Bookmarks (681)

The Food and Drug Administration plans to update its definition of "healthy" foods. Items that are high in saturated fat, sodium and added sugars no longer qualify.

Transgender military officers, diplomats abroad, others, believe progress and acceptance built over a decade may be destroyed

Killings, including a notorious massacre, in a Syrian suburb left residents wanting revenge. Then they heard a militia leader was going to be hanged.

Efforts to reform life inside the walls of the Central California Women's Facility in Chowchilla are making headway. But most female prisoners have experienced levels of trauma that make it hard to build trust.

Donald Trump's victory, and especially his winning the popular vote, has caused Black women to rethink their approach to politics. For some, the solution is more focus on local issues and their own needs.

TikTok's case is set for oral argument on Jan. 10, nine days before the site is scheduled to be shut down.

Two leftists bros started the 'Know Your Enemy' podcast to help listeners understand America's right wing rather than ridicule and demonize it.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, once a political star, is fighting for his job amid calls to step down. Donald Trump is adding to his troubles.

An advisor to Donald Trump's pick for Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., petitioned the government to withdraw approval of the polio vaccine.

Trump claims J. Ann Selzer and the Des Moines Register tried to "create a false narrative of inevitability" for Kamala Harris. Experts said he aims to chill impartial election assessments.

The brazen street bombing of a top Russian general could reflect Ukraine's wish to hit Moscow hard before Donald Trump takes office and any negotiations begin.

Presidents and their partisans often argue about who deserves credit or blame for U.S. economic performance. But much of the country's strength transcends presidencies.

President-elect Donald Trump casts himself as a strongman fixer of major problems, but has begun to walk back certain campaign promises.

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson made her Broadway debut over the weekend with a one-night-only role in the musical '& Juliet.'

The U.S. is one of more than 30 countries with unrestricted birthright citizenship. Trump said in a recent interview that he plans to revoke the right.

'These people need to go to prison,' Trump's FBI pick has said of Biden, Harris, Obama and others, echoing Trump's long-expressed desire to prosecute foes.

Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong on his plans to shake up the newspaper and build for the future.

Over 100 manufacturing and business groups are asking for a rollback of Biden administration regulations on pollution, worker safety and consumer protections.

Pelosi thanked the staff at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center and the hospital in Luxembourg, where she was also treated, for their excellent care and kindness.'

The 26-year-old former data engineer's political ideology, steeped in a hodgepodge of online Silicon Valley tech philosophy and heterodox ideas, defies neat left-right categorization.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol had refused to resign. But a dozen lawmakers from his own party turned against him in an impeachment vote over his declaration of martial law.

Samir Ousman Sheikh allegedly ordered inmates to a wing of a Syrian prison where they were then tortured with a device known as the 'flying carpet.'

The couple were traveling through the Mexican state of Michoacán when they were shot to death on a rural road.

Supreme Court will consider whether oil industry may sue to challenge California's plan to require 'zero emissions' for new vehicles by 2035.

The conservative U.S. Supreme Court, which has repeatedly ruled for religious claims that limit duties set by government, may free Catholic charities from paying the taxes.

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was injured while on a congressional trip to Luxembourg to mark the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge.

For two decades, the 836-pound Bahia Emerald has wreaked havoc on the lives of smugglers, schemers and dreamers. Now, it is heading home to Brazil.

The fall of the dictator is good news for Syrians, for their neighbors and for the U.S. But that doesn't necessarily mean the governing rebels are anyone's allies.

Federal prosecutors said Thursday that Durk Devontay Banks — the Grammy winner known as Lil Durk — may be linked to a second murder in Chicago and accused him of putting out bounties for other killings, including one for a family member of a witness.

For the good of the FBI and the nation, Christopher Wray should have forced Donald Trump to fire him.

Loved ones are now searching for the estimated 150,000 people who were detained and disappeared in Bashar Assad's Syrian government gulags.

As part of the plea deal with Justice Department special counsel David Weiss, California resident Alexander Smirnov will admit he fabricated the story that became central to the Republican impeachment inquiry in Congress.

Canada was long viewed as a beacon for immigrants. But record levels of migration here in recent years have triggered widespread backlash.

Bob Fernandez, who served aboard the USS Curtiss during the attack on Pearl Harbor, has died. He was among the dwindling number of service members who survived the attack.

Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old charged with murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, struggled with spondylolisthesis before receiving surgery.

Padilla and other Latino senators sent President Biden a letter asking him to redesignate eligible countries for Temporary Protected Status and speed up processing of DACA applications.

American statements in support of the will of the South Korean people and their Constitution can make a difference in an escalating political crisis.

The president-elect reiterated his promise to deport millions of immigrants who are in the country without authorization. His rationale for the policy is false.

Even as women have reached near-parity in Sacramento, the ranks of female House members from California are shrinking. For the first time in decades, men also hold both U.S. Senate seats.

Federal wildlife officials on Tuesday proposed protecting the striking long-distance migrators under the Endangered Species Act after dramatic population drops.

The Israeli military said it targeted Syrian antiaircraft batteries, missile depots, manufacturing facilities, drones, helicopters, fighter jets, tanks, hangars, radars and 15 naval vessels.

Nikki Giovanni, a prominent poet, civil rights activist and educator, has died at 81. 'We will forever be grateful for the unconditional time she gave to us.'

The conservative-leaning Supreme Court has steadily ruled against environmental regulation and may be about to do so again.

Mykalai Kontilai, who fraudulently used Jackie Robinson's Brooklyn Dodgers contracts, was sentenced to 51 months in prison and ordered to pay $6.1 million he stole from investors.

The party of South Korea's embattled president has refused to join an impeachment effort, instead promising an 'orderly resignation.'