Whole Foods has joined other big brands in recalling jalapeño products after a pepper supplier in Mexico was identified as a potential source of a salmonella outbreak affecting at least 27 U.S. states. Certain salsas, guacamole, pico de gallo and prepared food products at Whole Foods with the “Best Before” or “Best By” dates between Aug….
Heidi Beirich, a former executive at the Southern Poverty Law Center, has been charged in a superseding indictment for her alleged role in what the government claims was a fraudulent scheme that duped donors and banks, according to court documents unsealed Wednesday. Prosecutors have accused the SPLC of telling donors and banks the group was…
A fetus with a rare heart defect being carried by a surrogate from Alaska must receive lifesaving care after birth, a Texas court ruled Tuesday after state Attorney General Ken Paxton intervened in the case. The surrogate, McKenna West, was about 20 weeks pregnant when the fetus was diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a…
Conductor John Mauceri is no stranger to health struggles. He was diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis in 2017, then chronic lymphocytic leukemia and interstitial lung disease in 2019. Medication treated the conditions and sent the cancer into remission, but he has remained on the lookout for recurrence. In December 2023, Mauceri, then 78, contracted COVID-19. He…
Astronomers announced Wednesday they had discovered a new type of astronomical object called a “black hole star,” potentially solving a mystery involving strange red dots spotted in the early universe. The object looks like a star the size of our solar system, but produces 100 billion times more energy than any star — a mighty…
Trump-backed Rhett Marques won a crowded Republican primary in Alabama’s newly drawn 2nd Congressional District on Tuesday, the Associated Press projects. Republicans are seeking to defeat Democratic Rep. Shomari Figures, who won the seat in 2024 after the Supreme Court affirmed that the state’s GOP-drawn congressional map discriminated against Black voters. This year, however, the…
Footage posted on social media shows a young baby being pulled alive from the rubble of a destroyed building in Colombia after a 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck the country Monday. The video, posted by Brian Osorio Zuluaga on Monday night, shows a group of people combing through the rubble of a building, asking a survivor…
The Foreign Office (FO) said on Wednesday that Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi’s visit to Iran was aimed at discussing bilateral relations, security-related matters and regional developments, particularly peace and stability in the region. Addressing a weekly press briefing, FO spokesperson Tahir Andrabi said Naqvi — who arrived in Tehran on Tuesday — was holding meetings…
President Trump’s administration said that Medicaid will stop paying for gender-affirming surgeries and hormone treatments for transgender minors and the state Children’s Health Insurance Program won’t pay for the treatments for those under 19. The announcement is the latest in a series of policies from the administration aimed at transgender people that began the day…
Democratic Rep. John Larson — who has represented central Connecticut since the late 1990s — lost his party’s primary Tuesday to former Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin, CBS News has projected, after a campaign dominated by debates about generational change. With just over half of the vote counted at around 10:15 p.m. ET, Bronin led Larson…
