The papal decree also sets up new procedures to hold more-senior church authorities such as bishops accountable for committing abuse or for covering up the crimes of others.

A new rule expands protection for health care workers who refuse to provide certain care on moral grounds. The rule cites a sudden rise in religious discrimination complaints. What’s fueling the rise?

Daniel Everette Hale of Nashville, Tenn., could face up to 50 years in prison if he’s convicted. He’s accused of printing dozens of documents — including 11 that were marked as secret or top secret.

Women kidnapped by ISIS five years ago are now being freed. But the Yazidi community does not allow children born in captivity of militant fathers to return with them.

The apparent missiles were launched from the northwest, far from the border that divides the Korean Peninsula.

The possible change involves a different inflation measure to adjust the poverty threshold annually. Anti-poverty groups worry that many low-income people would be pushed off assistance programs.

Most states have legalized marijuana in some form. But federal law still considers it an illegal drug, which exposes banks to legal risk if they handle weed-related money or transactions.

Uber has never been profitable, yet the ride-hailing company may be valued at as much as $90 billion when it goes public Friday. It will be one of the largest tech IPOs ever.

Tennessee is caught in a vicious cycle: Fear of gun crime in traffic has caused more people to carry guns in their cars, which has created a new supply of stolen guns for criminals.

Edgar Zambrano, vice president of the National Assembly, was detained by intelligence agents Wednesday night. Nicolás Maduro has increased pressure on the opposition since last week’s failed uprising.

The action doesn’t legalize psilocybin mushrooms, but it effectively bars the city from prosecuting or arresting adults 21 or older who possess them.

The head of the U.S. Border Patrol said her agents are spending more and more of their time dealing with families with children who need food and medical care.

The governing African National Congress saw its reputation tarnished in the wake of scandals and high unemployment. The election is largely seen as a referendum on the political party.

The large number of cases prompts some members of Congress to ask: does the U.S. need new laws to prosecute domestic terrorism?

The president’s eldest son testified in 2017 about his participation in a June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower with Russians offering dirt on Hillary Clinton. The panel wants him back, a source says.

The government wants consumers to have sticker shock about drug prices. A new rule requires list prices be displayed in TV ads. Patients advocates are not sure it will do much to lower prices.

The campaign says this is the first union contract for a presidential campaign, providing full health insurance premiums and limits on work hours for some campaign employees.

After years of death threats, Bibi and her husband left their home country for Canada. She spent years on death row on charges of insulting the prophet Muhammad before her sentence was voided.

Researchers compared data from fall 2010 — before the companies made inroads in the city — and fall 2016. They found that the companies are to blame for more than half of a big increase in traffic.

The term “100-year flood” can be confusing and misleading, scientists, local emergency officials and homeowners all agree. Experts say there’s a better way to communicate about flood risk.

One student, identified as Kendrick Ray Castillo, was killed when he reportedly tried to tackle one attacker. The shooting came weeks after the 20th anniversary of the shooting in nearby Columbine.

Daniel Okrent, author of The Guarded Gate, draws a parallel between the eugenics movement, which helped shape U.S. immigration in the early 20th century, and President Trump’s hard-line stance today.

A study looked at who gets prescriptions for buprenorphine, and found that white patients are almost 35 times as likely to get the lifesaving addiction treatment than African Americans.

Old habits die hard for some listeners who have reacted to the new ‘Morning Edition’ theme music.

Treatment with genetically altered bacteriophages — viruses that attack bacteria — may have halted a patient’s near-fatal infection, hinting at new ways to fight antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

The conventional wisdom is that city life makes you fat and rural life keeps you trim. A new study looks at the numbers to see if that holds true.

Writer Casey Cep’s book delivers a gripping, incredibly well-written portrait not only of Harper Lee, but also of mid-20th century Alabama — and a still-unanswered set of crimes.

A handful of news websites are struggling to change the narrative from the dominating, pro-government media conglomerate one analyst calls a “centralized propaganda machine.”

The assertion came as the House Judiciary Committee debated whether to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress.

U.S. military officials say that after a second summit failed in February, their North Korean counterparts have stopped communicating.

President Hassan Rouhani announced that Tehran will start keeping larger amounts of enriched uranium and heavy water. Iran’s economy has been damaged by the return of U.S. sanctions.

Like David McCullough’s other books, this one succeeds because of the author’s strength as a storyteller; it reads like a novel and is packed with information drawn from painstaking research.

An Oregon company plans a new kind of nuclear power plant that many consider the future of the industry. It’s smaller and cheaper and could work well with renewable energy.

Six months ago, California’s deadliest wildfire almost completely destroyed the town of Paradise. Survivors are still struggling to find places to live in a region with a chronic housing shortage.

The president is holding a rally in Florida on Wednesday, as the 2020 campaign accelerates. Officials in the region are not happy that funding to help rebuild after Hurricane Michael has been held up.