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What to know about the man authorities say fatally shot 2 Brown students and an MIT professor 12/19/2025 05:07pm • PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Several days of investigations into the Brown University mass shooting and the slaying of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor ended when authorities discovered evidence they say indicates the killings were committed by the same man, who was then found dead fro US awards no-bid contract to Denmark scientists studying hepatitis B vaccine in African babies 12/19/2025 04:54pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump administration has awarded a $1.6 million, no-bid contract to a Danish university to study hepatitis B vaccinations on newborns in Africa that is raising ethical concerns. The unusual contract was awarded to scientists who have been cited by anti-vaccine activists and who US military to stop shooting pigs and goats as a way to train medics for the battlefield 12/19/2025 03:37pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military will stop its practice of shooting pigs and goats to help prepare medics for treating wounded troops in a combat zone, ending an exercise made obsolete by simulators that mimic battlefield injuries. The prohibition on “live fire” training that includes anima Hypothermia claims newborn in Gaza and more babies are at risk, doctor says 12/19/2025 01:37pm • KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — As December's chill settled over Gaza, the family's nylon tent offered little refuge. So each night, Eseid Abdeen covered his frail newborn son with four blankets, periodically shining a flashlight on the baby’s eyes to confirm he was all right. Until Wednesday nig Gary Woodland is playing the PNC Championship with his father. It's a celebration for both 12/19/2025 06:00am • ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Gary Woodland returned to golf four months after doctors had to cut a baseball-sized hole in his head to remove a lesion on part of the brain that caused unfounded fears of dying. He felt fortunate to still be playing, and the emotions were strong. Turns out the former U.S. Op The Latest: Trump administration moves to cut off transgender care for children 12/18/2025 07:41pm • The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday unveiled a series of regulatory actions designed to effectively ban gender-affirming care for minors, building on broader Trump administration restrictions on transgender Americans. The sweeping proposals — the most significant moves th 12 Signs It's Time for In-Home Health Care 12/18/2025 07:00pm • Tamara and Michael Myer had always been an active couple, traveling and curious about the world and continually embarking on new experiences. Michael was fortunate to reach his late 90s with no health issues, but Tamara, who is nine years younger, was not so lucky. She began having cognitive difficu What Do I Do If I Lose My Health Insurance? 12/18/2025 07:00pm • If you lose your health insurance, there are a few options for quickly getting coverage again depending on your situation. Your options for preventing gaps in health insurance coverage include COBRA, ACA Marketplace plans, government programs such as Medicare or Medicaid, and short-term and medical Trump signs executive order that could reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug 12/18/2025 04:24pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that could reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug and open new avenues for medical research, a major shift in federal drug policy that inches closer to what many states have done. The switch would move marijuana awa Sudanese paramilitary group RSF killed more than 1,000 civilians in Zamzam camp in April, UN says 12/18/2025 10:35am • CAIRO (AP) — More than 1,000 civilians were killed in a three-day attack by the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group earlier this year on the largest displacement camp in western Sudan, the U.N. Human Rights Office said in a report released Thursday. RSF stormed Zamzam camp in April as part of The Latest: Trump addresses the American public in a live speech from the White House 12/17/2025 09:53pm • President Donald Trump delivered a speech live from the White House on Wednesday night where he discussed his achievements and touched on some of his agenda for next year and beyond. The president’s predecessor, whom Trump continues to lambaste regularly, figured prominently at the start of his ad New York is set to legalize medically assisted suicide with 'guardrails,' governor says 12/17/2025 07:22pm • ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York is set to become the latest state to legalize medically assisted suicide for the terminally ill under a deal reached between the governor and state legislative leaders announced Wednesday. Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul plans to sign the proposal next year after pushing Shooting of MIT professor Nuno Loureiro has police searching for a suspect 12/17/2025 05:51pm • BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) — Police intensified their search Wednesday for a suspect in the killing of professor Nuno F.G. Loureiro at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, two days after he was shot to death at his home outside Boston. Loureiro, a 47-year-old physicist and fusion scientist, was s Jets' undrafted rookie Brady Cook will start again at quarterback against the Saints 12/17/2025 05:24pm • FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Brady Cook is getting another chance to lead the New York Jets' offense. Coach Aaron Glenn announced Wednesday that Cook will start at quarterback for the second game in a row and face the Saints on Sunday in New Orleans. “I want to continue to evaluate him and see exac Feeling the flu: Doctors see simultaneous uptick in flu and RSV cases 12/17/2025 03:16pm • Local emergency rooms are seeing a rise in flu and respiratory syncytial virus cases at the same time, an uncommon trend. Respiratory syncytial virus, better known as RSV, tends to peak when the flu season starts to trend down. That’s not the case this year — the viruses are peaking simul