• Reuters

    China approves CSPC Pharma mRNA cancer therapy for clinical trials

    A cancer cell therapy from CSPC Pharmaceutical Group that uses synthetic messenger RNA (mRNA) technology has received regulatory clearance in China for human clinical trial, the Chinese drugmaker said late on Tuesday. CSPC and several other Chinese drugmakers have researched synthetic mRNA to develop vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic and have since continued testing new uses for the technology, including in cancer treatments.

  • Associated Press

    Shohei Ohtani hits NL-leading 24th homer as the Dodgers top the lowly White Sox 4-3

    Shohei Ohtani hit a leadoff homer and a tiebreaking RBI single, helping the Los Angeles Dodgers top the Chicago White Sox 4-3 on Tuesday night. Led by Ohtani and Freddie Freeman, the Dodgers won for the seventh time in nine games. Ohtani drove a hanging curveball from Chris Flexen into the visitor’s bullpen in right-center for his NL-best 24th homer.

  • Associated Press

    A timeline of the legal case involving WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange

    The drawn-out legal case involving WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has concluded with his guilty plea to obtaining and publishing U.S. military secrets. In a deal with the U.S. Justice Department, Assange was sentenced Wednesday to the five years he'd already served in a British prison while fighting extradition. — 2006: Assange founded WikiLeaks in Australia.