If you change the timing of a traffic light from 20 seconds to 30 seconds, a new artificial intelligence tool developed by Johns Hopkins University researchers can predict how many more — or how many fewer — accidents will happen at that intersection.

“These are complex events affected by numerous variables, like weather, traffic patterns...Read more

In Kentucky, patients drive up to two hours to see Dr. Manikya Kuriti, one of the few endocrinologists who serve the rural communities surrounding Louisville.

Kuriti’s husband, a pulmonologist, drives from Louisville to small hospitals an hour south and north, in Indiana, to help small teams treat critically ill patients.

Rural communities ...Read more

HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Republican-led Pennsylvania Senate sent a $47.9 billion spending plan to the state House on Tuesday, but the proposal was dead on arrival and deemed "unserious" in the Democratic-controlled chamber, marking the latest chapter of the nearly four-month-long budget impasse in the state's bitterly divided legislature.

The ...Read more

The devolution of Illinois’ Republican Party continued Tuesday as a candidate for governor refused to denounce two political operatives tied to a right-wing fake newspaper website that published a story containing an internet link detailing salacious allegations against a rival, while a new candidate emerged with a controversial background as ...Read more

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors will consider an ordinance that would set firmer county guidelines on federal agents’ access to county property, modeled after those just approved by the city of San Diego.

Chair Terra Lawson-Remer’s proposal to draft such guidance passed Tuesday on a 3-2 vote, with fellow Democrats Paloma Aguirre ...Read more

CHICAGO — About 3 miles from the west suburban immigration processing center that has become a flash point for protests in recent weeks, a Cook County judge sat across from a woman who had been arrested there and ordered her to stay away from the Broadview facility.

“I am not stifling you of your right to protest,” said Judge Ralph Meczyk...Read more

Sarah Ferguson is officially a duchess no more — and she knows it.

The ex-wife of Britain’s Prince Andrew removed the royal moniker from her social media, days after Buckingham Palace announced her former spouse would be giving up his titles.

Fergie, as she’s popularly known, has since changed her Twitter handle from “@SarahTheDuchess�...Read more

As President Donald Trump’s renews his threats to send the National Guard to the Bay Area, Santa Clara County and San Jose are proposing “ICE-free zones” that would prohibit immigration enforcement activity to take place on county or city-owned property.

It’s the latest act of resistance against the Trump administration from a county ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Tuesday he did not want to have “a wasted meeting” with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the latest sign that a planned second summit between the two leaders could be in jeopardy.

Trump said he had not made a determination to scrap the meeting, but reiterated his desire — rejected by the Kremlin...Read more

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea fired suspected short-range missiles toward the east just days before world leaders are set to gather in South Korea for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit.

The projectiles was launched northeastward Wednesday morning, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a text message. Japanese media NTV ...Read more

The most powerful Republican in North Carolina, Senate leader Phil Berger, cut off Senate Democrats’ debate Monday night during a controversial map vote, in a rare move the minority party leader likened to that of “a dictator.”

It’s an allowable procedural move that’s been used in the House to end debate and get right to a vote, but ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — A largely unredacted 911 transcript capturing the first moments of the shooting rampage allegedly carried out by Vance Boelter against Minnesota politicians this summer was released on Monday.

The transcript had been at the center of a legal dispute between law enforcement in Hennepin County and various media organizations in ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel announced he would withdraw from a confirmation hearing set for Thursday “because unfortunately I do not have enough Republican votes at this time.”

Paul Ingrassia was scheduled to appear before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee in his bid...Read more

The Illinois secretary of state’s office is reminding everyone — including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents — to refrain from swapping or altering state license plates amid concerns of plate tampering as part of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown that continues to pervade the Chicago area.

In a news release ...Read more

LA PAZ, Bolivia — Fresh off winning Sunday’s election, Bolivian President-elect Rodrigo Paz is blazing a rare centrist path out of his country’s economic crisis, focusing on practical policies over ideological divisions engulfing its neighbors.

The folksy Paz maintains friendly terms with a range of politicians whose support he’ll need ...Read more

Tropical Storm Melissa is on track to threaten Haiti as a hurricane over the weekend, bringing heavy rains and life-threatening flooding to the island nation. Jamaica and Cuba also could feel the effects as the storm meanders slowly north in the Caribbean.

The National Hurricane Center on Tuesday put Haiti’s southern peninsula under a ...Read more

NEW YORK — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents swooped down on Canal Street in lower Manhattan Tuesday afternoon in a surprise raid and detained a number of individuals, police sources said.

ICE agents rounded up people along several blocks of Canal St., from Church St. to Lafayette St., on the borders of Soho, Tribeca and ...Read more

ATLANTA — He calmly walked into the Atlanta airport, watching the crowd of travelers hurrying to make their flights. Billy Joe Cagle wasn’t carrying luggage or anything else, and didn’t look rushed.

It was 9:31 on a Monday morning. Minutes later, one of Cagle’s relatives walked into the Cartersville police station after being alarmed by...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia called new evidence presented by President Donald Trump’s administration weak and untrustworthy in a blistering legal response to federal efforts to investigate its doctors providing gender-affirming care.

CHOP’s response, filed late Monday in federal court in Philadelphia, came in ...Read more