• 5 medical stories you might have missed

    5 medical stories you might have missed

    Feb 20, 2018 10:25 PM EDT

    ... smoking also resulted in a heightened risk of strokes. Why it matters: Smoking cigarettes is the leading cause of preventable disease and death in the U.S. It’s resulted in an estimated 480,000 deaths each year -- that’s one in every five American deaths. The good news: After ...

  • Conservative 'Never Trumpers' are split over Trump’s first year

    Conservative 'Never Trumpers' are split over Trump’s first year

    Jan 20, 2018 08:18 PM EDT

    ... a clear danger. ELIOT COHEN: First, he set up a number of-- really potentially very dangerous foreign policy-- circumstances on the Korean peninsula-- in our relationship with-- Mexico, in our relationship-- in-- in the way we've dealt with free trade. And secondly, he's done a lot of long ...

  • Trump is first president in almost a century to skip hosting a state visit in his first year

    Trump is first president in almost a century to skip hosting a state visit in his first year

    Dec 25, 2017 08:47 PM EDT

    ... to reciprocate, making him the first president in almost a century to close his first year in office without welcoming a visiting counterpart to the U.S. with similar trappings. Trump spoke dismissively of state dinners as a candidate, when he panned President Barack Obama's decision to welcome Chinese ...

  • Why some Alabamians are still standing with Moore

    Why some Alabamians are still standing with Moore

    Nov 19, 2017 03:21 PM EDT

    ... ignoring a federal court order to remove a Ten Commandments monument from the state's judicial building and again over opposing gay marriage after the U.S. Supreme Court effectively legalized it. Conservative backers view those ousters as badges of honor. Longtime Moore supporter John Giles said Moore doesn't ...

  • AP report: With tensions high, Trump, Abe strengthen bond on the links

    AP report: With tensions high, Trump, Abe strengthen bond on the links

    Nov 05, 2017 02:49 PM EDT

    ... best to approach the threat looming in Pyongyang. During his campaign, Trump suggested Japan should acquire its own nuclear weapons to defend itself, hinted the U.S. might not come to the nation's defense, and accused Japan of "killing us" on trade. He has dropped that antagonist language almost ...

  • Trump to travel to 5 countries in Asia in November

    Trump to travel to 5 countries in Asia in November

    Sep 29, 2017 03:11 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON — The White House announced Friday that President Donald Trump will take a five-nation trip to the Asia Pacific region in November as the U.S. seeks to curb North Korea's growing nuclear threat. The White House said Trump will travel to Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam and ...

  • How the 1967 riots reshaped Detroit, and the rebuilding that still needs to be done

    How the 1967 riots reshaped Detroit, and the rebuilding that still needs to be done

    Jul 22, 2017 12:17 AM EDT

    ... think we locked up about 7,000 people total. WOMAN: A lot of people hollering and screaming and saying, why do you keep messing with us and not go to your neighborhoods? WOMAN: There were more than 2,500 buildings that were destroyed, looted or burned to the ground, over ...

  • How powerful is North Korea's military?

    How powerful is North Korea's military?

    Jun 20, 2017 06:07 PM EDT

    North Korea has embarked on an accelerated buildup of weapons of mass destruction and modernization of its already large conventional force. Read more in this Council on Foreign Relations explainer.

  • News Wrap: Oklahoma picks up the pieces after deadly tornadoes touch down

    News Wrap: Oklahoma picks up the pieces after deadly tornadoes touch down

    May 11, 2016 12:35 AM EDT

    It was West Virginia and Nebraska’s turn to vote in party primaries Tuesday -- but the candidates were not there. Presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump was in New York working to join forces with the Republican National Committee on fundraising. Across the aisle, Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders looked to future contests in Kentucky...

  • Two superpowers collide in the Pacific

    Two superpowers collide in the Pacific

    Mar 24, 2016 05:07 PM EDT

    At the center of debate and strategic discussions across Asia is the question of whether the region can accommodate two superpowers -- China and the United States.