Spring means beautiful flowers, fragrant lilacs – and lots of tree pollen coating cars and setting off sneezing, wheezing and headaches.

As an allergist and immunologist at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, I help patients with seasonal allergies and associated allergic diseases manage their conditions, and one question...Read more

The question of which court should hear a case isn’t always as easy as it might seem – and the answer can sometimes make a difference in the potential outcome. For instance, in 2013, the government of Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, decided to sue several oil companies for violating a 1978 state law that required a state permit for oil ...Read more

Many people finish the workday not just tired but wired. Their mind keeps racing, their body feels tense, and even in moments that should be restful they feel a lingering sense of urgency. Conversations replay in their mind, unfinished tasks resurface, and their nervous system seems unwilling to power down.

You may recognize this ...Read more

When the world shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, another crisis quietly grew behind closed doors. Reports from around the globe suggested that violence against women and girls was increasing. Governments, nongovernmental organizations and advocates began referring to the phenomenon as a “shadow pandemic.”

To ...Read more

A 35-year-old Kentucky woman was arrested in late 2025, accused of taking abortion pills that she ordered online.

The gestational age and status of the pregnancy is unknown. But Kentucky, like the majority of Southern states that contain Appalachian counties, has a complete abortion ban.

Mifepristone is a medication approved ...Read more

“Mercy,” a film released in January 2026, depicts a dystopian Los Angeles in the near future: a city riddled with violence, homelessness and civic disorder. California’s response is to set up the Mercy Capital Court, run entirely by an AI bot that goes by the name Judge Maddox. The judge can analyze evidence, determine whether the ...Read more

Nonprofits led by Muslim women remain extensively engaged in a wide range of civic activities, even though 72% say they have experienced Islamophobia in their work.

That’s one of the main findings of the study that we conducted together. It is the basis of the applied research project – a type of dissertation – that one of us (...Read more

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is traveling to Beijing for talks, marking the diplomat’s first visit to China since U.S. and Israeli strikes sparked the most severe global oil supply shock in history.

Araghchi is traveling on Tuesday and will hold talks with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, Iran’s Foreign Ministry said in a ...Read more

A quarter of immigration arrests since August were labeled by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as "collateral," a type of arrest and detention that's been challenged in court as an end run around civil rights.

Public outrage and lawsuits over the arrests may be tamping down the large-scale sweeps that foster them, but tens of thousands ...Read more

Tory Starr is worried about the people who get medical care at Open Door Community Health Centers along California's North Coast.

"They're the folks that work at restaurants. They're the teacher's aides," said Starr, a registered nurse who became Open Door's chief executive more than six years ago. Those patients, he said, are "really the heart...Read more

DETROIT — A bill introduced in Lansing that would require family court judges in Michigan to receive training before taking the bench is dividing some in the legal system, with some saying it's needed to prevent judges from making consequential mistakes, while others say it's "unconstitutional" and "unnecessary."

Under the law right now, a ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A recent series of earthquakes in Nevada has served as a jolting reminder of the state's seismic risk.

It started with a scary earthquake near Reno, then more unsettling shaking near Las Vegas. Neither earthquake caused significant damage, but it has gotten Nevada talking about the large geological forces that caused them.

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The U.S. Supreme Court’s new decision gutting a key provision of the federal Voting Rights Act clears the way for state officials to drastically reshape not only Congress but also state legislatures, county commissions, city councils and even local school boards.

The ruling, released last week in a case called Louisiana v. Callais, dismantled...Read more

When he was elected pope on May 8, 2025, Robert Prevost, who took the name Leo XIV, greeted the crowd with Christ’s words to his disciples: “Peace be with you.”

Peace has become a central theme of the pontificate of the first American pope. In recent months, opposing the war in the Middle East, Leo has said that the “world is ...Read more

The University of Texas at Arlington was awarded a $4 million grant from Gov. Greg Abbott’s office to help develop a real time flood warning system for the Hill Country, the university announced Monday, May 4.

On July 4, 2025, over 130 people were killed in floods in Kerr County, including 25 campers, two counselors and a director at Camp ...Read more

California Department of Fish and Wildlife officials captured a bear Monday at Hansen Dam a day after it caused a stir among residents and triggered a police response.

A dramatic scene unfolded Sunday at Hansen Dam Recreation Area, in the San Fernando Valley near Pacoima, as an ursine interloper came too close for comfort to weekend crowds at...Read more

A man was shot by Secret Service officers near the White House Monday afternoon after agents spotted him carrying a concealed firearm and he opened fire, according to the agency’s deputy director.

Plainclothes surveillance agents patrolling the outer perimeter of the White House complex spotted what they described as a visible outline of a ...Read more