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A study finds that for countries worldwide, the “democratic experience” — through free and fair elections — plays a larger role than GDP in easing the burden of chronic diseases.

Tens of thousands of Palestinians have left Gaza in the past year, as conditions there have worsened.

The streaming content giant said it will stop showing smoking or e-cigarette use in future shows unless it is “essential.” New research finds tobacco imagery on popular shows has skyrocketed.

After an investigation by journalists found the Methodist hospital system had filed 8,300 lawsuits in five years, the hospital announced it will be “reviewing” its policies in the next 30 days.

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy slashed $130 million, or 41%, from the budget of a university system that serves more than 26,000 students. Layoffs, elimination of programs and campus closures are likely.

Courtney Irby had taken her husband’s guns from his home, and given them to police. At the time he was under arrest for allegedly ramming her car with his.

Amid tweets by President Trump that he still wants the 2020 census to ask about citizenship, an official says the Justice Department has been told to find a way to make that happen.

Yanghee Lee, the U.N. special rapporteur on Myanmar, spoke of civilians being detained, interrogated and dying in the custody of Myanmar’s military.

In Alabama, District Attorney Lynneice Washington called the case “disturbing and heartbreaking” and said there are “no winners, only losers, in this sad ordeal.”

On Sex and the City, Parker famously explored the nuances of single life. Now, in the HBO comedy series Divorce, she plays a mother of two navigating the dissolution of her marriage.

South Africa’s president made a promise to redistribute white-owned land to blacks. But it’s a tense and controversial process.

A study shows the main drivers of Juul’s social media presence are young people and third-party vendors, not the company itself. And vaping continues to look cool online among young people.

An American couple attends a mysterious festival in the Swedish countryside in Ari Aster’s new thriller. The haunting, hypnotic film will slowly seep into your nervous system.

At a time when the United States is enjoying the lowest unemployment rate in a half-century, California’s Imperial Valley suffers from a shortage of good jobs.

Some areas have already surpassed record rainfall levels, and with more rain in the forecast, the ground could simply give way, Japan’s weather agency says.

The search has been focused in an area near Del Rio, Texas. U.S. Customs and Border Protection says the girl’s mother told agents that her daughter went missing while they tried to cross the river.

The U.N. says the strike hit a hangar within the Tajoura Detention Center, obliterating what had been a shelter that was housing roughly 120 people.

The Trump administration will soon let oil companies bid on land to drill in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Some Alaska Natives fear harm to migrating caribou, others see opportunity.

U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman said it is unconstitutional to keep credible asylum-seekers in custody indefinitely as they await immigration proceedings, reversing a Trump administration order.

The Supreme Court essentially approved the practice in a recent ruling. Will Democrats still make good on promises to take partisanship out of redistricting?

Nearly two years after Hurricane Maria, the government has made vast improvements and residents have worked together to clean up their communities, but Puerto Rico remains extremely vulnerable.

President Trump plans to break a long-standing tradition of presidents staying out of Fourth of July festivities when he gives remarks from the Lincoln Memorial on Thursday.

Iacocca was a top executive at two of America’s largest car companies — Ford and Chrysler — for decades. He helped develop the Mustang and later rescued Chrysler from near-bankruptcy.

Researchers documented the fox’s epic trek of more than 2,700 miles. They also say she set a speed record for her species, at one point covering about 96 miles per day.

The inspector general’s office visited Customs and Border Protection sites across the Rio Grande Valley in South Texas. They found migrants penned in overcrowded Border Patrol facilities.

A 2013 zoning ordinance threatened Hermine Ricketts with a $50 fine each day for the garden she had tended for years. So she pulled it up — and got a lawyer.

The two tennis greats confirmed the plan after hinting at the possibility earlier this week.

A fellow SEAL had shocked the courtroom by claiming that he, not Edward Gallagher, killed the captive. The jury convicted Gallagher on one charge — posing with the body of the dead prisoner.

For eight years, a roving band of competitive barbecuers has traveled to emergency zones across the U.S., serving thousands of hot and tangy meals to people in need. Now they’ve got a cookbook.

The Saudi-led oil cartel used to shift world oil markets on its own. These days, it needs help from a few key partners — and OPEC is now officially recognizing its new alliances.

The U.S. goes to its third straight finals after a hard-fought semifinal game.

After decades on the sidelines, the medical trade group is taking a more aggressive stance by fighting two North Dakota laws it says interfere with the doctor-patient relationship.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said the submariners were poisoned by fumes from the fire, which broke out on a navy deep water research vessel.

Maine elected a wave of Democratic women to state office in 2018. They’ve pushed Maine to join a handful of other states shoring up the right to an abortion ahead of expected Supreme Court challenges.

The changing climate is especially brutal in India. Temperatures are soaring. Asphalt roads are melting. People are dying.