Pope Leo to undergo surgery after nodule discovered on his lung, he says

Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ spending cuts will be fully felt next year, but hospitals are already feeling the squeeze Maternity wards across the United States are facing a wave of closures as cuts to federal Medicaid funding take effect, experts have warned. According to analysis by the non-profit Protect Our Care, 52 maternity wards have closed since the HR1 bill was announced in July 2025 , with a further eight having announced their upcoming closure.

This Halloween, rising prices for groceries and gas are pushing many consumers to cut back. But they’re not giving up Halloween candy.

Darializa Avila Chevalier criticizes NYPD’s ‘inaction’ in protecting Marble Hill protesters after ICE shot a man Democratic congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier believes that the New York police departments’ conduct towards protesters after an ICE agent shot and wounded a man in the district she is running to represent violated “the spirit, if not the letter” of the city’s sanctuary laws . These rules ban local police from helping federal immigration authorities in civil immigration enforcement operations.

Heat and humidity have led to one of the worst mosquito years in recent history, with West Nile virus at a decade high Los Angeles might be best known for blue skies, beaches and film premiers — but for the last several years it’s held another, unenviable distinction: the most mosquito-infested city in America . And this year has been especially nightmarish, thanks to a series of heatwaves and an extra-powerful El Niño . Locals have called it a summer of “ living hell ” as clouds of mosquitoes swarm backyards and leave diners at open air patios…