People who follow government guidelines to have a drink or so a day could be drinking themselves into an early grave, researchers said Thursday.  Any more than five drinks a week on average can take years off a person’s life, the new study of more than half a million people around the world shows. That’s […]

Bulk caffeine products may have killed at least two people and they don’t belong on the market, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday.  The FDA declared concentrated, bulk caffeine products illegal and said it would act to get them off the shelves. “These products present a significant public health threat because of the high […]

In 1945, Sonia Klein walked out of Auschwitz. Every day of the 73 years since she has been haunted by the memory of what happened there, and the fate of the millions who never made it out of the Nazi death camps.  But Klein wonders, once she and the few survivors still alive are gone, […]

A search warrant served at a location in Lancaster led to the seizure of more than 1,000 game fowl that were being bred and raised to take part in cockfighting, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department announced Wednesday. The seizure was made on Monday in the 6300 block of East Avenue E, according to Deputy […]

“Skipping school…Shh! Don’t tell Principal Versluis,” read a not-so-inconspicuous sign at the Cubs’ home opener Tuesday. And sure enough, Principal Versluis saw the sign that Tucker Steckman, a fourth-grader at Wells Elementary School in East Moline, brought to the game, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. That’s because Wells Elementary’s principal, Pat Versluis, was at the game, too. “I didn’t […]

Bank of America confirmed Wednesday that it will no longer lend to gun-manufacturing companies that produce “military style” weapons for civilians. The bank made the decision after what Anne Finucane, the bank’s vice chairman, called “intense conversations” about company values and intentions. “We want to contribute in any way we can to reduce these mass […]

An Army Veteran who spent years living on the streets in Lakeland is getting the trip of a lifetime, all thanks to a teen who has made it her mission to help him. Vietnam Veteran William Dread, also known as Willie, and 17-year-old Emily Cornelius will take off on Wednesday on the Honor Flight to Washington […]