Health Feb 28 In the war on heroin, Baltimore drug programs face an uncertain future In 2015, Baltimore wrote a city-wide prescription for a heroin antidote. Two years later, as the city tries to expand access to addiction treatment, will the White House support its mission?…
Nation Feb 21 U.S. ‘has not yet reached the mountaintop,’ says new civil rights commission chair For Catherine Lhamon, it’s been an eventful introduction to her new role as chair of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
Nation Feb 10 Immigration ban reveals a nation divided Now halted by a temporary court-ordered stay, President Donald Trump’s executive order banning Syrian refugees and blocking travelers from seven Muslim-majority nations created chaos at airports and left thousands of travelers in limbo. But beyond the immediate headlines, the order…
Nation Jan 10 Relive Clemson’s historic win in photos The Crimson Tide held the lead for three quarters, but the Tigers turned it all around in the game's final few minutes.
Nation Jan 06 Why hate crimes are so difficult to convict Prosecuting hate crimes is often a complicated and arduous process, and no national agency tracks conviction rate data for these crimes.
Health Jan 05 The nation’s birth rate declined in 2015, new data says Research shows women gave birth to nearly 4 million babies in the U.S. in 2015, down 1 percent from a year earlier. This is a small, but noteworthy drop.
Nation Dec 26 13 undeniably good things that happened in 2016 It’s worth looking back through the debris of the last year to remember that it wasn’t all bad.
Health Dec 20 Heroin deaths soar compared to other opioids, new study shows Government researchers dove into death certificate data to uncover what drugs are most commonly associated with overdose deaths in the United States. These deaths are on the rise, and heroin is becoming a primarily culprit.
Health Dec 15 The many mixed messages schools send students on healthy eating In schools, where companies enjoy a captive audience, food marketing is widespread -- on pizza packaging, football game scoreboards and vending machines, for example. But the messages on healthy eating in the classroom often conflict with both that marketing and…
World Dec 13 Which nations jail the most journalists? Worldwide, governments have jailed 259 journalists, according to a new report from the Committee to Protect Journalists. That's the highest total since 1990 when the group first tracked the number of imprisoned reporters.