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Edwin Diaz of the New York Mets and musician Timmy Trumpet pose for a photo before a game between the Mets and the Los Angeles Dodgers at Citi Field in New York City on Aug. 30.

This trumpet-fueled walk-on song is professional baseball's latest craze

"Narco," a dance hit by Australian musician Timmy Trumpet and the Dutch DJ duo Blasterjaxx, is the walk-on music for star relief pitcher Edwin Díaz.

Loretta Lynn campaigned for both Bush presidents. She's shown here with President George W. Bush in 2000 in Little Rock, Ark.

How Loretta Lynn, country music and a rural Republican tide changed U.S. politics

At the peak of her fame in the 1960s and 1970s, Lynn was part of a key change in the politics of country music — a change akin to the shifting partisan leanings of the music's most loyal fans.

The United States has one of the highest teen birth rates among developed nations, even after three decades of improvement. And Arkansas has the highest teen birth rate in the U.S., roughly tied with Mississippi.

Why childbirth is so dangerous for many young teens

Laws banning abortion in many conservative U.S. states are expected to boost birth rates among adolescents, whose bodies often aren't built for safe childbirth, or for carrying a pregnancy to term.

The Veterans Village of San Diego campus is shown on June 3, 2022.

A fifth death prompts state scrutiny of Veterans Village of San Diego

Marcus Mondragon was a resident at the renowned nonprofit’s Pacific Highway campus, which operates a rehab center.

Erneaux, photographed in 1984, is known for her works that deal with shame, sexism and class.

French writer Annie Ernaux wins the 2022 Nobel Prize in literature

Erneaux is known for her semi-autobiographical works. The permanent secretary noted her "clinical acuity" in examining personal memory.

Penelope Wingard of Charlotte, N.C., has survived breast cancer, a brain aneurysm and surgery on both eyes. For the past eight years, she's also been battling tens of thousands of dollars in medical debt.

Medical debt ruined her credit. 'It's like you're being punished for being sick'

New policies to keep medical bills from sinking credit ratings sound good but will likely fall short for many hit hardest by debt — especially Black Americans in the South, such as Penelope Wingard.

Justice Department's Civil Rights Division announced a new initiative to combat unlawful acts of hate in the Western District of New York. Here, a memorial for the supermarket shooting victims is set up outside the Tops Friendly Market on Thursday, July 14, 2022, in Buffalo, N.Y.

After a deadly mass shooting, the DOJ is launching an anti-hate initiative in Buffalo

The new initiative is a broader effort by the Justice Department that it plans to launch across all 94 United States attorneys' offices over the next year.

Pictured, leaders at the red ribbon cutting for the the Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic in Oceanside for active duty service members, veterans and their families. October 5, 2022.

Mental health lifeline opens in Oceanside for military families

The Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic opened its doors on Wednesday for active duty service members, veterans and their families.

Padres fans wait in line to pass through security to enter Petco Park, Oct. 5, 2022.

San Diego Padres fans rally around team ahead of playoffs

The team is on its way to the postseason, scheduled to face the New York Mets in a three-game wild card matchup starting Friday.

Professor K. Barry Sharpless is shown in this undated photo.

Sharpless from Scripps Research wins Nobel Prize in chemistry

K. Barry Sharpless from Scripps Research in La Jolla won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry.

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