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The disease known as sleeping sickness is on the decline but remains a concern in Africa. Now there's a theatrical event aimed at keeping the numbers down.

Kraft Heinz says its Velveeta Shells & Cheese cups are "ready in 3 1/2 minutes." The proposed class action lawsuit counters that microwaving is one of several steps and seeks $5 million in damages.

Patricia Velázquez spent her whole life listening to reggaeton. But when she was questioned about sexism in the songs, she began an investigation that would lead her to create something new.

Come to San Diego, California and enjoy the BIG Salsa Festival in the west coast! BIG Salsa Festival San Diego is a four day latin event featuring some of the greatest names in performing arts and music! Each day is packed with dance classes, amazing performances, live band concerts, and latin dance parties into the early morning hours. Once you experience BIG Salsa Festival, it will surely become one of the premier events your look forward to every year. If you've always wanted to learn how to dance, this is the perfect beginning. If you are looking to improve and advance your techniques, BIG San Diego offers classes for beginners, challenges for the advanced, and everything in between. Come learn from the best the world and our local community has to offer and enjoy The BIG Salsa Festival San Diego.

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.

The rise of sports betting in the U.S. has led to an economic windfall for many leagues. It also increased the risks of gambling addiction.

The platform banned food advertising, yet many videos viewed by millions of kids continue to showcase candy, soda and packaged snacks, likely affecting kids' food preferences, researchers say.

Continuing Education Center at Rancho Bernardo (CECRB) presents Film and Discussion Classes with Ralph DeLauro, at Gateway Senior Living at 12751 Gateway Park Road, Poway, Calif. 92064. $8 per class. To register for classes, call CECRB at 619-792-0225, or go to the website: http://CECRB.com Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023 at 10 a.m. “LORD OF THE FLIES” (1963. 97 minutes) Amidst a nuclear war, a plane carrying a group of schoolboys crash lands on a deserted island. With no adult survivors, the boys are forced to fend for themselves. At first, all the boys worked together, but when they split into two separate camps — chaos ensues, leading to a disturbing examination of human nature. The March/April films will be a mini-tribute to one of the unsung heroes of Britain’s Golden Age of Cinema — Sidney Gilliat. Wednesday, March 8, 2023 at 10 a.m. ”STATE SECRET” (1950. 104 minutes) Sprinkled with Hitchcockian touches, director Sidney Gilliat’s lively, tightly-wound cat-and-mouse thriller features Douglas Fairbanks Jr. as a renowned American surgeon decoyed to an authoritarian Balkan country who becomes embroiled in political turmoil when the ailing premier dies. Co-starring Glynis Johns and Jack Hawkins. Wednesday, April 12 at 10 a.m. “FORTUNE IS A WOMAN” (1957. 80 minutes) Were her lips an invitation to love . . . or deception? This silky smooth suspense has Jack Hawkins as an insurance adjuster who gets trapped in a complicated web when he begins to suspect his now-married old flame (Arlene Dahl) is connected to a forgery/fraud scam.

Officer Cesar Alcantara staged his suicide, shot a gun off in his home and solicited sex workers while on duty, investigators found.

NCAA President Mark Emmert is stepping down from his position amid a turbulent time for the organization.