After success of 'Fight Song,' Rachel Platten looks inward for inspiration
Rachel Platten captured a pop culture moment in 2015 when her emphatic and inspirational anthem “Fight Song” landed in the Billboard top 10 and became ubiquitous on commercials and at sporting events and Hillary ...Read more
Jason Kelce reveals why it is 'hard' to spend time with his family
Jason Kelce finds it "hard" to spend time with his family.
The 37-year-old retired footballer - who is married to Kylie Kelce and has Wyatt, five, Elliotte, four, Bennett, two, and five-week-old Finn with her - managed to...Read more
Gwyneth Paltrow says she tries to 'strike a balance' with her parenting style
Gwyneth Paltrow tries to "strike a balance" with her parenting style.
The 52-year-old actress was previously married to Coldplay star Chris Martin and has Apple, 20, and 19-year-old Moses with him and explained that they ...Read more
Disturbed's David Draiman proposes to girlfriend onstage
Disturbed's David Draiman proposed to his girlfriend live onstage.
The 52-year-old rocker asked his girlfriend of more than a year, model Sarah Uli, to be his wife at the heavy metal band's concert in Sacramento on May 9....Read more
More than $600 million to overhaul a Georgia prison system in crisis. But it's just the start
ATLANTA — Top Georgia lawmakers acknowledged during this year’s legislative session that costly steps were needed to deal with a prison system operating in crisis mode, and they acted accordingly.
The state House and ...Read more
Commentary: Trump's budget would lock in big-government spending and deficits
President Donald Trump’s 2026 “skinny budget” is out, and at first glance it gives small-government advocates reason to cheer. It proposes deep cuts to domestic agencies, calls for eliminating redundant programs and ...Read more
How the Aryan Brotherhood used O.C. punk rockers to grow beyond prison walls
LOS ANGELES -- Two men lay in a dark street in Pomona.
The gunshot wounds made clear how they died. Their tattoos offered clues about how they lived: Swastikas. Lightning bolts. Iron crosses. The words “Blood and Honor�...Read more
Editorial: Hands off -- Trump attempt to suspend habeas corpus is a bright red line
The Trump White House is 1,000% wrong in “actively looking at” suspending habeas corpus in the context of immigration. It is the only protection written into the Constitution, not the Bill of Rights, a fundamental ...Read more
Children's health services could see trims even under scaled-back Medicaid cuts
Even as Republicans in Congress walk back their most aggressive proposal to slash federal Medicaid spending, they are weighing other options that could force states to cut services for children and other vulnerable ...Read more
A California lawmaker leans into her medical training in fight for health safety net
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — State Sen. Akilah Weber Pierson anticipates that California’s sprawling Medicaid program, known as Medi-Cal, may need to be dialed back after Gov. Gavin Newsom releases his latest budget, which ...Read more
In the Deep South, health care fights echo civil rights battles
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Tara Campbell unlocked the front door of the Bricklayers Hall, a no-frills brick building on South Union Street in downtown Montgomery, half a mile from the white-domed Alabama Capitol.
She was ...Read more
Baja California governor responds to revocation of U.S. visa: 'I am calm'
While Baja California Gov. Marina del Pilar Ávila says she still doesn’t know why the U.S. government revoked her non-immigrant visa, she is convinced the matter will be worked out.
“It doesn’t mean I did anything ...Read more
Medical students change lives -- and get crucial experience -- in tattoo removal program
SAN DIEGO -- Since she was a child, Maya Shetty knew she was going to be a doctor.
She wanted to follow in the footsteps of her parents, who are both primary care physicians in West Virginia. And she wanted to use her ...Read more
Commentary: Why older Americans are Trump's biggest nightmare
That there’s a spasm of dislike for Trump’s chaotic presidency is not news — new polls show Americans unhappier with this president at 100 days than any of his predecessors.
Much of the attention has focused on his...Read more
Orlando preschool looks to set new standard for childcare
ORLANDO, Fla. — Like many parents, Imani Brooks struggled to find affordable childcare after the birth of her son, with her search made more complicated because he has cerebral palsy.
When she finally found a place that...Read more
Want to be a lab rat? Here's how
MINNEAPOLIS -- For reasons I’m not sure I fully understand, I like being a test subject in clinical research studies.
I once signed up for a study at Mayo Clinic that examined the efficacy of a colon cancer screening ...Read more
Editorial: A weak tariff payoff -- First trade deal won't stop Trump tariff plan from causing pain
It’s no surprise that President Donald Trump’s first trade “deal” after his disastrous tariffs is more-so a framework than a done deal, but a handshake with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is better than a ...Read more
Motormouth: Your car can 'read'
Q: Thanks for your column! It’s always full of practical advice and info. In a recent column, the reader asked how cars know what the speed limit is. My experience is that they can also use the front camera to “read�...Read more
What's the connection between sports and dangerous blood clots?
This year, the sports pages have brought a serious health concern back into the spotlight.
NBA stars Victor Wembanyama and Damian Lillard both were sidelined during the regular season by deep vein thrombosis, or DVT, a ...Read more
Whooping cough cases are surging in California. Here's how to protect yourself
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Whooping cough cases are surging in California with rates returning to pre-pandemic levels, medical experts said.
As of April 26, a total of 590 Californians had contracted the highly contagious ...Read more
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