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Municipal workers kill recently caught janitor fish before burying them during a campaign to remove the invasive species from the city's rivers, canals and water reservoirs, in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, April 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

Explosion of invasive 'janitor fish' sparks mass removal operation in Indonesia's capital

4:14 AM on Friday, April 24

Authorities in Indonesia’s capital are seeking to remove at least 10 tons of janitor fish from the city’s waterways

Shown is marijuana at NJ Weedman's Joint dispensary in Trenton, N.J., Thursday, April 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug might only be the first step for Trump

12:27 AM on Friday, April 24

President Donald Trump’s decision to reclassify state-licensed medical marijuana as a less dangerous drug is a boon for the industry

FILE - Fremont County coroner Randy Keller, center, and other authorities survey the area where they plan to put up tents at the Return to Nature Funeral Home where over 100 bodies have been improperly stored, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023, in Penrose, Colo. (Parker Seibold/The Gazette via AP, File)/The Gazette via AP)

Corpse abuse cases force changes on Colorado's scandal-plagued funeral industry

12:03 AM on Friday, April 24

A former funeral home owner who helped her ex-husband hide nearly 200 decomposing bodies while giving families fake ashes faces sentencing after pleading guilty to corpse abuse

Chris Klomp, director of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, right, speaks as President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. listen during an event on health care affordability in the Oval Office at the White House, Thursday, April 23, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

'Two ways of calculating': Trump defends his mathematically impossible calculations on drug prices

6:54 PM on Thursday, April 23

President Donald Trump, known for popularizing the term "fake news," seems to have shifted focus to a healthy dose of fake math in defending impossibly large cuts to prescription drug prices

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies before a Senate Committee on Finance hearing on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, April 22, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

FACT FOCUS: RFK Jr. misleads on Medicaid cuts

3:07 PM on Thursday, April 23

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been disputing claims of Medicaid cuts in President Donald Trump's 2025 tax and spending law

FILE - This is a display of Kellogg's Froot Loops in a Costco in Pittsburgh, Monday, July 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Kellogg is putting toys back into some cereal boxes as a 'Toy Story 5' tie-in

3:04 PM on Thursday, April 23

If you’ve missed rooting around in your cereal box for a toy, you’re in luck

Shown are marijuana joints at NJ Weedman's Joint dispensary in Trenton, N.J., Thursday, April 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

What to know about a federal order reclassifying medical marijuana as a less dangerous drug

2:32 PM on Thursday, April 23

President Donald Trump's administration has reclassified medical marijuana as a less dangerous drug

President Donald Trump speaks during an event on health care affordability in the Oval Office at the White House, Thursday, April 23, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump unveils deal with Regeneron to lower drug prices as part of most-favored-nation initiative

1:09 PM on Thursday, April 23

President Donald Trump has announced a deal with Regeneron to lower the cost of its pharmaceutical products

This image released by Sony Pictures Classics shows Robert Aramayo in a scene from "I Swear." (Graeme Hunter/Sony Pictures Classics via AP)

Movie Review: Moving but sometimes cloying, Tourette’s tale ‘I Swear’ soars on superb acting

11:44 AM on Thursday, April 23

Many have heard about the shocking moment when Tourette's activist John Davidson hurled an involuntary racial slur at Michael B

Health data of 500,000 members of a UK project offered for sale online in China

9:30 AM on Thursday, April 23

DNA and other confidential health data from 500,000 U.K. Biobank volunteers were offered for sale online in China after a data breach this week, the British government says

Shown is marijuana at NJ Weedman's Joint dispensary in Trenton, N.J., Thursday, April 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Trump reclassifies state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug in a historic shift

8:16 AM on Thursday, April 23

A cannabis industry group calls President Donald Trump’s reclassification of state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug “the most significant federal advancement in cannabis policy" in decades

FILE - Rotisserie chickens are on display at a Sam's Club, Sept. 24, 2025, in Bentonville, Ark. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

SNAP benefits don't pay for rotisserie chicken. A bipartisan bill might change that

6:51 AM on Thursday, April 23

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators wants government food assistance programs to cover rotisserie chicken from grocery stores

A staffer checks the pharmacy shelves at a public health clinic in Qoz Nafisa village, Khartoum state, Sudan, Wednesday, April 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Residents in rural Sudan say the Iran war has made it harder to get medicines

2:57 AM on Thursday, April 23

Some people in Sudan say they have struggled to obtain medicines, and the war in Iran has made that worse

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies before a Senate Committee on Finance hearing on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, April 22, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Vaccines, budget cuts and affordability: Takeaways from RFK Jr.’s gauntlet of congressional hearings

5:02 PM on Wednesday, April 22

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has concluded a marathon of budget hearings with federal lawmakers

FILE - A sign with the CDC logo is displayed at the entrance to the agency's headquarters in Atlanta on March 2, 2025. (Miguel Martinez/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File)

US health officials nix publication of a study on COVID vaccine effectiveness

4:59 PM on Wednesday, April 22

U.S. health officials have stopped the publication of a study on the COVID-19 vaccine's effectiveness in preventing hospitalizations

FILE - State Sen. Caroline Menjivar, D- San Fernando Valley, left, talks with fellow state Sen. Susan Talamantes Eggman, D-Stockton, at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., July 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

California Lawmakers Seek Protections for Patients in ICE Custody

4:52 PM on Wednesday, April 22

California lawmakers are pushing for stronger protections for detained immigrants in hospitals

FILE - A man uses a cell phone in New Orleans on Aug. 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

988 hotline's launch is linked to thousands of fewer suicide deaths among teens and young adults

2:47 PM on Wednesday, April 22

Nearly 4,400 fewer U.S. teens and young adults died by suicide than projected in the first two-and-a-half years of the 988 mental health crisis hotline

Police block a road near a chemical plant where a leak occurred Wednesday, April 22, 2026, in Institute, W.Va. (AP Photo/John Raby)

Chemical leak at a West Virginia plant kills 2 people and sends 30 more to hospitals, officials say

2:42 PM on Wednesday, April 22

Authorities say a chemical leak at a West Virginia plant has killed two people and sent about 30 others to the hospital, including one person in serious condition

FILE - A woman smokes on a street in London on April 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

UK passes bill that will eventually ban cigarette purchases

10:03 AM on Wednesday, April 22

Parliament has passed a bill to make cigarettes inaccessible to future generations in the U.K. Children born after Dec. 31, 2008, will never be able to buy cigarettes under the new Tobacco and Vapes Bill

FILE - Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., right, President Donald Trump's nominee to serve as Secretary of Health and Human Services, talks with Committee Chairman Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., following his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill, Jan. 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr., File)

RFK Jr. faced the Senate. One lawmaker's competing loyalties were on display

12:02 AM on Wednesday, April 22

A Republican senator juggling three roles — lawmaker, doctor and political candidate seeking reelection — has walked a fine line as he questioned Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Sen. Bill Cassidy supported Kennedy's confirmation as health secretary but is a strong vaccine advocate and has clashed with him over vaccine policies

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