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FILE - A microbiologist points out an isolated E. coli growth on an agar plate at the Washington State Department of Health, Nov. 3, 2015, in Shoreline, Wash. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Alfalfa sprout linked to food-poisoning outbreak in 15 states, health officials say

12:12 PM on Friday, August 21

U.S. health officials say a food-poisoning outbreak linked to alfalfa sprouts has sickened people in 15 states

FILE - Cars drive past data centers, July 16, 2023, in Ashburn, Va. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

MAHA activists urge Trump against promoting coal to power energy-hungry AI data centers

10:11 AM on Friday, August 21

Nearly 200 activists in Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s “Make America Healthy Again” movement are criticizing President Donald Trump's promotion of coal to power artificial intelligence data centers

DEA Has Published the Evidence Against Marijuana Rescheduling

9:15 AM on Friday, August 21

Defendant Lindsay Clancy watches as her attorney Kevin Reddington prepares to interview a witness during proceedings in her murder trial, Friday, Aug. 21, 2026, in Plymouth, Mass. (Mark Chavous /The Enterprise via AP, Pool)

Lindsay Clancy’s defense rests at trial over whether postpartum psychosis drove her to kill her kids

9:01 AM on Friday, August 21

The defense has rested its case in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial after eliciting more testimony about her mental state before she strangled her three young children in 2023

FILE - Jenny Simpson waves to a fan after winning her heat in the women's 1,500-meter run at the U.S. Championships athletics meet, Thursday, June 21, 2018, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Jenny Simpson reveals rare heart condition caused her collapse; she will not return to running

7:15 AM on Friday, August 21

World champion runner Jenny Simpson revealed it was a rare heart condition that threw her into cardiac arrest at a race in June and that she will not return to running

Sabi Bera Zakari, center, and his wife Aboudou Salamatou, right, carrying her child Oumarou Zakari outside their house in N'dali, northern Benin, Sunday, May 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

In Benin, malnutrition and misinformed views contribute to widespread stunting in children

10:04 PM on Thursday, August 20

In Benin, stunting affects a third of children under 5 due to malnutrition, despite abundant resources

FILE - A microbiologist points out an isolated E. coli growth on an agar plate at the Washington State Department of Health, Nov. 3, 2015, in Shoreline, Wash. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Alfalfa sprouts linked to food poisoning illnesses in Minnesota and Wisconsin

2:20 PM on Thursday, August 20

Minnesota health officials are warning against eating certain alfalfa sprouts linked to a rare outbreak involving multiple bacteria

Aimee Breault of Acushnet, Mass., live-streams a demonstration in support of Lindsay Clancy outside Plymouth Superior Court, where Clancy is on trial in connection with the deaths of her three children, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026, in Plymouth, Mass. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds )

Women in pink rally in support of Lindsay Clancy at her trial for killing her 3 children

7:42 AM on Thursday, August 20

Hundreds of Lindsay Clancy supporters have gathered to silently support the Massachusetts woman on trial in the killings of her three children

Somali women displaced by drought sit at Feynuus Nutrition Centre on the outskirts of the capital, Mogadishu, Somalia Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

Somalia faces another hunger crisis and the UN food agency head says it has far less funds to help

6:38 AM on Thursday, August 20

Six million people are facing acute food insecurity in Somalia while the World Food Program only has a tenth of the resources to help than it did during the country's last hunger crisis

Members of the White Helmets carry the body of Mohammad Ghamira, a former White Helmets volunteer who died shortly after his release from jail, before his burial in the village of al-Haffa, Latakia province, Syria, Monday, Aug. 17, 2026. (AP Photo)

Syrian police investigator will face prosecution after detainee with hemophilia dies

4:50 AM on Thursday, August 20

Syrian officials say that a police investigator who slapped a man during an interrogation despite having been warned that he had hemophilia will face prosecution

FILE - Dr. Erica Schwartz testifies during a Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions committee confirmation hearing to be the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, July 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

New CDC director acknowledges agency problems in first large staff meeting

1:54 PM on Wednesday, August 19

Dr. Erica Schwartz, the new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is promising to advocate for the agency while addressing staff burnout and understaffing issues

FILE - A sign marks an entrance to a Moderna building in Cambridge, Mass., May 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Bill Sikes, File)prnto

Moderna shares surge after it says its experimental mRNA cancer treatment passed a key test

8:41 AM on Wednesday, August 19

Moderna shares more than doubled after announcing initial results from a study of an experimental cancer treatment

Houston Humane Society volunteers Dawn York, left, and Kent Williamson, right, walk Graphite and Shadow at the Humane Society in Houston, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Lekan Oyekanmi)

Concerns about the New World screwworm have put Texas pet adoptions on hold

6:01 AM on Wednesday, August 19

The first New World screwworm outbreak in Texas in 60 years is hindering efforts to move rescued dogs and cats out of crowded animal shelters to states where they would be adopted

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