US to impose visas restrictions for pregnant women
Jan 22, 2020
The Trump administration is coming out with new visa restrictions aimed at restricting a practice known as “birth tourism
Opioid-dependent kids' guardians seek to form class in suit
Jan 10, 2020
Attorneys representing guardians of children born dependent on opioids are asking a federal judge in Cleveland to include them as a group in a class action lawsuit against the pharmaceutical industry
House passes $1.4T government spending bill amid impeachment
Dec 18, 2019
The Democratic-controlled House has passed a $1.4 trillion government spending package, handing President Donald Trump a victory on his U.S.-Mexico border fence
Kansas court considers parental rights of ex-LGBTQ partners
Dec 17, 2019
Some LGBTQ people in Kansas who wanted to raise children born to partners they couldn't legally marry can be denied contact with the children when the couples split up
Abortion ban proposal faces a murky future in South Carolina
Nov 5, 2019
A group of South Carolina senators are expected to take another step toward banning almost all abortions in the state
Medical pot on campus: Colleges say no and face lawsuits
Oct 24, 2019
Colleges are becoming a battleground in the conflict between federal and state marijuana laws
Companies reach tentative deal to settle opioids lawsuit
Oct 21, 2019
The nation's three largest drug distributors and a drugmaker have reached a tentative deal to settle a lawsuit related to the nation's opioid crisis
Schumer calls for federal probe of contaminated baby food
Oct 20, 2019
The Senate's top Democrat is calling on the Food and Drug Administration to examine a report that found dozens of baby food products contaminated with lead and other metals
Northeast officials team up to push pot, vaping regulations
Oct 17, 2019
The governors from several Northeastern states say they want to work together to regulate marijuana and vaping
Warren, candidate with the answers, dodges tax hike question
Oct 16, 2019
Elizabeth Warren has persistently refused to say whether middle class taxes will rise to pay for her "Medicare for All" health care plan