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Unpredictable moments involved the cost of drugs, the fight against snakebites and kissing bugs … and reproductive rights.

Secretary of State David Whitley was behind an effort to remove alleged noncitizens from the state’s voter rolls. He resigned Monday as the Texas Legislature’s session came to a close.

Regulators give many cancer drugs a fast track to market while requiring drugmakers to do more studies after approval. Researchers have found the follow-up studies frequently come up short.

Horwitz’s publisher says he died of apparent cardiac arrest. A Pulitzer Prize winner for covering the hardships of low-wage workers, the peripatetic writer sought truths obscured by history’s cliches.

Two former presidents of MSU have resigned since January 2018. Each were caught up in the trial and sentencing of former university sports doctor Larry Nassar, who sexually abused his female patients.

Across tea-drinking cultures, writers have milked hot tea for all its worth to add a splash of narrative panache to comic or erotic scenes or to build mood, momentum and character.

The court did not take up the part of the law that banned abortions because of fetal abnormality or race or sex of the fetus, which a lower court had knocked down in addition to the burial provision.

Bunch, the founding director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, will assume the mantle of leadership — and in so doing, make history at the 173-year-old organization

David Epstein’s book, though it doesn’t rely heavily on science, is an engaging survey of research and anecdotes supporting that a thoughtful, collaborative world is a better and more innovative one.

Social media is helping drive more people to visit national parks. While it’s getting folks out there, it’s also causing traffic jams and congestion in places valued for solitude and reflection.

Fourteen presidential candidates will descend on San Francisco this weekend, underscoring California’s new role as a key early primary state.

A knife-wielding man attacked a group of elementary school children as they were boarding a school bus at about 7:45 a.m. local time in the city of Kawasaki, according to news reports.

The dangerous twisters, which began late Monday night, caused considerable damage. Dayton is now under a boil-water advisory.

The pharmaceutical industry is facing hundreds of lawsuits around the country from state and local officials, who want the industry to help pay to tackle the opioid epidemic.

The former All-Star and Gold Glove winner spent 22 years in the Major Leagues, but his career was overshadowed by a fateful mistake in the 1986 World Series.

Oklahoma’s trial is the first in a wave of litigation attempting to bring claims against opioid manufacturers. The state is seeking millions of dollars in damages and penalties.

The number of acres of U.S. farmland held by foreign-owned investors has doubled in the past two decades, raising alarm bells in farming communities.

In response to the May 23 tweet, thousands of veterans and their loved ones shared stories of trauma, depression, illness, sexual assault and suicide.

A Monday press conference with President Trump and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe showed the two countries struggling to manage differences over issues including Iran, North Korea and trade.

Infants’ Tylenol is the same strength as Children’s Tylenol. Turns out, the price difference has to do with packaging and safety features.

Group prenatal visits are catching on — they can save money and reduce the risk of premature births. For one mother, it turned out to be the best decision she made during her pregnancy.

John Hickenlooper says Democrats are at risk of losing the next presidential election if they do not “stand up and say that we Democrats don’t stand for socialism.”

‘The Hot Zone,’ a miniseries on the National Geographic Channel, was “inspired” by a 1989 Ebola crisis in the U.S. We asked virologist Thomas Geisbert, who was on the scene.

Representatives for President Nicolás Maduro and opposition leader Juan Guaidó are slated to hold direct talks in Norway this week aimed at breaking months of political gridlock.

More than 1,000 people participated in the banquet, where 20 couples were married. Taiwan passed legislation this month recognizing same-sex marriages on the island.

Oklahoma’s attorney general had filed a lawsuit against the Israel-based company for its alleged role in fueling the opioid crisis.

Starr, a hall-of-famer, was the first quarterback in history to win five NFL championships. He died Sunday in Birmingham, Ala.

The storm struck the city of El Reno late Saturday night, causing severe damage to a motel and mobile home park.

Do you often hear your colleagues complain that the office is too cold or that they have to bundle up? A new study shows that women are more productive when their surrounding temperatures are higher.

“Just continually putting people in jail, that’s not doing anything for them,” says an Everett, Wash. police officer who connected with one drug user, Shannon McCarty, and helped her get off drugs.

ISIS has radicalized people around the world. But even with one of the world’s largest Muslim populations, India has had very few cases of radicalization — until recently. Most cases are in the south.

From pre-Incan to Viking-inspired to a George Washington porter, these beer scientists devote their resources toward re-creating age-old flavors. And sometimes that leads to some sticky situations.

After two master’s degrees and three children, Hilary Gordon is one of the women who now make up more than half of the contractors at food delivery apps like Instacart. NPR spent a day with her.

Attorneys general from 47 states, three U.S. territories and the District of Columbia have asked the Department of Education to make loan discharge for permanently disabled veterans automatic.