Four people in Florida have died this year from Vibrio vulnificus, a rare flesh-eating bacterium found in warm, brackish seawater, among 11 confirmed cases, according to state health officials.

CBS Miami reports the number is down from 2024, when infections peaked with 82 cases and 19 deaths. Health officials linked that spike to Hurricane ...Read more

MIAMI — Miami-Dade County Public Schools will no longer offer citizenship courses that have helped thousands of immigrants prepare for the naturalization exam and learn about American history and culture.

The courses, called Fast Track to Citizenship, previously available through the district’s Adult Education program, supported lawful ...Read more

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative on Tuesday opened an investigation into Brazil over its trade practices and whether they are unfairly restricting U.S. exports to the country, a week after President Donald Trump threatened a 50% tariff on the country.

The investigation, being conducted under Section 301 of the 1974 Trade Act, will ...Read more

A California teacher was found dead in Sequoia National Park a day after being reported missing, according to the National Park Service.

Drew Hall, a 36-year-old boys basketball coach at Golden West High School in Visalia, was reported missing by friends and family in the late hours of Saturday after splitting up with his group earlier that day...Read more

Kevin Hassett, one of President Donald Trump’s longest-serving economic aides, is the early frontrunner to replace Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve chief next year, according to people familiar with the process.

Hassett, director of the National Economic Council, and Kevin Warsh are the top two contenders in an Apprentice-like contest run by ...Read more

The prime minister of Australia, a longtime U.S. security partner in Asia, sought to focus his trip to China this week on business and trade opportunities, sidestepping thornier issues around U.S.-China competition such as Taiwan or Beijing’s military expansion.

Since taking office just over three years ago, Anthony Albanese has repaired his ...Read more

Former Canadian alt-right YouTuber Lauren Southern has accused manosphere influencer and alleged rapist Andrew Tate of sexual assault.

Southern alleges in her memoir, “This Is Not Real Life,” that Tate assaulted her after the two met in 2018 when she was 22 years old.

She released several chapters from her self-published book for free on ...Read more

Public broadcasting and a swath of foreign aid programs are on track to lose federal funding after the Senate voted to advance a $9.4 billion package of cuts on a 51 to 50 vote, with Vice President JD Vance breaking a tie.

The procedural vote is a strong sign the bill will pass the Senate after a marathon amendment session planned for ...Read more

Experts are warning that cuts the One Big Beautiful Bill Act makes to Medicaid pose a significant threat to rural hospitals, but hospitals across Virginia are bracing for the impact.

Chesapeake Regional Healthcare, for example, projects a loss of more than $20 million as a result of the cuts.

“While the fiscal impact on our organization is ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The family of Narciso Barranco was reunited with the 48-year-old landscaper on Tuesday, July 15, after bureaucratic delays postponed his bond release from the Adelanto U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center.

Barranco, of Tustin, whose detainment by ICE agents late last month in front of a Santa Ana business ...Read more

Maryland joined nearly two dozen states and the District of Columbia in suing the Trump administration for withholding $6.8 billion in previously authorized education grants intended for K-12 and adult education programs.

According to the Maryland Attorney General’s Office, the federal Department of Education notified states on June 30 that ...Read more

The number of flights coordinated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement out of King County International Airport has gone up significantly in recent months, according to a report from La Resistencia released Tuesday.

Yet the efforts to track the number of flights have been shrouded by a lack of transparency from the county and secretive ...Read more

Undocumented immigrants will no longer be able to access Head Start, the federal preschool program for low-income children, under a notice Thursday from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Head Start, a project of the Johnson-era war on poverty, marks its 60th birthday this year, and about 15,000 children in Washington ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A 22-year-old man has been arrested in the fatal shootings of longtime “American Idol” music supervisor Robin Kaye and her rock musician husband, Tom Deluca.

The couple are believed to have been killed after walking in on the suspect inside their $4.5 million Encino home, which is heavily secured, with a large wall and ...Read more

Yogurt that includes pieces of beloved candies might also have sharp pieces of plastic, causing the latest not-food-in-your-food recall.

In a plastic dome atop recalled YoCrunch yogurts, you find M&Ms, crumbled Oreos, granola, pieces of Snickers, Twix and cookie dough to add for texture. But, Danone U.S.’s recall notice states, customers ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Pentagon on Tuesday announced that half of the 4,000 National Guard troops who have been deployed to Los Angeles will be released from their duties.

Sean Parnell, Pentagon spokesperson, said that U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth had ordered 2,000 of the National Guard troops released from what they called a “federal ...Read more

Elmo returned to X on Tuesday with a message of love, two days after a hacker used the beloved “Sesame Street” character’s account to spread antisemitic bile.

Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok — also known to produce content sympathetic to fascist icon Adolf Hitler — met Elmo with open arms.

“Thank you for being kind to Elmo and all ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Millions of federal grant dollars are returning to the Philadelphia area after a federal judge ruled that sweeping cuts to medical research funding by President Donald Trump’s administration were discriminatory.

New Jersey and Delaware will also claw back millions in funding lost at public universities when dozens of National...Read more

U.S. Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar, a Florida Republican who has advocated for creating a legal pathway for immigrants who have been living and working in the U.S. for years without a criminal record, on Tuesday announced a renewed version of her 2023 Dignity Act, which would provide deportation protections to some migrants and allow them to work in...Read more

NEW YORK — Thirty-one rookie police officers who the NYPD is trying to fire because of alleged oversights by a rogue commander during the hiring process will remain on the job while their union fights for them in court, a Manhattan judge ruled Tuesday.

At a hearing, state Supreme Court Justice Phaedra Perry-Bond denied a request from the city...Read more