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Supreme Court justices sounded skeptical Tuesday about overturning a law that left some crack cocaine sentences in place.

Supreme Court Weighs Crack Cocaine Sentencing Disparity

In what could be their last case of the season, the justices heard arguments about whether to apply changes in the law to those sentenced for small amounts of crack cocaine.

Travelers waiting to claim their baggage inside Terminal 2 of the San Diego International Airport on May 30, 2022.

Flight delays, cancellations and crowds made up San Diego's Memorial Day weekend

Airport officials say passenger traffic is the highest it’s been since the pandemic as restrictions ease, but it’s still down 13% from pre-pandemic.

A new coronavirus identified in Haiti (and in Malaysia) likely came from dogs. Above: A child and a dog in Haiti.

New coronavirus, likely from dogs, infects people in Malaysia and Haiti

It could turn out to be the eighth coronavirus known to spread to humans. Some scientists think doctors and researchers should start actively looking for this virus in patients.

At a news conference in Miami last week, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis insisted that the state's record spike in COVID-19 hospitalizations will be short-lived.

Florida Hospitals Are Filling Up As COVID-19 Cases Hit An All-Time High

Just shy of 24,000 coronavirus cases were reported in Florida on Friday, and its hospitals are feeling the pressure. Almost 44% of ICU beds in the state are occupied by COVID-19 patients.

A long line of people in their cars waiting to be tested for COVID-19 in a drive up COVID-19 testing site at the Kaiser Permanente in La Mesa on August 3, 2021.

San Diego County Reports 697 New COVID-19 Cases, No Deaths

San Diego County reported 697 new cases of COVID-19 and no additional deaths, according to the most recent data released.

An undated artist rendering of the coronavirus.

San Diego County's COVID-19 hospitalizations increase by 13

Containers of Moderna vaccines donated by the U.S. arrived in Bogota, Colombia, on July 25.

Biden Has Sent Millions Of Vaccines To Nations In Need. Millions More Are Needed

The number of doses delivered so far puts the U.S. ahead of every other country making donations, but global health experts caution that many millions more are needed to vanquish the pandemic.

Smokes and flames billow from burning narcotic drugs during a destruction ceremony of seized narcotic drugs in outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar on June 26, 2018.

1 billion pills: The number of seized drugs reaches ominous record in Asia

A U.N. official calls for new policies across East Asia to halt the soaring production of methamphetamines.

A teen gets a dose of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine at Holtz Children's Hospital in Miami on May 18. Nearly 7 million U.S. teens and pre-teens (ages 12 through 17) have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, so far, the CDC says.

Pfizer's COVID Vaccine In Teens And Myocarditis: What You Need To Know

Health officials are investigating reports of mostly mild, temporary and treatable heart inflammation that may or may not be causally linked to vaccination with an mRNA vaccine against COVID-19.

New clues to the biology of long COVID are starting to emerge

Scientists have begun to find abnormalities in the immune systems of some long-COVID patients that might help explain the syndrome, at least in some people. But there is still much more to learn.

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