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Rescuers in boats and standing in the water are seen around the tail fin of a crashed Precision Air passenger aircraft on the shores of Lake Victoria in Bukoba, in western Tanzania on Sunday.

A plane crash in Tanzania has left at least 19 people dead

The plane crashed into Lake Victoria after taking off from Dar es Salaam. Authorities said at least 26 people who were on the Precision Air flight were rescued and taken to the hospital.

In London to address a gene-editing summit last week, Victoria Gray took a break to visit Sir John Soane's Museum. In 2019, Gray became the first patient to be treated for sickle cell disease using CRISPR, an experimental gene-editing technique. She was invited to talk about her experiences at the Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing.

Sickle cell patient's success with gene editing raises hopes and questions

A Mississippi woman's life has been transformed by a treatment for sickle cell disease with the gene-editing technique CRISPR. All her symptoms from a disease once thought incurable have disappeared.

Sweeping New Vaccine Mandates For 100 Million Americans

President Joe Biden has announced sweeping new federal vaccine requirements affecting as many as 100 million Americans in an all-out effort to increase COVID-19 vaccinations and curb the surging delta variant.

A smart streetlight located near the entrance of the San Diego State University campus is pictured June 4, 2019.

San Diego City Council approves streetlight surveillance cameras

Controversial plan by police to use video cameras in public places to deter and investigate crime passes by an overwhelming vote.

Hunger Action Hero Art Contest

Calling all K-12 students! Feeding San Diego and the Comic-Con Museum invite you to participate in our Hunger Action Hero Art Contest. Design a hunger action hero who helps end hunger through food rescue. Explain you hero’s origin story. Enter for the chance to have your hero brought to life by cosplayer and costume designer, Allan Lavigne, and displayed at the Comic-Con Museum during San Diego Comic-Con 2022! You could also win four passes to San Diego Comic-Con 2022 and be a part of the Comic-Con Museum panel! What is a Hunger Action Hero? A hunger action hero collects extra food from grocery stores, hotels, restaurants, and farms before it goes to waste (that’s called food rescue). Then, the hero gets the food to people facing hunger. Submit your work by April 22 at midnight. Entries can be submitted online or by mailing in your art and a completed submission form to: Hunger Action Hero Art Contest, Feeding San Diego, 9477 Waples St, Ste 100, San Diego, CA 92121 Winner will be announced on Friday, May 13! For more information, please visit feedingsandiego.org/hunger-action-hero-art-contest or call Feeding San Diego at (858) 452-3663.

Then-President Donald Trump gestures as he arrives to speak at a rally in Washington, on Jan. 6, 2021.

Trump charged with 4 felony counts for attempt to overturn the 2020 election

Former President Donald Trump was indicted Tuesday by a federal grand jury on four counts related to efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, according to court documents.

A copy of <em>The Birmingham News</em> rests on a rack at the downtown public library in Birmingham, Ala. The company that runs the newspaper and two sister papers says it will permanently stop print publication after Feb. 26, 2023.

For 3 big Alabama newspapers, the presses are grinding to a halt

The Birmingham News, The Huntsville Times and Mobile's Press-Register will soon go all-digital. In Birmingham, where people have been reading the paper since the late 1800s, the news hasn't been easy.

A relief carved on a block in a stairway, one of the many exciting artifacts uncovered at Ocomtun in May.

How scientists lasered in on a 'monumental' Maya city — with actual lasers

Light-mapping technology is expediting the pace of archaeological discovery in the dense jungles of central Mexico. The latest find could offer clues about how humans advanced agriculturally.

This week, workers continued to clean up the derailed tank cars in East Palestine following the Feb. 3 crash.

Here's the most thorough explanation yet for the train derailment in East Palestine

A wheel bearing on the train's 23rd car overheated to a dangerous degree, a new NTSB report says. An earlier warning may have helped to prevent the derailment, officials said.

The Hall of Justice in downtown San Diego is shown on Jan. 29, 2019.

In widow’s testimony, contradictions emerge about $10M gift to UCSD

inewsource’s investigation into experimental brain treatments by a former UC San Diego oncologist, Dr. Kevin Murphy, is now part of a massive six-week trial between the doctor and the university.

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