An 'obscene' number of kids are losing Medicaid coverage
For months, Evangelina Hernandez watched helplessly as her autistic twin sons regressed -- their screaming, biting and scratching worsening. The Wichita, Kansas, resident couldn't afford the $3,000 monthly tab for their 10 prescriptions or their doctor visits without Medicaid.
2023-08-26 22:25
Newly declassified US intel claims Russia is laundering propaganda through unwitting Westerners
Russian intelligence is operating a systematic program to launder pro-Kremlin propaganda through private relationships between Russian operatives and unwitting US and western targets, according to newly declassified US intelligence.
2023-08-26 22:15
At least 7 people hurt in Boston shooting, police say
At least seven people were injured Saturday morning in a shooting Boston police describe as an "active, ongoing scene," according to a police department spokesperson.
2023-08-26 21:26
As young conservatives try to get climate on the agenda in 2024, denial takes the spotlight instead
During this week's Republican primary debate on Fox News, a young voter notably asked about the climate crisis: How would these presidential candidates assuage concerns that the Republican Party "doesn't care" about the issue?
2023-08-26 20:26
Bronny James, son of Lebron, has a congenital heart defect, family says
Bronny James, the older son of NBA superstar LeBron James, has been diagnosed with a congenital heart defect and should fully recover from his cardiac arrest last month, his family said Friday.
2023-08-26 19:58
Students, professors report chaos as semester begins at New College of Florida
Months after what critics have decried as a conservative takeover at New College of Florida, students and professors say a sense of confusion and anxiety looms over the start of fall semester in Sarasota, Florida.
2023-08-26 19:52
Yale's police union distributes 'misleading' flyer on crime rates for first-year students, university says
As new students arrived on campus for the fall semester at Yale University, they were given flyers containing "misleading ... disturbing and inflammatory rhetoric" about the school's safety, according to university officials.
2023-08-26 19:20
This week was a perfect snapshot of America's political mess
The exhausting view of this bizarre week -- with the first GOP presidential primary debate one day, followed by the fourth arrest this year of the former president the next -- is that everyone should prepare for so much more of this uniquely American and continuously unbelievable political spectacle.
2023-08-26 18:16
How forensic investigators use DNA, fingerprints and other methods to identify remains after a fire
The devastating fires in Maui have caused at least 115 deaths, yet only 46 of those have been identified two weeks on from the blaze, police said Thursday. Hundreds of people remain unaccounted for, too.
2023-08-26 17:27
2 fans wounded by gunfire during Chicago White Sox game, officials say
At least two people were wounded by gunfire during a baseball game Friday night at Chicago's Guaranteed Rate Field, police said.
2023-08-26 16:21
Beloved pets in Canada rescued from wildfires by volunteers who stayed behind
Many people who have evacuated communities in Canada's Northwest Territories because of raging wildfires have had to leave their beloved pets behind
2023-08-26 15:26
Endangered Grevy's zebra born at Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago
A zoo in Chicago recently welcomed a stripey new addition to its family.
2023-08-26 13:51