Back to school season used to mean getting required vaccinations, but data shows that fewer children are getting shots as non-medical exemptions continue to climb.New data for the 2025-2026 school year from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows continued decreases in vaccination rates among U.S. kindergartners, while vaccine exemptions increased to 4.2% from … Read more
Traders on the Argentine Stock Exchange look at trading figures for October 27 as prices fall during an international crisis that began in Hong Kong stocks. Argentine stocks fell 13.73 percent, the worst in six years. AFP PHOTO/Daniel LUNA (Photo by DANIEL LUNA / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL LUNA/AFP via Getty Images) Daniel Luna | … Read more
California lawmakers rush to pass bills ahead of midnight deadline SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers are facing a midnight deadline Monday to pass new laws as the state’s legislative session draws to a close, with some exceptions scheduled for votes Tuesday morning. A huge last-minute spending bill and a separate proposal related to wildfire liability … Read more
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Rescue teams with search dogs scoured mud, rocks and debris in Nepal and China on Tuesday in search of thousands of people still missing after catastrophic floods that devastated communities across the Himalayas and left more than 1,000 dead. Nepal’s disaster agency said on Tuesday that 987 deaths had been recorded … Read more
Traders work at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, USA, August 24, 2026.Brendan McDermid | ReutersStock futures traded lower early on Tuesday after a losing session, although major US benchmarks still managed to post monthly gains. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were down 0.54% as of 5:08 a.m. ET. S&P 500 … Read more
Thousands of Microsoft business customers reported problems accessing their email when they returned from the weekend, and on Monday afternoon, Microsoft acknowledged widespread issues affecting Exchange Online and other Microsoft 365 business services. Initially, users took to social media and platforms like DownDetector to report problems with Microsoft Outlook, the widely used email service. However, … Read more
The Padres are calling up top catching prospect Ethan Salas, Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune reports. Salas, who turned 20 in June, will be the youngest player in the Major Leagues. Assuming he makes a defensive appearance, he will also be the youngest MLB catcher since Iván Rodríguez debuted at age 19 in … Read more
NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory has returned to studying the universe after spending months in a low-endurance configuration while awaiting an orbital rescue mission that ultimately failed. Mission controllers restarted two of Swift’s three scientific instruments: its X-ray Telescope (XRT) and its Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope (UVOT), on August 26. Both instruments had been shut down in … Read more
Two employees at Frankfurt Airport died from a rare malaria outbreak this summer, most likely after a mosquito traveled to Germany on an airplane, the airport’s operator said this week.Six employees have contracted the disease since early July, Andreas Schopf, a spokesman for the airport’s operator, Fraport, said in an email on Thursday. Four have … Read more
Coming back from a peaceful vacation is never easy, especially when the real world is far from peaceful. The first headline that greeted me was the exchange of fire between the United States and Iran for the first time in a month. The end of the war that began six months ago remains as elusive … Read more