U.S. & World

The world’s oceans have gone “crazy haywire,” according to a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration official, with record-high temperatures imperiling coral reefs.

Fast-moving thunderstorms pummeled southeastern Texas on Thursday for the second time this month, killing at least four people, blowing out windows in high-rise buildings, downing trees and knocking out power to more than 900,000 homes and businesses in the Houston area.

New drugs to treat debilitating menopause symptoms — namely hot flashes — are finally on the market or are in development. But doctors say insurance companies either won’t pay for them or make women try and fail with other, perhaps less effective, drugs before they do.

One Oakland high schooler is racking in the college acceptance letters and scholarships.

If you’ve tried meditating but can’t sit still, you’re not alone. Experts say many people try it only once because they are antsy and feel they’re doing it wrong.

Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott pardons an ex-Army sergeant convicted of killing Black Lives Matter protester in Austin in 2020.

The FDA cleared the Amgen drug, called Imdelltra, as a treatment for patients with advanced small-cell lung cancer.

A proposed rule sent to the federal register recognizes the medical uses of cannabis and acknowledges it has less potential for abuse than some of the nation’s most dangerous drugs.

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has not made clear if he repaid a friend’s loan to buy an RV, raising questions about potential tax violations.

President Joe Biden has asserted executive privilege over audio of his interview with special counsel Robert Hur at the center a Republican effort to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress.

A Massachusetts teen who participated in a spicy tortilla chip challenge on social media died from ingesting a substance containing a high amount of the chili pepper extract capsaicin, according to autopsy results. Harris Wolobah, a 14-year-old sophomore at Doherty Memorial High School in Worcester, died on Sept. 1, 2023, after eating the chip manu...

“If you know me well enough, I made ‘Yellowstone’ the first priority, and to insinuate anything else would be wrong,” he said.

The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a business-backed challenge that could have scuttled the federal agency set up to protect consumers from shady financial services practices. The court on a 7-2 vote ruled that the funding structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which allows the agency to be funded directly by the Federal Reserve...