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An Azerbaijani airliner crashed Wednesday near the Kazakhstani city of Aktau with dozens dead, according to officials.

Negotiators in Qatar are close to a ceasefire deal that sees an exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian detainees, a six-week pause in fighting and eventual troop withdrawal from Gaza.

A report on air quality near the Tijuana River prompts new calls for regional action. Plus, a drug treatment center for local military veterans could lose its license due to client safety concerns. And, survivors of the January flooding in San Diego update us on their recovery.

The FDA wants front-of-package nutrition labels required on packaged foods. The labels would tell consumers if the product has Low, Medium or High levels of saturated fat, sodium and added sugar.

Join us for a special evening featuring cocktails and important conversations about our changing climate! Author Gary Nabhan is a world-renowned ethnobotanist, desert ecologist, and literary naturalist who has written extensively about foods from the Middle East to the Southwest. A winner of the 2024 James Beard Media Award for his book Agave Spirits, Gary will share insights into how crops from the hottest and driest places on Earth have shaped the culinary dishes, recipes, and flavors of traditional desert cultures. Get a taste of some of these bold and flavorful ingredients with appetizers and cocktail tastings, including drink recipes featured in Gary’s newest book, Chile, Clove, and Cardamom: A Gastronomic Journey Into the Fragrances and Flavors of Desert Cuisines. Pricing includes two drink tickets to taste signature cocktails highlighted during the tasting, along with appetizers. Additional drinks will be available for purchase. The night will also include a conversation featuring Gary alongside San Diego Botanic Garden’s President & CEO Ari Novy and Director of Science & Conservation Colin Khoury to discuss how we can learn from desert plants to adapt to climate change, and how botanical gardens can act as hubs for novel ways to integrate plants into climate resilience efforts by communities. Proceeds from this event will benefit the Garden's science, conservation, and education program. Visit: https://tickets.sdbg.org/1283/1453?_ga=2.3936245.458773348.1729534342-648731925.1727201814&_gac=1.16575172.1729534346.Cj0KCQjw99e4BhDiARIsAISE7P_NCdeSNblGg_17Jt1t08d1yPFFvHMT72hfctGib7ZRlRfVhw1Pr8YaAjxGEALw_wcB San Diego Botanic Garden on Instagram and Facebook

Washington Post cartoonist Ann Telnaes resigned after an editor rejected her sketch satirizing tech chiefs, including the Post's owner and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

Street gangs forced the General Hospital in Port-au-Prince to close earlier this year. As journalists gathered to cover its reopening, suspected gang members opened fire.

Popular culture and the media are obsessed with forensic science. But much of that science does not always hold up to scrutiny.

The San Diego Unified School District is working to keep air conditioners operating during the heat wave. Plus, details on a secret Wi-Fi network on a San Diego-based warship. And, scientists are developing an early warning system for bluff collapses.

In Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old the actor discusses female aging and agency, and waking up from a surgery to learn the doctor made changes to her body that were unapproved.