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Three confirmed cases of whooping cough have been identified at Blair Middle School, according to the Pasadena Public Health Department. On average, Pasadena reports about three cases of whooping cough per year, according to the city, but so far in …

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States began ratcheting up pressure on communist-controlled Cuba after the military action in Venezuela early this year resulted in the capture of President Nicolás Maduro. The Justice Department is preparing to seek an indictment of …

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — When Australian farmer Rhys Smoker announced he’d found a live frog in a bag of lettuce, his housemates didn’t believe him. Smoker had been preparing a steak and salad dinner on Saturday for the three people …

By THOMAS BEAUMONT, JESSE BEDAYN and KENDRIA LaFLEUR, Associated Press ALLEN, Texas (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday endorsed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, supercharging his effort to oust incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in a Republican primary runoff. “Ken is a true …

By JON GAMBRELL DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates for decades has advertised itself as a haven for international business in a Middle East awash in violent upheaval. Those waves have now crashed into this nation, …

By JAMEY KEATEN and ELENA BECATOROS GENEVA (AP) — The body overseeing the U.S.-brokered ceasefire in Gaza will ask the United Nations Security Council to press Hamas to disarm, according to a report seen by The Associated Press on Tuesday. …

By ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN NEW YORK (AP) — A biotech company that aims to resurrect lost creatures said Tuesday it has hatched live chicks in an artificial environment — a development that was met with mixed reviews from scientists and critics …

By Andrew Jones, KFF Health News Several states have joined President Donald Trump’s deportation efforts and are taking federal reporting requirements to immigration authorities a step further — by using their public health agencies as arms of enforcement. North Carolina, …

Barbecue isn’t just about Texas, South Carolina, or other southern states. Some come from much farther south. That’s a takeaway from Southern California’s showing in Yelp’s Top 100 list for barbecue spots in the United States, released on Monday, May …

By ALI SWENSON NEW YORK (AP) — Nationwide enrollment in the Affordable Care Act health insurance marketplace could plummet by nearly 5 million people this year, shrinking the number of participants in the program by more than 20%, according to …

The high street in Ashton-in-Makerfield, one of the main towns in the constituency (Picture: Gary Oakley/Getty Images) The final pieces are falling into place for one of the most consequential by-elections in modern British history. Next month, the people of …

U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) responded sharply to a Wall Street Journal article titled, ‘The Oil Shock Is Causing a $45 Billion Rupture in the Economy,” with the subtitle, “A wartime surge in energy prices is slamming consumers while boosting …

Court records show Ammar Houssamo had a long history of stalking his ex-husband’s new partner, Nick Calzaretta. It started in August 2023, when Houssamo allegedly sent a message to Calzaretta on a dating app asking him to be “friends with …

LaPamela Williams was one of dozens who lined up early Monday morning to submit the signatures she gathered to run for a seat on what will soon be Chicago’s fully elected school board. Williams, a realtor, is running to represent …

By JACQUES BILLEAUD PHOENIX (AP) — An autopsy report released Monday confirmed that the death of a Haitian man after spending months at an Arizona immigration detention facility was related to his dental problems, as a family member had contended. …

Though his novels have been praised by Ursula K. Le Guin and Ann Patchett and adapted into well-regarded films, Willy Vlautin says he began writing fiction for an unlikely reason. “The reason I started writing, I think, is because I …

By MATT BROWN WASHINGTON (AP) — The NAACP is calling on Black athletes and fans to boycott the athletic programs of public universities in states that are taking steps that the nation’s oldest civil rights group says are restricting Black …

By SYLVIA HUI LONDON (AP) — British police said Tuesday they will ask prosecutors to consider charging 57 people and 20 organizations with criminal offenses over the Grenfell Tower blaze, almost a decade after the deadliest fire in Britain’s modern …

By STAN CHOE, AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The bond market is usually a quiet corner of Wall Street, one where moves get measured in hundredths of a percentage point. But the warning signals it sends can be …

By E. EDUARDO CASTILLO BEIJING (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived Tuesday night in China for meetings with Chinese leader Xi Jinping less than a week after U.S. President Donald Trump wrapped up his own trip to Beijing. Putin’s plane landed in …