New research suggests that removing fluoride from public water would increase dental care costs and tooth decay for children across the United States.  The study, published Friday in the JAMA Health Forum, used a nationally representative sample of 8,484 children aged 0 to 19 from the U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination …

Mount Etna, the rambunctious volcano on the Italian island of Sicily, grumbled back to life on Monday, spewing hot ash and lava in a pyroclastic flow, the nation’s volcano monitoring body said. There were no reports of any risk to the local population, which is accustomed to Etna’s frequent eruptions, …

Incidents involving dog attacks against U.S. Postal Service workers rose to more than 6,000 cases last year — a jump of at least 200 cases since 2023, the USPS said.  California saw the greatest number of incidents involving dog attacks, with 701 in 2024. Texas ranked second with 438 incidents, …

A new acronym is popping up on Wall Street to explain investors’ reaction to President Trump’s on-again, off-again tariffs: TACO.  Coined by Financial Times journalist Robert Armstrong in a May 2 column, the tongue-in-cheek term stands for “Trump Always Chickens Out.” That phrase is meant to describe a pattern of stocks …

A former police chief who was convicted of rape and murder escaped from the prison where he was serving a 30-year sentence on Sunday, correction officials said. Grant Hardin had been at North Central Unit, a prison located in Calico Rock, Arkansas, since 2017. He escaped around 3:40 p.m., the …

A suburban New York man has been charged with animal cruelty after authorities say they found nearly 100 cats in his home, including about two dozen dead kittens in a freezer. Stephen Glantz, 75, surrendered Wednesday to detectives with the Suffolk County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals …

Intermittent fasting has long been debated as a weight loss technique. Now a new study looks at how effective it is compared to daily calorie counting. In the study, published Monday in the Annals of Internal Medicine, researchers monitored the weight changes among 125 participants in two groups: those who …

An Arizona grand jury has indicted a man in the fatal shooting of his 1-year-old daughter, and prosecutors say he carried out the crime with an AR-style rifle in front of the girl’s mother. The indictment issued earlier this month charges Adam Joseph Montoya, 27, with two felony counts – …

Famed Mexican singer and songwriter Paquita la del Barrio has died. She was 77. Paquita, whose real name is Francisca Viveros Barradas, was known for her outgoing personality and bold lyrics.  The news was confirmed by a statement posted on her official Instagram account. She died at her home in Veracruz, …

Reena Caprario is used to alarming symptoms. The 55-year-old mother of two was diagnosed with lung cancer in late 2023, and has a history of diabetes.  She had surgery to remove Stage I cancer in late 2023, and her diabetes was well managed, so Caprario didn’t think anything of it …