NEUROSURGEON

A Northern California neurosurgeon awaiting trial on charges that he sexually abused children has been found dead in his jail cell.

A new brain implant is being called a remarkable breakthrough in neurosurgery, helping people who are blind see light patterns they were never able to see before.

Major casting news: Jamie Dornan, Alec Baldwin and Christian Slater are set to star in UCP’s TV adaptation of Wondery’s hit podcast “Dr. Death.” The project, which will be a limited series and is currently being shopped by UCP, is based on the terrifying true story of Dr. Christopher Duntsch, who will be played by Dornan. The character is described...

On Thursday, one of the siblings from “Property Brothers” posted an emotional video on Instagram detailing his year-long battle with a mysterious illness that is still undiagnosed. In a video spanning over 25 minutes, Scott, 43, and his fiancé Annalee Belle discussed the details of the health complications he has been experiencing for the past 14 months.

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Rich Hill wrote an emotional essay recounting the loss of his infant son over five years ago.

Millions of families living in federally subsidized public housing would pay more for rent under a proposal unveiled Wednesday by Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson. The proposal would have to be approved by Congress, where it could touch off a debate over how best to support some of the country’s poorest and most vulnerable families.

A teen who was placed in a medically-induced coma last week after a piece of surfboard became lodged in his head may be released from the hospital Tuesday.

A Bay Area surfer is taking his first steps again after suffering a traumatic spinal cord injury.

Daniel Konzelman was one of thousands of commuters barreling along a highway outside Seattle on Monday morning when the emergency response training he learned as an Eagle Scout kicked in. He and a friend pulled over after an Amtrak passenger train hurtled off an overpass and crashed into vehicles on Interstate 5 below, killing at least three people and injuring...

Dan Konzelman recounts the scene of a derailed Amtrak train to NBC affiliate KING-TV, telling the station what he found and how he and his girlfriend Alicia Hoverson helped rescue people at the scene before emergency services arrived.

Ben Carson, a retired neurosurgeon who challenged Donald Trump for the GOP presidential nomination, won Senate confirmation Thursday to join Trump’s Cabinet as housing secretary. Six Democrats and one independent joined 51 Republicans in voting for Carson to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Carson is the 17th of 22 of Trump’s Cabinet and Cabinet-level nominations to win...

Former neurosurgeon Christopher Duntsch gets life in prison after jurors here evidence he deliberately maimed patients in a year long series of botched surgeries.

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was in the Chicago suburbs holding a fundraiser Wednesday. At the same time, Republican candidate Donald Trump was in Indianapolis speaking to candidates as he prepares to choose a running mate. Mary Ann Ahern reports.

A McKinney valedictorian’s story is going viral because she revealed in her commencement speech that she’s an undocumented immigrant.

Mary Ann Franco, 70, of southwest Florida was blind for 23 years. The former nurse lost her vision in 1993 after a car crash caused her to have a stroke. But after falling on uneven tiles in her home, Franco needed surgery to realign her spine. She woke up in the hospital and immediately noticed something different — she could see.

Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is heading home to New Jersey Wednesday morning to “take a deep breath” and make a decision on his next step forward. Christie, who finished back in the pack in New Hampshire, said Tuesday he would wait until the final votes were counted before deciding, apparently referring to whether he’d continue his presidential run....

Mike Huckabee ended his second campaign for the White House on Monday amid a dismal showing in the Iowa caucuses that he won in his first bid eight years ago. As caucus results were still streaming in, Huckabee wrote on Twitter that he was “officially suspending my campaign.” He thanked his backers for their loyal support, adding the hashtag #ImWithHuck....

Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz’s campaign says it has raised nearly $20 million over the last three months.

A Venezuelan surgeon has agreed to pay more than $89,000 for the costs of his joke about a bomb that shut down parts of Miami International Airport for several hours.