Health Jun 30 The man who studies how Americans die In 2014, 2.6 million Americans died, according to the latest available data from the National Center for Health Statistics.
World Jun 29 What we know — and don’t know — about the Istanbul bombing At least 41 people are dead and more than 230 wounded after three explosions at Istanbul Atatürk Airport in Turkey late Tuesday.
Nation Jun 27 Has U.S. achieved racial equality? Depends on whom you ask Four out of 10 African-Americans doubt this nation will ever achieve racial equality, but as many white Americans believe those changes have already come to pass, according to a new study from the Pew Research Center.
Nation Jun 23 One in five U.S. children stalled in poverty One out of five U.S. children lived in poverty in 2014, unchanged from the previous year despite rising employment, according to the latest available data from the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
Nation Jun 15 Are you sexist? Take this quiz Overt prejudice against women is hard to miss, but decades of research suggests that subtle sexism can be just as damaging -- but often go unnoticed.
Nation Jun 15 Florida officials recover toddler’s body after Disney alligator attack Disney Parks closed all beaches at Lake Buena Vista resorts after the alligator seized the boy.
Nation Jun 13 Florida leads the U.S. in mass shootings in 2016 Out of 937 total victims, 201 of them -- about one out of five -- were in Florida.
Nation Jun 09 No right to carry concealed weapons in public, federal appeals court says In a 7-4 vote, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco overturned a 2014 decision in a lawsuit against a San Diego County sheriff who had denied concealed weapons permits to some applicants. Instead, the court said…
Politics Jun 06 Young GOP voter turnout boosted by automatic registration in Oregon The nation's first automatic voter registration system may have added about 51,000 new voters since January for this year's presidential election, a rate which far outpaces previous registrations since 2008.
Nation May 31 Why President Obama can’t get enough of this small Indiana town James Kruis grew up on the factory floors of his family’s molding and plastics business in Elkhart, Indiana, the city that President Obama says represents “the story of America’s recovery.” At age 10, Kruis rummaged through the…