President Donald Trump invited the Dodgers to the White House. Many of their fans feared that the team, by accepting, would humiliate themselves and betray the team’s large Latino, Asian and African-American fan base. Dodgers controlling owner Mark Walter, along with co-owner Magic Johnson, have proposed a solution. Trump has promised that if he can keep the championship trophy, the Commissioner’s Trophy, he will end all seizures and deportations of immigrants.   read more

Despite new legal powers to compel recalls and sophisticated technology to fingerprint pathogens, the Food and Drug Administration allowed some food-safety investigations to drag on, placing consumers in jeopardy of death or serious illness. In an unusual urgent warning called an “early alert,” the internal watchdog said the FDA needs to pay “immediate attention” to the problem and follow clear procedures to get manufacturers to promptly recall tainted foods.   read more

On Wednesday, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine endorsed continued research on a revolutionary technology known as “gene drive,” concluding after nearly a yearlong study that while it poses risks, its possible benefits make it crucial to pursue. The group also set out a path to conducting what it called “carefully controlled field trials,” despite what some scientists say is the substantial risk of inadvertent release into the environment.   read more

The EPA has no mandatory duty to require disclosure of “inert” ingredients in pesticides, even if those ingredients qualify as hazardous chemicals under separate statutes, U.S. District Judge William Orrick said during a hearing Wednesday. The Center for Environmental Health and Physicians for Social Responsibility sued the EPA a year ago, claiming it shirked its duty under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA).   read more

The American Immigration Council sued Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for information on what it has done in the two years since records revealed that it took “no action” in 97% of cases accusing its agents of abuse. It seeks documents relating to complaints made against Customs and Border agents since January 2012, and the process the agency uses to investigate and resolve these complaints.   read more

Rep. Jeb Hensarling's intent to gut Dodd-Frank comes as no surprise; he has received nearly $5.5 million in campaign contributions from key financial industry interests since 2010. Furthermore, Hensarling’s House Financial Services Committee has become a revolving door with numerous members of his staff either coming from, or leaving to work in, the financial industry.   read more

Shelter managers in Hawaii are scrambling to figure out how to keep a roof over the heads of hundreds of homeless people, and similar cuts are being made across the nation this month as the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) shifts its grant money to programs that focus on permanent housing.   read more

Davontae Sanford, a 14-year-old, told Detroit police officers after hours of questioning that he had killed four people in a shooting a few blocks from his house. The teenager, who had quickly recanted, was sentenced to up to 90 years in prison and remained behind bars even after a Detroit hit man admitted to having committed the killings with a second man. But on Tuesday, after eight years of court battles and a reinvestigation of the case, Sanford was ordered released.   read more

Microsoft scientists have demonstrated that by analyzing large samples of search engine queries they may in some cases be able to identify internet users who are suffering from pancreatic cancer, even before they have received a diagnosis of the disease. The study suggests that early screening can increase the five-year survival rate of pancreatic patients to 5% to 7% from just 3%.   read more

A Texan who paid $350,000 to kill an endangered black rhino in Africa cannot sue Delta Airlines for refusing to ship his trophy home because it can ship whatever it chooses, a federal judge ruled. Corey Knowlton made headlines in January 2014 when the Dallas Safari Club accepted his bid for a hunt. Despite criticism from animal rights groups and several death threats, Knowlton killed the rhino four months later.   read more

The timing of the donation by Trump is notable because the now presumptive Republican presidential nominee has said he expects and receives favors from politicians to whom he gives money. "When I want something I get it," Trump said. "When I call, they kiss my ass. It's true." AP has reported that then-Texas Attorney Greg Abbott received $35,000 from Trump, three years after his office in 2010 dropped a proposed lawsuit over Trump U. Both Bondi and Abbott have now endorsed Trump for president.   read more

The increase in these secret operations, which put operatives in the middle of purported plots, has little public or congressional scrutiny. Agents have helped people suspected of being extremists acquire weapons, scope out bombing targets and find the best routes to Syria to join ISIS. Defense lawyers, Muslim leaders and civil liberties advocates say the FBI coaxes suspects into doing things they might not otherwise do. “They’re manufacturing terrorism cases,” said former FBI agent German.   read more

The primary ingredient is intended to control diarrhea. But abusers sometimes try to achieve heroin-like highs by taking massive doses, up to 300 milligrams at once. Recommended doses range between 8 mg and 16 mg per day. The FDA warned doctors and patients Tuesday that the drugs can cause potentially deadly heart problems when taken at higher-than-recommended levels. The agency has received 31 reports of people hospitalized, including 10 deaths over the last 39 years.   read more

The wide-ranging bill was more than three years in the making and had support from a broad coalition. It would set new safety standards for asbestos and other dangerous chemicals that have gone unregulated for decades. The rules will impact an $800-billion-a-year industry. Some environmental groups opposed the bill, saying it did too little to protect consumers from dangerous chemicals that have been linked to serious illnesses, including cancer, infertility, diabetes and Parkinson's disease.   read more

"Defendants used explosives, chemical agents (tear gas), flash-bang grenades, and other devices on and around the Lech home in an attempt to flush out Seacat. Sixty-eight cold chemical munitions and four hot gas munitions were launched. ... The interior of the Lech home was a mass of debris and destroyed belongings from the projectiles launched into the home... Chemical munitions or other projectiles were stuck in the walls." The house appeared to have suffered artillery bombardment.   read more

Many more babies die in the United States than you might think. In 2014, more than 23,000 infants died in their first year of life, or about six for every 1,000 born. According to the CDC, 25 other industrialized nations do better than the U.S. at keeping babies alive. Most assume that high infant mortality is because of poor prenatal care. But new evidence is coming to light that contradicts that conclusion. This could change our thinking about the problem.   read more

If you’ve come to rely on opioids for chronic pain, as a growing proportion of older adults has, you may have noticed that the drugs are becoming more difficult to get. How do you balance the need to relieve pain against the possibility that potent, habituating drugs can also sabotage people’s health, particularly when older people are more vulnerable than the young to opioids’ side effects? “It’s this enormous conundrum,” said Dr. McPherson. "We do need to rein this in."   read more