
The “surface” of the sun is really an unstable, roiling soup of plasma, heated to about 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
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The legal battle over Missouri’s new congressional map is heating up.
If the court approves the request for a referendum, it could raise questions about whether Tuesday’s primary winners under the new map are the official nominees.
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Exclusive: At a Cabinet meeting at Camp David on last week, President Trump demanded answers from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on why he had apparently been misled on extreme munitions shortages that now threaten to limit military options with Iran.
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While ordering coffee in a drive-through line, a woman heard an animal crying from inside her car. A tiny kitten was trapped inside the car’s grille and seemed to be suffering.
An Iowa towing company came to the rescue.
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A federal judge in May ordered the Kennedy Center to reconsider a two-year closure. But just days before the trustees are set to vote on the matter, they have received no new assessments about how closing for two years would affect the venue.
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President Trump had endorsed Amir Hassan ahead of Tuesday’s Republican primary for Michigan’s 8th Congressional District.
And yet Hassan is projected to lose the GOP primary to Thomas J. Smith, who suspended his campaign in mid-July.
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Five secretarybird chicks have hatched at Chester Zoo in a “major breakthrough,” according to the zoo.
The highly endangered species is known for its unique hunting tactic: kicking and stomping its prey, which includes venomous snakes.
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Searches for “limerence,” a term describing profound romantic infatuation, have increased 500 percent over the past five years, according to Google Trends.
There’s a reason it’s popping up more often. Read more:
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Democratic Party insiders were quick to dismiss the insurgent victories of some left-wing candidates in primary races this summer as little more than a product of deep-blue, big-city politics.
Then came Tuesday’s primary in Michigan.
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Some public transportation systems that federal officials have criticized as unsafe, such as in New York and D.C., are among the least dangerous in the country, according to a new federal data tool.
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Duane “Keffe D” Davis, the man who prosecutors say orchestrated the 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur, is scheduled to go to trial next week.
He faces a single count of murder with a deadly weapon with the intent to promote, further or assist a criminal gang.
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Speaking publicly for the first time in an interview, Sophie Dennison-Gibby said shortly after she plucked peeling liner from the Reflecting Pool’s water, an officer approached: “I wish you hadn’t done that. Now I’m going to arrest you.”
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Many Republican voters are remaining loyal to Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) despite accusations of domestic violence and a public declaration from his former father-in-law, Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio), that Miller is unfit to serve.
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The Senate voted mainly along party lines to confirm Erica Schwartz to lead the CDC. The vote ends months of leadership uncertainty at the nation’s premier public health agency.
Sen. Tim Kaine (Virginia) was the only Democrat to vote yes with all Republicans.
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