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There have been nearly a dozen mass shootings this month and a total 346 mass shootings so far this year — each one leaving a heavy toll for communities around them.

Liz Truss is Britain's fourth prime minister in six years, and the third woman to take on the role. She succeeded Boris Johnson as Conservative party leader on Monday.

With the James Webb Space Telescope safely deployed, many scientists want to use it. To minimize the effect of unconscious biases, they go through a process developed for the Hubble Space Telescope.

Rolling Stone broke the story of an FBI raid on the home of national security journalist James Gordon Meek. As edited, the story left out a key detail originally included: why Meek had been targeted.

Underground trains are incredibly susceptible to flooding from climate-driven extreme rain and sea level rise. Cities around the world are racing to adapt their transit systems.

To help San Diego reach the 30 x 30 goal (protecting 30% of our area by 2030), the California Native Plant Society will be holding a delightful native plant sale on October 15th from 8 am to 3 pm, with many easy to grow natives that will spruce up your landscape. Our popular CNPS Fall Plant Sale is a great way to see native plants up close, talk to our native plant experts and purchase a wide variety of native plants for your landscape! The sale will be in Balboa Park’s Casa del Prado Courtyard adjacent to the Casa del Prado theater, located at 1700 Village Place. for more information, please visit the Cnps SD website: Come browse through the many native California species and cultivars. This will include native shade trees, native water wise shrubs, native seasonal flowers, native bunch grasses, bee friendly native ground covers, and native succulents. An open-air garden market will have local and state sourced seeds and bulbs and books for all ages. There will also be botanical shirts, and hats to show off your love of native plants. To make things more convenient, curbside loading and secure holding areas will be available. Gardening experts will also help you with answers to any questions you may have, such as, “Will this shrub make my pool look bigger?” or “Will this plant do well under my Eucalyptus tree?” Follow on social media! Facebook + Instagram

The symptoms of Parkinson's disease can vanish briefly in the face of stress or a strong emotion. Now scientists are searching for a treatment based on this phenomenon, a form of the placebo effect.

As we launch a series about spillover viruses — like SARS-CoV-2, which triggered a global pandemic, you may have a lot of questions. So do we — 7, to be exact, in the quiz below. See how you do.

Fox News has struck a deal averting a trial in the blockbuster defamation suit filed by the election-tech company Dominion Voting Systems over spurious claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential race.

A new study finds men with low T who used a gel to increase the hormone did not have a higher rate of heart attacks than men on a placebo. But the anti-aging benefits are iffy.