A father is feeling a flood of emotions after his wife, who is in a coma, delivered a healthy baby boy. West Nathaniel Lande was born Thursday at five pounds, nine ounces. The father, Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Deputy Brian Lande, is relieved because doctors were not sure the baby or the mother would survive the pregnancy.

The UN Security Council on Thursday approved a request by Nigeria to place Boko Haram on its al-Qaeda sanctions list, putting into effect an assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo against the Islamist group.

“Yasiin Bey, a.k.a. Mos Def, cancels U.S. tour amid ‘legal’ wrangles.” The rapper, who now lives in South Africa, has decided not to come back to his native US for ‘immigration/legal’ reasons.

The Washington Department of Health has issued a consumer warning for raw clover sprouts from an Idaho producer because of an E. coli outbreak. The first of ten cases was reported on May 1. Five cases in Spokane County, three in north Idaho and two in King County.

A team of researchers has identified a protein that is capable of trapping malaria-causing parasites inside red-blood cells, thus preventing their spread throughout the body. This discovery could potentially lead to the development of a vaccine against the deadly malaria virus.

Researchers from the University of Oxford Center for Neural Circuits and Behavior found that fruit flies don’t act instinctively or impulsively. Instead they appear to accumulate information before committing to a choice, showing a mark of intelligence.

A woman who filmed a violent attack on a Langley bus says she felt freaked out and shocked as she watched it happen. Hannah Koekman was on the bus on Tuesday when the confrontation between two women heated up. Koekman pulled out her cell phone and watched as punches were thrown.

A recent study led by Dr. Ayelet Fishbach of the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business indicates that children who are told certain foods will make them stronger, smarter or taller are less likely to want to eat them.

A rarely-seen seahorse was observed and recorded by divers in waters off Nova Scotia. Scientists are excited about this sighting since the species is extremely rare in Canadian waters.

A Tennessee woman is trying to solve the mystery behind a figurine she found in a garden gnome. She discovered the object after accidentally dropping the gnome on the sidewalk and breaking it open.

Michelle Obama has a warning for Washington — her daughter Malia will be driving this summer. In a taped interview broadcast Tuesday by “Access Hollywood,” Obama talked about her daughters’ summer plans. She said the girls are counting down to summer, volunteering and getting ready for camp and internships. She added one child will be driving this summer, then joked, …