Shingles is awful, but there may be another reason to get vaccinated. It may fight dementia
A vaccine to fight dementia? It turns out there may already be one – shots that prevent painful shingles also appear to ...
Mistrial declared in Bakersfield vehicle theft, chase
A mistrial was declared Tuesday after jurors failed to reach a verdict in the case of a woman who said an armed passenger ...
Forecasters warn of long-lasting tornadoes, deadly floods in parts of US on Wednesday
Potentially deadly flash flooding, high-magnitude tornadoes and baseball-sized hail could hit parts of the U.S. on Wednesday ...
Wild weather expected Wednesday gets a rare ‘high-risk’ designation — the most severe category
U.S. government forecasters are using a relatively rare “high-risk” designation — the highest category they use — to warn ...
Chocolate bars recalled over possible small stones
Dutch chocolate maker Tony’s Chocoloney has issued a nationwide recall of two of its chocolate products, which may contain ...
Bakersfield couple charged with child cruelty, drug crimes after confrontation with daughter
After finding a plastic baggie in her parents’ room containing white powder, the preteen confronted her father. She believed the bag contained drugs, ...
‘You seem like a clown’: US Senator Jim Banks tells fired federal worker he ‘probably deserved it’
A viral video shows Sen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) telling a fired federal worker that he “probably deserved it” because he seemed ...
Turkey’s protests over the arrest of an Erdogan rival take a new angle: Boycott shopping
Protests that erupted across Turkey following the arrest of Istanbul’s opposition mayor — the main challenger to President ...
2 killed as Sudan’s paramilitary intensifies attacks on displacement camp in North Darfur
At least two people were killed in attacks by Sudan’s paramilitary forces on a famine-stricken camp in North Darfur for ...
Monthly mortgage payments soar to record high
A typical monthly housing payment hit a record high during the last four weeks ending March 23, according to a study by ...
Judge holds ICE agent in contempt after he detained suspect during a trial
ICE agent Brian Sullivan detained Wilson Martell-Lebron last week as he was leaving court. But a Boston Municipal Court judge ...
Pepperdine golfers overcome wildfires to compete in Augusta
Jeneath Wong and Eunseo Choi, two golfers from Pepperdine University, have arrived in Augusta, Georgia for the Augusta National Women’s Amateur, after narrowly avoiding the recent Malibu ...