US attacks Iran over ship being hit in Strait of Hormuz; Tehran responds by hitting Gulf Arab states
By JON GAMBRELL and WILL WEISSERT DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States attacked Iran early Sunday morning over an Iranian attack on a vessel in the Strait…
Orange Mayor Jerry Demings: ‘I chose living over campaigning’
Mayor Jerry Demings said he left the governor's race so campaigning wouldn't interfere with needed treatments for prostate cancer.
Commentary: In-home disability care funding is in peril
As former state legislator Dick Batchelor writes, we cannot go back to those days when people with unique abilities were placed in state institutions.
Editorial: React to Stark case by making law consistent
If Florida elections had a motto, it would be “expect the unexpected.” But even by those standards, many Floridians have been surprised about the weirdness that descended on the 2026…
Even in blue states, hospitals have continued to drop gender-affirming care for youths
Hospitals have responded to attacks on transgender healthcare by withdrawing care on their own.
How to stay safe and still enjoy produce this summer with the outbreak of diarrhea-causing parasite
The parasite spreads through feces-contaminated produce.
US citizen tests positive for Ebola in Congo
By JEAN-YVES KAMALE and MONIKA PRONCZUK KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A U.S. citizen working for a humanitarian organization in Congo has tested positive for the Ebola virus, the U.S. Centers…
Today in History: July 12, riot erupts in New Jersey over police beating of Black taxi driver
Rioting erupted in Newark, New Jersey, over the police beating of a Black taxi driver; 26 people were killed in the five days of violence that followed.
A child can drown in seconds. Doctors want more families to be prepared
Doctors are sounding an alarm: More US children have been drowning in recent years. What families can to prepare and prevent drownings.
US Senator Lindsey Graham has died after a brief and unexpected illness, his office says
The statement says the Republican from South Carolina passed away Saturday evening “from a brief and sudden illness.”