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Mia St. John meditates at her home Aug. 28 in Palm Springs, California. Her son Julian St. John used to be homeless as a result of his struggle with schizophrenia and was admitted to a psychiatric facility for his safety but later took his own life there.

How to reduce suicides on the psychiatric ward

By Tribune News Service · Wednesday, Dec. 4,2019 4:07 p.m.

Suicide is the second-leading cause of death among people ages 10 to 35.

Frank Cobet, gunsmith of the Get Loaded gun store, shows a customer an AR-15 rifle Dec. 8, 2015, in Chino, California. The FBI struggles to complete hundreds of gun background checks each year because of a deadline that requires it to purge them from its computers.

FBI never completes hundreds of thousands of gun checks

By Tribune News Service · Wednesday, Dec. 4,2019 4:06 p.m.

Many are never completed because of a deadline that requires the FBI to purge them from its computers.

A police officer stands guard June 15, 2017, on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.

Supreme Court may put off a ruling that could have expanded the Second Amendment

By Tribune News Service · Tuesday, Dec. 3,2019 5:06 p.m.

The outcome will likely depend on Roberts and Kavanaugh.

The FBI recently labeled FaceApp "a potential counterintelligence threat" and said it will look into whether the popular smartphone gadget has been used by the Russian government to interfere in U.S. elections.

FBI calls FaceApp a 'potential counterintelligence threat,' will probe any Russia link to US elections

By Tribune News Service · Tuesday, Dec. 3,2019 5:06 p.m.

Tyson's letter is thew first time the FBI has labeled it a potential threat.

The entrance to the University of Southern California Admission Center in the Ronald Tutor Campus Center is seen at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.

Money plays no role in who gets in to USC? Judge doesn't buy it

By Tribune News Service · Monday, Dec. 2,2019 3:34 p.m.

USC's dean of admissions said he "does not track donations by an applicant's family."

Shoppers Brittney McFaddenn, Rayneisha Yancey and Ja'shay Stagg bring a new television in their cart during Black Friday shopping Nov. 29 at Target in Carson, California.

Online sales break Black Friday record as clicks beat queues

By Tribune News Service · Sunday, Dec. 1,2019 1:38 p.m.

Purchases made by smartphone on Friday accounted for $2.9 billion in sales.

Smoke rises from the Monroe Power Plant in Monroe, Michigan. President Donald Trump may be withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement, but the U.S. is still going to be a force at the negotiating table as international leaders gather in Madrid next week to map out rules for carbon trading as a way to limit greenhouse gas emissions.

US to negotiate carbon trades under climate pact shunned by Trump

By Tribune News Service · Sunday, Dec. 1,2019 1:36 p.m.

Political appointees from the Trump administration won't be attending.

Boats from the Metropolitan Police Marine Policing Unit patrol near the scene after people were reported injured during a stabbing on London Bridge on Nov. 29 in London, England. Police said they were called to the stabbing around 2 p.m.

Islamic State claims London knife attacker was one of its fighters

By Tribune News Service · Sunday, Dec. 1,2019 1:35 p.m.

Two people are dead and three are injured.

Hepatitis A outbreak in multiple states traced back to berries sold at Fresh Thyme stores

By Claire Peters · Thursday, Nov. 21,2019 6:12 p.m.

The outbreak is occuring in Indiana, Nebraska and Wisconsin.

Democratic presidential candidates arrive on stage before the start of the Democratic presidential debate Wednesday at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta.

Democratic debate ends with clashes over race and political leadership

By Tribune News Service · Thursday, Nov. 21,2019 2:20 p.m.

Both Biden and Buttigieg were questioned about their relationships to black voters.

Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, testifies before the House Intelligence Committee on Wednesday in the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. The committee heard testimony during the fourth day of open hearings in the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump, whom House Democrats say held back U.S. military aid for Ukraine while demanding it investigate his political rivals.

Ambassador Sondland says he 'followed the president's orders' in Ukraine

By Tribune News Service · Thursday, Nov. 21,2019 2:19 p.m.

Sondland said he believed the president sought a "quid pro quo" with Ukraine.

BioCorRx has come under fire for plans to test an unapproved naltrexone implant on Louisiana prison inmates and homeless Philadelphians who are struggling with addiction, in violation of federal laws protecting human research subjects.

FDA urged to investigate use of unapproved anti-opioid implant on prisoners and the homeless

By Tribune News Service · Wednesday, Nov. 20,2019 3:40 p.m.

The FDA said it will review the letter alleging human exploitation and unethical conduct.

Sigma Pi fraternity members charged in Ohio University freshman's death

By Tribune News Service · Wednesday, Nov. 20,2019 2:08 p.m.

Some of the charges include involuntary manslaughter and hazing.

Penn State will soon release a report on greek life across 55 college campuses.

Penn State soon to unveil national report on Greek life, 55 colleges included

By Tribune News Service · Monday, Nov. 18,2019 3:38 p.m.

But many schools will be absent from the list.

National Security Council's Russia and Europe director Timothy Morrison is escorted Oct. 31 to a closed-door deposition in Washington, D.C.

White House budget official defies Trump to tell impeachment inquiry about $400 million in suspended Ukraine aid

By Tribune News Service · Sunday, Nov. 17,2019 4:40 p.m.

A White House budget official defied President Donald Trump and testified Saturday in the House impeachment inquiry.

Saugus High School 10th grader Ella Cabigting is hugged by her father, Emerson, Nov. 14 as they are reunited in Central Park after being evacuated from Saugus High School. A gunman opened fire in the high school in Santa Clarita, California.

Detectives probe how teen got gun as California community mourns

By Tribune News Service · Sunday, Nov. 17,2019 2:45 p.m.

The teenager who opened fire on his classmates before shooting himself died Friday night at a hospital, authorities said.

Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs George Kent, left, and William B. Taylor, right, swear in to the House Intelligence Committee's first public inquiry into the interaction between President Donald Trump and the government of Ukraine on Nov. 13 at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

New impeachment evidence more directly links Trump to effort to pressure Ukraine

By Tribune News Service · Thursday, Nov. 14,2019 9:08 p.m.

Two U.S. diplomats testified Wednesday as part of the House's public impeachment hearings.

The mobile home of Richard Lohmann, a resident of 20 years, sits next to vacant lots of burned out homes Oct. 29 at Seminole Springs Mobile Home Park in Agoura Hills, California. Roughly half of the Seminole Springs Mobile Home Park was destroyed by the Woolsey fire last year, leaving more than one hundred families homeless.

Half their community burned in the Woolsey fire. Recovery is wreaking its own misery.

By Tribune News Service · Monday, Nov. 11,2019 6:12 p.m.

A year after the Nov. 8, 2018, fire, Seminole Springs is still nowhere close to funding its rebuild, residents said.

President Donald Trump listens to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during a Cabinet Meeting on Oct. 2 in Washington, D.C.

State Department freed Ukraine money before Trump says he did

By Tribune News Service · Sunday, Nov. 10,2019 3:36 p.m.

Bolton's handling of the funding struck officials in the White House as violating protocol.

The planet Mercury is seen in silhouette from Boyertown, Pennsylvania, as it transits across the face of the sun May 9, 2016.

Mercury will pass in front of the sun on Monday

By Tribune News Service · Sunday, Nov. 10,2019 3:28 p.m.

That last happened in 2012.

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