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FORT WORTH, Texas — Civil rights advocates who oppose a pair of bills in the Texas Legislature meant to protect law enforcement officers from unsubstantiated complaints of misconduct say the bills would also stymie ...Read more

WASHINGTON — There’s a difference between being moderate and being complacent, at least according to Rep. Josh Harder.

“We have to be the party that is the angriest at the status quo,” said Harder, who serves as a...Read more

For many years, Eric Wunderlin’s health issues made it hard to find stable employment.

Struggling to manage depression and diabetes, Wunderlin worked part-time, minimum-wage retail jobs around Dayton, Ohio, making so ...Read more

Fentanyl, the deadly synthetic opioid driving the nation’s high drug overdose rates, is also caught up in another increasingly serious problem: misinformation.

False and misleading narratives on social media, in news ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — When Daniel Lurie won election in November as San Francisco's new mayor, he knew there were daunting challenges ahead: the twin epidemics of homelessness and addiction; a deflated downtown economy; the ...Read more

Congress has a decision to make. Hang American small business owners out to dry, or lock in a tax system that allows America’s entrepreneurs to thrive?

That’s the question Congress must answer when deciding whether to...Read more

Health officials in Hood River County, Oregon, are investigating three cases of a rare and fatal brain disease known as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

Two people have died and a third person is showing symptoms consistent ...Read more

STOCKHOLM — Last year, only 11% of U.S. adults reported smoking cigarettes in the past week, half the number of a decade prior.

But in Sweden, the shift away from smoking — albeit to use other tobacco products — is ...Read more

Republicans in Congress are eyeing $880 billion in cuts to Medicaid, the joint federal-state government health care program for lower-income people.

Depending on how states respond, a Republican proposal that would slash ...Read more

DEAR ABBY: My daughter-in-law is very opinionated. At times, we get along. But, in the past, she has upset me by accusing me of not doing the right thing. She and my son have two young children together and full custody of...Read more

Mosquito season has arrived in Southern California. That means more mosquitoes will be flying around looking for someone to bite.

“There’s not a lot of things that we can all agree on, especially in this day and age, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A federal judge said there is “probable cause” to hold Trump administration officials in criminal contempt of court for sending accused Venezuelan gang members to an El Salvador prison last month despite...Read more

The measles outbreak in Kansas continued to grow over the past week, driven largely by unvaccinated children and teens, according to health officials.

The Kansas Department Health and Environment reported Wednesday that ...Read more

As pedestrians waited to cross Denny Way and Fairview Avenue in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood Wednesday morning, an unfamiliar voice emanated out of the crosswalk push buttons at each corner of the intersection...Read more

The Trump administration on Wednesday proposed a rule to redefine what it means to “harm” a protected species under the Endangered Species Act, a move conservationists say will strip vulnerable plants and animals of ...Read more

Ford Motor Co.'s vice chair on Wednesday suggested one of the reasons the Dearborn automaker isn't repurchasing its stock is to preserve capital for technology development that he said will require industry collaboration. ...Read more

The City of Mackinac Island has filed a countersuit against two ferry companies, asserting it has the right to regulate fees for parking and fares and claiming that the companies’ common ownership created a monopoly and ...Read more

The economy will likely stumble as it adjusts to new trade policies announced by the Trump administration, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday. But it’s unknown whether any inflationary effects will be ...Read more