Nation Feb 21

At least 22 states are considering legislation to legalize sports gambling. An Associated Press review of all the bills introduced this year — more than 100 so far — found high interest among lawmakers, but also many questions about how…

Nation Feb 01

While aggressively marketing OxyContin, the Sackler family also sought to profit off the drug abuse crisis its company helped create by exploring selling drugs used to treat addiction and reverse overdoses, state lawyers contend in previously secret parts of their…

Nation Jan 17

Details were made public in a case brought by Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey that accuses Purdue Pharma, its executives and members of the Sackler family of deceiving patients and doctors about the risks of opioids and pushing prescribers to…

Nation Dec 17

Cities in California, Oregon and Washington have driven an overall spike in the number of homeless people nationwide in recent years.

Politics Sep 23

It's a resume that reads like an ideal springboard to higher office: investigated sexual assaults of Olympic gymnasts, charged government officials responsible for a tainted water crisis, bucked the governor on tax hikes. With that background and his party controlling…

Nation Aug 24

Four states — Connecticut, Maryland, New Jersey and New York — already have sued the federal government over the deduction cap, asserting it's aimed at hurting a group of Democratic states and tramples on their constitutional budget-making authority.

Nation Aug 11

The import tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump are adding thousands of dollars to the cost of building homes.

World Jul 14

U.S. intelligence officials say they are seeing "persistent Russian efforts using social media" to sow discord and divisiveness in America.

Politics Jul 14

The top state election officials from throughout the U.S. are gathering this weekend in Philadelphia amid fresh revelations of Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election.

Nation Feb 12

The investigation by Missouri's Sen. Claire McCaskill sheds light on the opioid industry's ability to shape public opinion and raises questions about its role in an overdose epidemic that has claimed hundreds of thousands of American lives.