SANDPOINT, Idaho — An anti-abortion pregnancy center on the outskirts of this Idaho Panhandle town greets visitors with an abridged Bible verse painted on the wall of its waiting area: "Come to me & I will give you rest."

7B Care Clinic has been operating in Sandpoint since 2001 and was previously called Life Choices Pregnancy Center and ...Read more

In response to abrupt and politicized changes to federal vaccine policy, concerned Coloradans have taken several steps to shore up support for vaccine science.

A bill passed by the state legislature in March then signed into law by Democratic Gov. Jared Polis allows Colorado to further uncouple itself from federal guidance.

The law allows ...Read more

WILLIAMSTON, N.C. — Two years after her brother's death, Debra Pierce still wonders whether the 50-year-old would have survived his heart attack if her local hospital hadn't closed.

"The sad thing is we'll never know if he could have been saved that night or not, because we don't have a higher level of care in this county," Pierce said as she...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A sweeping new review of prenatal antidepressant use underscores a finding that has surfaced repeatedly throughout the last decade: While parental depression is strongly linked to child neurodevelopmental disorders, taking antidepressants during pregnancy does not appear to significantly increase a child's risk of autism.

In an ...Read more

An anti-abortion group last month sued seven Utah fertility clinics, claiming their disposal of embryos as part of the in vitro fertilization process violates the state’s wrongful death law.

The ministry Voice for the Voiceless believes it has a strong case because Utah is one of four states — Alabama, Louisiana and Missouri are the others ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — After their work permits expired, an immigration attorney near San Diego was fired and a nurse in California's East Bay area was placed on unpaid leave.

Both depend on work permits and legal protection afforded under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, a program created by President Barack Obama in 2012 for immigrants who ...Read more

A political dinner that had been scheduled for Thursday in the northwest suburbs to benefit Republican governor candidate Darren Bailey was postponed after the Tribune raised questions about whether the event complied with a 4-year-old Illinois law prohibiting candidates from holding fundraisers anywhere in the state when the legislature is in ...Read more

A moose charged a person walking dogs near Winter Park on Sunday, sending them to the hospital with serious injuries, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife.

The unidentified person was walking two dogs on Little Vasquez Road — a nearly 10-mile hike that climbs the mountain behind the Winter Park ski resort — when a moose and her yearling...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump asserted that no one nation would control the vital Strait of Hormuz waterway, highlighting a key sticking point in resolving the war with Iran.

Hours later, American forces carried out airstrikes on an Iranian military site, as a resolution to the war that began nearly three months ago remains elusive ...Read more

The search for a Michigan woman who went missing in the Bahamas under mysterious circumstances will resume in previously unsearched Caribbean waters, according to newly published reports.

U.S. investigators plan to seek permission from Bahamian authorities to search the Sea of Abaco for 56-year-old Lynette Hooker, CBS News reports, citing a U.S...Read more

LAS VEGAS — A teen accused of planning a mass shooting to “kill all normies” at a Las Vegas Valley library or school could receive probation under a negotiation with prosecutors.

Eighteen-year-old Vincent Llamas must set up inpatient mental health treatment before he is sentenced, a judge ruled Wednesday.

District Judge Mary Kay Holthus ...Read more

In its latest effort to narrow pathways to immigration to the United States, the Trump administration says it will crack down on attorneys who file fraudulent asylum claims for their clients.

The U.S. has long granted asylum to people who are unable or unwilling to return to their home countries because they have been persecuted, or fear ...Read more

Barron Trump was noticeably absent from family photos shared online from his brother Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding in the Bahamas over the weekend.

That’s because Barron Trump skipped the wedding of his eldest half-brother to Palm Beach socialite, Bettina Anderson — like his father and mother, Donald and Melania Trump, the Daily Mail ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump asserted that no one nation would control the vital Strait of Hormuz waterway, highlighting a key sticking point in resolving the war with Iran.

Trump was asked during a meeting of his cabinet if he was comfortable with a short-term deal that would open the strait but under Iranian control.

“Nobody’s ...Read more

MIAMI — The white tents and chain-link fences may soon be coming down at Alligator Alcatraz, but an environmental advocacy group has sued the Florida Division of Emergency Management, accusing it of violating federal pollution laws by operating the detention center in the middle of the Everglades.

In a 40-page complaint filed in Miami federal...Read more

A Google software engineer was charged with insider trading on Polymarket, where he allegedly made more than $1 million betting on one of last year’s most popular Internet searches.

Michele Spagnuolo was charged in a complaint unsealed Wednesday in federal court in New York. Spagnuolo, 36, appeared before a federal magistrate and was released...Read more

NORFOLK, Va. — The family of slain sailor Angelina Resendiz has been contacted by the Navy regarding a possible plea deal for her accused killer, her family’s attorney confirmed Wednesday.

The Navy’s docket for the case has been updated to reflect a two-day hearing on June 8 and 9, rather than the three-week trial that had been scheduled...Read more

NEW YORK — New Yorkers were left to languish at 26 Federal Plaza in severely overcrowded holding cells for days on end in conditions so abhorrent they made ICE personnel recoil, according to evidence presented Wednesday to a Manhattan judge weighing permanent protections for immigrants at the facility.

“The hygiene conditions were appalling...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Top California Democrats are watching this year’s governor’s race from the sidelines.

Gov. Gavin Newsom is staying out of the fray. So is Speaker Emeritus Nancy Pelosi and former Vice President Kamala Harris. Attorney General Rob Bonta is staying mum after declining to run, and U.S. Senators Adam Schiff and Alex ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom has threatened to tax 100% of the money Californians receive from President Trump’s “anti-weaponization” fund for his political allies.

Trump’s Justice Department had announced last week that it would establish a $1.776-billion fund to compensate allies of the president who claim they have “...Read more