The brother of Paul Whelan, the American arrested in Moscow in late December, says Russia has given the family no information for why he is being accused of spying.

Growing up, Judith Grisel struggled with alcohol, marijuana and cocaine. Now as a neuroscientist, she’s working to understand the biological basis of addiction. Her new book is Never Enough.

Joaquín Guzmán was convicted on all 10 counts he faced related to his leading of Mexico’s infamous Sinaloa cartel.

Congressional negotiators are close to a budget deal, but it provides less than what the president wants for a border wall and limits the number of people immigration officials can detain.

“The crowd had been whipped up into a frenzy” against the media, a BBC producer says of President Trump’s rally in El Paso, Texas.

“The farmer dies feeding this country, but no one fights for the farmer,” says a woman whose son, a farmer, died by suicide. He was $40,000 in debt. Her husband died of a heart attack days later.

The Massachusetts woman sent her boyfriend a barrage of texts encouraging him to kill himself. He did, and she was convicted of involuntary manslaughter. A state supreme court has upheld the sentence.

Environmental groups and the state of California had argued that the Trump administration overstepped its authority when it waived the environmental laws to build border barriers. A court disagrees.

The lawsuit alleges that children with severe disabilities might hurt themselves without trained teachers and caregivers present. The school district says the suit is based on “speculation.”

The former Obama AG will decide whether he’s running in the next two weeks. The speech he plans to give certainly sounds like the building blocks of a possible campaign to challenge President Trump.

The group says it has 18 chapters in eight states, all of them funded by private, anonymous donations. Members distribute free and clean drug-use supplies even at the risk of being arrested.

Ed Stack is a gun owner who was a longtime Republican donor. A year after Dick’s Sporting Goods became an unlikely corporate face of gun control, it sees the fallout from its policy and lobbying.

In a near-showdown that seemed to mirror the ongoing dispute over the border, Trump was greeted by a counter-rally led by Democrat Beto O’Rourke, who has criticized the president on immigration.

Two anti-abortion activists are being prosecuted for secretly recording Planned Parenthood workers. The group wants their names to remain confidential out of fear for their safety.

Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., told reporters that he believes Congress can approve the legislation and send it to the president before the Friday night deadline to avert another partial shutdown.

The company signaled its leadership change last month even before filing for bankruptcy. The utility giant faces billions of dollars in liability claims due to California’s wildfires.

The media attention around a racist photo on Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s medical school yearbook page sheds light on the larger problem of how racism affects medical care for African-Americans.

Bipartisan negotiators are working on a border security funding deal — but both sides are still sorting out what kind of “wall” or “barrier” is in and whether President Trump will sign it.

Authorities recommended conducting the test so that the country can assess its cyberdefenses in case of aggression, Russian media report.

In Sweden, few people use cash anymore. Most people pay by card, online or with digital apps, and that trend is spurring a new debate on whether going cashless is fair for everyone.

The president’s State of the Union address made a bold pledge. But his 2019 budget proposal calls for massive cuts to foreign assistance programs that address AIDS.

The deaths from the homemade booze, known to many Indians as “hooch” or country liquor, have sparked protests, accusations and finger-pointing.

International supporters, who had rallied around Hakeem al-Araibi under the hashtag #SaveHakeem, rejoiced over the news. But Bahrain said it “reaffirms its right” to pursue legal action against him.

Democrats want to cap the number of beds ICE may use to detain people arrested for overstaying their visas or committing minor crimes. President Trump says the idea is “crazy.”

Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other House leaders had called on the Minnesota Democrat to apologize for comments on social media about Israel.

Does exercise recovery work? Science writer Christie Aschwanden examines the physiology and effectiveness of sports drinks, protein powders and other products and services in her new book, Good to Go.

Members of the Hartford, Conn., newsroom said they are petitioning for a union election while also asking Tribune Publishing, the paper’s parent, to voluntarily recognize the union.

Indexes climbed on Monday as Washington and Beijing officials continue to try to hash out a deal and avoid an escalation of a trade war.

“The border ’emergency’ is a manufactured crisis,” Newsom is expected to say at his State of the State address this week. “And California will not be part of this political theater.”

After more than a year of negotiations, the teachers union and the school district still can’t agree on a base pay increase. The district’s plan depends too much on incentive bonuses, the union says.

The restaurant business can be tough on your mental health, and has led some chefs to suicide. Chef Patrick Mulvaney is helping Sacramento kitchen workers learn the warning signs and ask for help.

Clinics in the Pacific Northwest are ordering 10 times the vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella as they normally do because some who have avoided vaccines are changing their minds.