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WASHINGTON — House Republicans’ vow to use the debt ceiling negotiations to extract spending concessions from Democrats has housing advocates worried about cuts targeting crucial programs amid a strained supply and ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — When Angelo Bedami returned from hiding in Sicily in 1983 to turn himself in for smuggling millions of dollars of drugs into Florida from Colombia, federal law enforcement’s initial question had nothing ...Read more

LAKE POWELL, Utah — Muddy water whizzed past as John Weisheit steered a motorboat upstream in the Colorado River. He revved the engine as the boat sped around a bend and up a riffle.

All along the river’s banks, ...Read more

BERTHOUD PASS, Colo. — The Colorado River begins as melting snow, trickling from forested peaks and coursing in streams that gather in the meadows and valleys of the Rocky Mountains.

Like arteries, its major tributaries...Read more

SARASOTA, Fla. — The campus was on edge, with more than a dozen police and a bomb-sniffing dog on patrol and rumors spreading that far-right militias were on their way.

Outside an auditorium, a few protesters held up ...Read more

Last year, Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg flinched rather than following through with what his own office’s prosecutors believed to be a solid case that Donald Trump lied to banks about his holdings. As Mark Pomerantz — who ...Read more

MIAMI — In the athletic trainer’s office at Miami Senior High are green Gatorade jugs, water bottles, anatomical posters, two massage tables — and years of private medical records of male and female high school ...Read more

NEW YORK — Rita Moreno and her “80 for Brady” co-stars had to call an audible.

Production for the comedy film about football-loving friends in or around their 80s began last March, shortly after Tom Brady retired ...Read more

In 1945, as Europe smoldered and the world waited for justice, the American brothers and military veterans Budd and Stuart Schulberg embarked on the most difficult and important assignment of their lives. Their mission, ...Read more

It's a bad time to be in the worst-of business.

Last month, as Hollywood was rolling out its Oscar nominations and celebrating the year's best films, across town another entity, the Razzies, was lauding the year's worst ...Read more

When Patrick Stewart was first offered the role of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard in a “Star Trek” adventure, he had no clue what that was. He had to ask his children.

“I got this famous call from my agent, whom I had never...Read more

The journey of Beyoncé's sparkly "Renaissance" tour cowboy hat, which was all over the internet last week, began in the humble basement of Abby Misbin's childhood home in suburban Pennsylvania.

Misbin, known online by ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — When Priscilla Presley challenged her late daughter's will last month, it raised the prospect of a family rift and a messy legal battle over who would guide Elvis' lucrative estate.

But legal experts say ...Read more

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says heart disease is a leading cause of death is the U.S. And the risk of heart disease death differs by race and ethnicity.

February is American Heart Month. But what is ...Read more

There’s no question the employees on two Half Moon Bay mushroom farms lived in desperate circumstances. Many of their homes were flimsy shacks propped up on wooden pallets. The roofs leaked. There was often no running ...Read more

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I am a breast cancer survivor who still suffers from various aches and pains, including arthritis. A friend told me that her arthritis pain improved after she started taking turmeric. I'm committed to ...Read more

I’m at the pharmacy to pick up methotrexate — the medicine for my newly diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis (RA) — and I’m told they never got the prescription. It’s strange: I’m picking up another medicine, too, ...Read more

In the news or on social media, we hear the term "bipolar disorder" a lot.

Whether it's celebrities opening up about their diagnoses or an investigation finding that a person has struggled with the illness, such accounts ...Read more

As a parent, you want the best possible health for your child. So does your pediatrician. When your child comes to see a pediatrician, for either a well visit or a sick one, we are always asking ourselves what we can do to...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Kim Petras made history on Sunday as the first transgender woman to win the Grammy Award for pop duo/group performance.

The singer shared the prize with Sam Smith for their smash-hit collaboration, “...Read more