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Childhood Obesity Is Rising "Shockingly Fast" — Even In Poor Countries

A comprehensive new report from UNICEF calls attention to the surge in obesity in developing countries — even as they're dealing with children who are undernourished.

On Oct. 2, 2017, drapes billow out of broken windows at the Mandalay Bay resort on the Las Vegas Strip, following a deadly shooting at a music festival. On Tuesday, the company that owns the hotel offered to make a $500 charitable donation for victims who authorize their lawyers to accept legal notice of the company's lawsuit.

MGM Offers To Donate Nearly $1 Million On Behalf Of Las Vegas Victims It Is Suing

MGM Resorts International said it would give $500 to any charity connected to the deadly concert shooting for people who authorize their lawyers to accept legal notice of the company's lawsuit.

Todd Carmichael, seen in 2017, is co-founder of Philadelphia-based La Colombe Coffee Roasters. A Pennsylvania school district that threatened foster care over unpaid lunch debt has agreed to accept donations, including Carmichael's, to clear the debt.

Pa. School District Reverses Course And Will Now Accept Donations To Cover Lunch Debt

The financially struggling school district that threatened foster care over unpaid lunch debt is now apologizing for dozens of letters officials sent this month to parents.

The U.S. Supreme Court has been asked to intervene in pending cases about the legality of the Trump administration's decision to end the DACA program.

White House Asks Supreme Court To Rule On DACA Sooner, Not Later

The Justice Department has asked the court to decide whether the Trump administration can dismantle the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program — without waiting for rulings from lower courts.

Airport Authority chairwoman April Boling, San Diego City Council President Georgette Gomez, Mayor Kevin Faulconer, and Airport CEO Kim Becker at the announcement of the 10-year agreement with the airlines to improve transportation access to the San Diego Airport on July 2, 2019.

Airport Authority Announces $500M Funding Pact With Airlines for Transit Projects

The San Diego County Regional Airport Authority announced a 10-year agreement with its airline partners Tuesday to improve transportation access to San Diego International Airport and potentially pave the way for a Metropolitan Transit System trolley route to the airport.

Congressman Duncan Hunter (R-Alpine) leaves court Tuesday after a judge agreed to move his trial on corruption charges from Sept. 10 to Jan. 14, 2020, while the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals considers taking his case. He’s accused of misusing more than $200,000 in campaign funds.

Rep. Duncan Hunter Corruption Trial Postponed Until January 2020

U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter won't go on trial until next year on corruption charges that involve the spending of campaign cash on vacations, extramarital affairs and other items, a U.S. judge decided Tuesday.

Michael McKinley (center), former senior adviser to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, arrives to testify at a closed-door deposition as part of the Democratic-led impeachment inquiry into President Trump.

Ex-Pompeo Aide Is Latest State Department Official To Talk In Impeachment Inquiry

Michael McKinley says he quit his job and then testified to House investigators because of the use of ambassadors "to advance domestic political objectives."

President Trump waves to Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev as he leaves following a visit to the White House on Wednesday. In his annual disclosure of personal finances, Trump acknowledged that he paid lawyer Michael Cohen between $100,000 and $250,000 last year.

Trump Acknowledges Financial 'Liability' For Stormy Daniels Payment

The federal ethics office flagged the disclosure in a letter to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.

President Trump believes his emphasis on immigration is critical to rallying his voters this fall, and he may be right. They may care more about the promise of a wall than they have about his promise that Mexico would pay for it.

Trump's World Pulses With Promising News

Three times in three days, Trump has threatened to shut down the government over funding for his border wall. The president believes immigration will rally his voters this fall, and he may be right.

Toni Hoy, at her home in Rantoul, Ill., holds a childhood photo of her son, Daniel, who is now 24. In a last-ditch effort to get Daniel treatment for his severe mental illness in 2007, the Hoys surrendered parental custody to the state. "When I think of him, that's the picture I see in my mind. Just this adorable, blue-eyed, blond little sweetie," Hoy says.

To Get Mental Health Help For A Child, Desperate Parents Relinquish Custody

Doctors told Toni and Jim Hoy their young son needed intensive, specialized care away from home — institutional services that cost at least $100,000 a year. Insurance wouldn't cover the cost.

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