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St. Louis Cardinals ace reliever Bruce Sutter celebrates after the last out in the ninth inning of Game 7 of the World Series at St. Louis, on Oct. 20, 1982. The Hall of Famer and 1979 Cy Young winner has died at age 69.

Bruce Sutter, a split-finger ace and Hall of Famer, dies at 69

A six-time All-Star, Sutter won the Cy Young Award in 1979 and posted 300 saves in a 12-year career with the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals and Atlanta Braves. He died Thursday in Cartersville, Ga.

The Artemis 1 moon rocket at Launch Pad 39 at the Kennedy Space Center.

How Artemis 1 fits into NASA's grand vision for space exploration

It's been nearly 50 years since the latest Apollo landing, and the landscape for space exploration is wildly different. Why is NASA's latest mission focused on revisiting the moon?

Peggy Jones-Foxx, president of the Wichita Black Nurses Association, teaches prenatal education classes as part of a new initiative to reduce Black infant mortality.

Too many Black babies are dying. Birth workers in Kansas fight to keep them alive

Nationally, infant mortality declined to a record low in 2020. But a 58% rise in Black infant mortality in Kansas sent birth experts searching for answers and solutions.

Therapy session with therapist and patient at a Chula Vista practice. April 6, 2021.

San Diego needs to double behavioral health workforce by 2027, report finds

Rates of substance abuse and psychological distress are increasing in San Diego County as the region is facing a shortage of behavioral health workers.

Timber walks past the remains of a lodge that burned in the McKinney Fire, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022, in Klamath National Forest, Calif. The property owner, whose adjacent home survived the blaze, was surveying damage.

Deadly California wildfire wipes out scenic river town

Firefighters say they're making progress as they battle California's largest and deadliest wildfire of the year.

Oscar-winning 'Cuckoo's Nest' actor Louise Fletcher has died

Louise Fletcher, a late-blooming star whose riveting performance as the cruel and calculating Nurse Ratched in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" set a new standard for screen villains, has died at 88.

At Monday night's Love Rising event in Nashville, Tenn., artists including Allison Russell, Jason Isbell, Maren Morris, Joy Oladokun and Amanda Shires, along with drag artists, united against new legislation targeting drag performances and transgender people.

'Where am I going to be free to be who I am?'

Due to a new Tennessee law limiting drag performances, many drag artists, as well as trans, nonbinary and gender-nonconforming musicians, worry about their prospects in Nashville and beyond.

The Pandemic Takes A Toll on Balboa Park

How some of the city’s most cherished Balboa Park institutions are surviving in the era of COVID-19. Plus: San Diego Unified will push back its plan to return to in-person education, damaging Santa Ana winds are here through the end of the week and more of the local news you need.

Revisiting Ukraine's front line in Slovyansk

The government has sent evacuation orders to Ukraine's Donbas region but many remain. One sparsely open city has become a hub for Ukrainian military members taking a break from the front line.

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres says we are facing "a time of nuclear danger not seen since the height of the Cold War." His remarks came at the 2022 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons at the United Nations in New York City.

Why the U.N. chief says we are 'one miscalculation away from nuclear annihilation'

It's not the first time for such a dire warning. Here's a brief look at why Guterres and others are raising the alarm now.

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