Several bills filed to weaken vaccine mandates as more Texas families opt out of immunizations
Emboldened by Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s nomination and disdain for pandemic-era mandates, skeptics are pushing for bills to make ...
New York state trooper surrenders to police and faces charges over account of being shot and wounded
The 27-year-old Mascia, who became a trooper in 2019, was suspended without pay in November after state police launched a ...
Woman charged in the fatal shooting of a Border Patrol agent in Vermont to appear in federal court
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A Washington state woman charged in the fatal shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Vermont, which ...
Spanberger and Earle-Sears want to make history in Virginia. But voters have election exhaustion
Abigail Spanberger left the U.S. House for good, she strolled onto the floor of a different political chamber: the Virginia ...
Undocumented immigrants targeted across Texas as crackdown begins
As part of a nationwide crackdown against immigrants who may be in the U.S. without legal status, agents took to several ...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s famous name and controversial views collide in his bid for top health job
WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said vaccines are not safe. His support for abortion access has made ...
Rain in Southern California creates mudflows but helps firefighters
LOS ANGELES (AP) — More rain fell Monday on parts of Southern California after causing mudflows over the weekend, helping ...
Federal Reserve expected to stand pat on rates even as Trump demands cuts
Until then, Trump's comments Thursday suggest he expects to regularly second-guess the Fed in public, despite a decades-long ...
Referees in Germany's Bundesliga to start in-stadium announcements for VAR calls
Referees will use a headset microphone linked to the public address system to communicate directly with fans after incidents that required review by the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system. Only the ...
Norovirus, aka the winter vomiting bug, is on the rise – an infectious disease expert explains the best ways to stay safe
William Schaffner: Norovirus is an intestinal virus that can make you very, very sick. It is indelicately called winter vomiting disease, and it begins suddenly, often with an explosive vomit that ...
Why does it hurt when you get a scrape? A neuroscientist explains the science of pain
A network of nerves similar to wires runs all through the human body, from the tips of your fingers and toes, through your back inside the spinal cord and up to your brain. Specialized pain receptors ...
I study democracy worldwide − here’s how Texas is eroding human rights, free expression and civil liberties
Texas passed a law in 2023 requiring public universities to close their diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, offices, depriving the most vulnerable student communities of resources such as ...