President Donald Trump is trashing the National Football League for picking superstar Bad Bunny to perform the halftime show at the Super Bowl.

Joining a chorus of right-wing outrage, Trump said he’s never heard of the Puerto Rican mega-hitmaker who is an outspoken critic of his policies on immigration and other issues.

“I don’t know who...Read more

About 1,500 federally funded health centers that serve millions of low-income people face significant financial challenges, their leaders say, as the government shutdown compounds other cuts to their revenue.

Some of these community health centers may have to cut medical and administrative staff or reduce services. Some could eventually close. ...Read more

“Democrats are threatening to shut down the entire government because they want to give hundreds of billions of dollars of health care benefits to illegal aliens.”

Vice President JD Vance in a Sept. 28, 2025, Fox News interview

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As the U.S. headed for a government shutdown, Republicans repeatedly accused Democrats of forcing the ...Read more

DENVER — People who develop rheumatoid arthritis experience changes to their immune systems long before their joints become swollen and painful, suggesting that early treatment might stop or limit damage, a new University of Colorado study found.

Unlike typical osteoarthritis, where cartilage in joints breaks down, rheumatoid arthritis ...Read more

Hours into the federal government shutdown, Julio Fuentes stood steps from the U.S. Capitol to deliver an urgent message about the Hispanic voting bloc that helped the GOP sweep into power last year.

Those votes, he cautioned, are at risk if Congress doesn’t pass a law to preserve lower premiums on Affordable Care Act marketplace plans for ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Streaming services are now required to turn the dial down on commercial advertisements that blare louder than providers' content under legislation signed into law Monday by California Gov. Gavin Newsom.

The law was inspired by baby Samantha — whose dad is Zach Keller, legislative director for Tom Umberg, the state senator who ...Read more

ATLANTA — Georgia income tax revenue continues to rise despite years of rate cuts approved by the General Assembly.

A report released Tuesday by Gov. Brian Kemp’s office shows individual income tax collections rose 1.9% to $3.9 billion in the first three months of fiscal year 2026, which began July 1.

If revenue continues to rise, it may ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — During an impassioned USC Academic Senate meeting on Monday, faculty strongly denounced and rejected the Trump administration offer to give the university funding preference in exchange for abiding by conservative education goals.

In forceful speeches, University of Southern California department chairs, professors, researchers ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. – The National Hurricane Center on Tuesday said the season’s next tropical cyclone could form in the Atlantic and could grow into Tropical Storm Jerry headed for the Caribbean.

As of the NHC’s 8 a.m. tropical outlook, the broad area of low pressure associated with a tropical wave dubbed Invest 95L had shown continued ...Read more

ATLANTA — Mayor Andre Dickens announced an ambitious plan last week that would generate an estimated $5 billion in revenue for the city by extending Atlanta’s tax allocation districts, most of which are set to expire in 2030.

According to the mayor’s office, nearly $2 billion of those dollars would go to expanding the city’s transit ...Read more

Hamas is looking to secure a “fair hostage exchange” as part of a deal with Israel to end the two-year war that’s devastated Gaza and destabilized much of the Middle East.

The Palestinian militant group’s negotiating team in Egypt will aim to “eliminate all obstacles” to a settlement, Fawzi Barhoum, a Hamas spokesperson, said ...Read more

PARIS — The mission of Sebastien Lecornu, France’s caretaker prime minister, to save Emmanuel Macron’s presidency from a deepening crisis ran into roadblocks Tuesday as several parties showed little appetite for compromise to end the political impasse.

Macron asked the outgoing premier to have one last attempt — with a deadline of ...Read more

ATLANTA — Raising a child is never easy, and for many parents, the journey is made even harder by the quiet weight of mental health struggles. New research shows that mental health conditions often affect both partners — and can deeply influence their children’s well-being.

October is a significant month for mental health awareness, ...Read more

Quinn Cochran-Zipp went to the emergency room three times with severe abdominal pain before doctors figured out she had early-stage cancer in the germ cells of her right ovary. After emergency surgery four years ago, the Greeley, Colorado, lab technician is cancer-free.

The two hospitals that treated Cochran-Zipp at the time determined that she...Read more

DENVER — Social media accounts tied to the 16-year-old who shot two classmates at Evergreen High School were littered with references to white supremacy, antisemitism and other mass shootings — signs the teen had been radicalized online before his attack, experts say.

But some of the references were enigmatic enough that they might appear ...Read more

DENVER — About one in five Colorado babies didn’t get timely care before birth in 2024, raising risks for both the children and their mothers.

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment tracks data for each live birth in the state, including when mothers started prenatal care. The department doesn’t ask those who started ...Read more

DENVER — Denver Mayor Mike Johnston wants city government to work more like DoorDash.

Need to make a noise complaint? Get a construction permit? Fix a pothole? The city should be able to respond with the same effectiveness as the app-based food delivery service, Johnston says.

The mayor explained how he hopes artificial intelligence could ...Read more