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
Impeachment dominates, but much other work awaits Congress
Oct 13, 2019
Impeachment may have leapfrogged to the top of the national agenda, but members of Congress still have their day jobs as legislators _ and they're returning to work this coming week with mixed hopes of success.
Arizona official charged in Marshall Islands adoption scheme
Oct 9, 2019
Court records show the assessor of Arizona's most populous county has been accused of human smuggling in an adoption fraud scheme that brought pregnant women from the Marshall Islands to the U.S. to give up their children for adoption
3 get Nobel prize for showing how cells sense low oxygen
Oct 7, 2019
Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for discovering how cells respond to differing oxygen levels, paving the way for promising strategies to fight anemia, cancer and other diseases
Theranos founder accused of bilking lawyers in civil case
Oct 4, 2019
Lawyers for Silicon Valley executive accused of fraud say they are being cheated out of money too