2+ week, 1+ day ago   (274+ words) The drivers of a pair of muscle cars that killed two teenage girls in a crash have been identified as two Southern California men, ages 49 and 50, authorities said. George Gary Sanchez, 49, of Riverside, was driving a Dodge Charger and Terry…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (184+ words) Heart disease remains the leading killer of people worldwide, and one of the key risk factors driving deaths is elevated levels of cholesterol. In a new article published in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers report that a gene-editing…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (378+ words) Under President Donald Trump, the Transportation Security Administration is seeking to replace federal TSA screeners with private contractors in more airport security lines. Twenty US airports already use private screeners through the TSA’s Screening Partnership Program, or SPP, which launched…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (331+ words) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The mission to save NASA’s sinking Swift Observatory has been called off, dooming the telescope to a fiery reentry later this year. NASA and Katalyst Space Technologies announced the news last week, more than a month after…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (748+ words) When Luis Manuel Aviles was arrested by immigration authorities, his son was entering his ninth month on the USS Abraham Lincoln with the Navy— a vessel that set a U.S. military record for uninterrupted time at sea, stirring concerns about supply…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (156+ words) An employee was gunned down behind the counter of a Brooklyn restaurant in a brazen early Sunday shooting that left another man wounded, according to authorities and sources. The 44-year-old victim was discovered with a fatal gunshot wound to his…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (621+ words) With U.S. debt hitting $40 trillion, markets are turning more attention to that burden and whether policymakers will address the root causes or just the symptoms. The Treasury Department’s interventions in the bond and currency markets in recent weeks point to the…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (442+ words) A member of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet caused an uproar Sunday as her nonchalant comment on children’s education spurred fears of apartheid and the return of child labor. Linda McMahon, the former pro-wrestling executive who leads the nation’s Education department,…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (808+ words) SEATTLE — Fire and medical officials have issued warnings about a supplement offered to Western wildland firefighters who have been exposed to toxic chemicals while battling some of the country’s biggest blazes, including last year’s Eaton fire in Altadena. The supplement…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (407+ words) A prolonged and dangerous heat wave is set to grip parts of the Southern United States this week, as forecasters warned that temperatures are expected to soar into triple digits, with daily records at risk of being broken. The most…...