Sales of sugary drinks fell dramatically across five U.S. cities, after they implemented taxes targeting those drinks – and those changes were sustained over time. That’s according to a study published Friday in the journal JAMA Health Forum....
The first look at trends following most of the winter holidays shows that seasonal virus activity remains elevated and continues to rise across the United States, according to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As infections and hospitalizations mount, the CDC continues to emphasize the importance of...
Israel's far-right minister claimed the idea is supported by GOP candidate Nikki Haley, and said he will 'try to convince' other government members to support such a measure. This comes days before the ICJ is due to hear South Africa's petition alleging Israel is behind forced displacement of Gazans
Three years after the Capitol attack, federal judges in Washington have sentenced more than half of the roughly 1,200 people charged in the largest investigation in U.S. history and have handed down lighter punishments for Jan. 6 assault convictions compared with similar assault cases nationally, a Washington Post analysis...
Advocates for gun rights are urging the New Mexico Supreme Court to block emergency orders by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham restricting people from carrying guns at public parks and playgrounds in the state’s largest metro area and address gun violence as a public health crisis....
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A new California law that bans people from carrying firearms in most public places was once again blocked from taking effect Saturday as a court case challenging it continues....
Harvey apartments were boarded up amid concerns over unfit living conditions and ongoing crime. Some residents say they were home when the work began, and are now fighting for a place to stay.
A man who died on federal death row last month told loved ones he planned to kill himself in the weeks before U.S. prison staff reported finding his body....
It turns out shoplifting isn’t spiraling out of control, but lawmakers are pushing for tougher penalties for low-level and nonviolent crimes anyway....
Lights designed to prevent runway incursions were out of service when a Japan Coast Guard plane collided with an arriving Japan Airlines Co. passenger jet at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on Jan. 2.
The situation in Gaza over the last three months has been so chaotic that much of the data available comes with some sort of asterisk: it might be incomplete, or out of date, or drawn from a source that is claimed to be unreliable....
What began as a trickle of Shahed drones sold to Russia for use against Ukraine has turned into a flood. And now American intelligence officials believe that, despite warnings, Iran is preparing to ship short-range missiles for use against Ukraine, just as Kyiv is running short on air defense and artillery shells....