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Russia is forcing media organizations to scrub their websites and go off the air

Media consumers in Russia are losing ways to learn about what's happening in Ukraine. Russia has shut down most independent media and passed a new law criminalizing reporting on the war.

A taped-off area near Beech and State streets in Little Italy following a shooting that wounded a San Diego police officer on March 3, 2022.

Woman killed by police after stabbing an officer in Little Italy

A 47-year-old woman was shot and killed by three San Diego County Sheriff's Department deputies and one San Diego Police Department officer Thursday after she allegedly stabbed an SDPD canine handler.

Security guards stand in front of the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in the city of Wuhan on January 11, 2020, after the market had been closed following an outbreak of COVID-19 there. Two new studies document positive samples of SARS-CoV-2 from stalls where live animals were sold.

Newly published evidence points to Wuhan seafood market as pandemic origin point

The studies offer the strongest evidence to date of a link between the animals at the seafood market and the spread of SARS-CoV-2. A top virus sleuth gives the details.

Sharis Lewis of Florissant, Missouri, tries a 12-gauge shotgun with the help of her husband, Russell, at the SharpShooter, an indoor range near south St. Louis.

More Black Americans are buying guns. Is it driving up Black suicide rates?

Gun buying among African Americans has soared in recent years. So have suicide rates among young black men. Gun safety efforts and suicide prevention need to address race and cultural differences.

Rep. Jody Hice, R-Ga., speaks with supporters during a campaign event at the Flying Machine restaurant in Lawrenceville, Ga. Hice, one of the nation's preeminent election deniers, is running for Georgia secretary of state.

Georgia's race to oversee voting pits an election denier against an election defender

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who denied entreaties to overturn the 2020 race, faces a primary challenge from one of the nation's preeminent election deniers, Rep. Jody Hice, R-Ga.

A sign requiring face covering is pictured at a beach in San Diego, July 10, 2020.

Q&A: Expert reacts to President's 'test to treat' plan to combat COVID-19

Infectious disease expert Dr. Eric Topol reacts to President Biden's "test to treat" COVID-19 plan, as well as to revised masking guidance in California.

San Diego Unified was among 10 districts with the most schools with suspension rates of 10 percent or lower.

Online tutoring effective at making up for COVID-19 learning loss

A pilot program intended to measure the results of online tutoring for K-12 students has shown promising results in helping them recover from pandemic-driven learning loss, researchers at UC San Diego announced Wednesday.

A new report from UNICEF and the World Health Organization documents what it calls "aggressive" and "misleading" marketing of infant formula. There's special concern about efforts in low-resource countries

Infant formula promoted in 'aggressive' and 'misleading' ways, says new global report

UNICEF and the World Health Organization issued the paper. It shows "that formula milk marketing remains unacceptably pervasive, misleading and aggressive," says Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of WHO.

Even in a cowl that blocks his peripheral vision, <em>The Batman</em> (Robert Pattinson) can still serve side-eye.

In back-to-basics 'The Batman,' Robert Pattinson shines in the darkness

Matt Reeves' approach to the venerable hero is more emo than goth, and Robert Pattinson brings a haunted quality to the role.

Physical evidence indicates that the coronavirus emerged at Wuhan seafood market

Scientists have solid, physical evidence indicating the COVID pandemic began at a seafood market in Wuhan, China. Data suggest the virus jumped from an animal at the market into people at least twice.

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