The new malaria vaccine helps in Africa but faces a test: Completing all 4 doses
A new malaria vaccine is helping reduce severe illness in children across Africa, but health workers worry about kids not getting all doses.
Southern California faces hottest day of dangerous heat wave
It'll be the hottest day of 2026 in both Los Angeles and Orange counties as temps soar into the triple digits in many areas.
Anthropic is said to plan IPO investor meetings as listing nears
Anthropic PBC is seeking to meet with investors ahead of its potential mega-IPO, according to people familiar with the matter.
Federal appeals court ends a decades-old school desegregation order in Louisiana
A federal appeals court ended more than 60 years of oversight of a Louisiana school system that had been ordered to eradicate segregation.
US negotiator Brett McGurk will release a book on the Hamas hostage crisis
A lead US negotiator for the release of hostages captured by Hamas during the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks in Israel will have a book out this fall
Truck driver who caused big rig crash in Ontario, killing 3, gets more than 4 years in state prison
Jashanpreet Singh, 21, took a plea deal last month and pleaded guilty to three counts of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence.
Gibraltar ushers in a new era as British territory’s border fence with Spain is removed
The fence separating Gibraltar from Spain has been dismantled to ease travel for thousands who cross daily after EU-UK negotiations.
Committee hears final arguments in probe of Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades
An independent committee investigating Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades is hearing final arguments. The fire in November killed 168 people and damaged seven buildings in an apartment complex.
After 54 years, Dana Point Harbor’s oldest restaurant, Wind & Sea, will close
Opening in 1972, the oceanfront eatery joins a slew of Dana Point Harbor favorites that have bid farewell over the last couple years.
Campers set sail at the Ocean Institute summer camp in Dana Point
Campers get a chance to see whales and dolphins, dissect marine animals in a science lab and explore the local tide pools, learning about the various creatures that live there.