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Bren Smith is a seaweed farmer and co-founder of GreenWave, a nonprofit that supports and trains ocean farmers.

Kelp Has Been Touted As The New Kale, But It Has Been Slow To Catch On

While the seaweed has a lot of things going for it in terms of nutrition and climate friendliness, the lack of infrastructure to process it and people's tastes have not been quick to adopt it.

A screenshot from a public service announcement by White House and Truth Initiative to warn youth about opioid abuse.

With Real-Life Stories, White House Ad Campaign Aims To Prevent Youth Opioid Abuse

Four new national ads will focus on warning young people about how easy it is to fall into opioid addiction.

The SANDAG board meets to consider the future of Buena Vista Lagoon between Oceanside and Carlsbad, Nov. 16, 2018.

SANDAG Delays Decision On North County's Buena Vista Lagoon

The San Diego Association of Governments board of directors decided Friday to wait another six months before mapping out the future of the Buena Vista lagoon restoration project.

A voter casts her ballot at a polling station in Albuquerque, N.M., on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016.

4 Ways The U.S. Could Fight Future Election Interference

Protecting the casting and counting of votes is only one potential issue for policymakers. How a cyberattack might disrupt Election Day in 2018 or 2020 is one of the big unanswered questions.

Demonstrators outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., in 2014 react to hearing the court's decision on the Hobby Lobby birth control case. A judge in California has blocked implementation of a Trump administration policy that would let more employers decline to offer birth control coverage on religious or moral grounds.

Judge Blocks Trump Birth Control Policy In 13 States And D.C.

The policy makes good on Trump's promise to peel back the requirement that employers offer contraception coverage at no cost. The rule is on hold in D.C. and the 13 states that challenged it.

Luckin Coffee customers use an app and can pick up their coffee in three minutes or have it delivered. Above, a deliveryman in Beijing.

China's Luckin Coffee Tries To Conquer A Nation Of Tea Drinkers

In less than two years, the Chinese brand has opened 2,300 stores — second in China only to Starbucks. The company went public on Nasdaq on Friday. And it's losing millions.

Jennifer Brooks, who had repeatedly visited the emergency room at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, was sued by Southeastern Emergency Physicians for $8,500 in unpaid medical bills.

A Private Equity-Owned Doctors' Group Sued Poor Patients Until It Came Under Scrutiny

After the Blackstone Group acquired a large national physician staffing firm in 2017, low-income patients faced far more debt collection lawsuits. They stopped only after news media investigated.

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) attends a Youth Climate Strike on March 15 in Washington. On Thursday, the New York Post incited criticism by featuring a partial quote by Omar with an image of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack.

'New York Post' Denounced For Publishing Sept. 11 Photo With Rep. Ilhan Omar Words

The newspaper's cover featured an image of the 2001 terrorist attack and a partial quote by Omar about the incident. Fellow lawmakers and activists expressed outrage at the paper's editorial decision.

One of the four non-profits to benefit from the Google matching campaign is Doctors Without Borders, which held an Ebola training program last week in Amsterdam.

Google Asks Users To Help Fight Ebola — And They Answer With Cash

For the first time ever, Google reached out to users in a matching campaign to help fund Ebola treatment and prevention. The company's philanthropic director explains why.

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un listens during a meeting in February with President Trump at the second U.S.-North Korea summit in Hanoi.

Kim Tightens Leadership Over North Korea In Major Government Reshuffle

The North Korean leader shunted aside a pair of long-serving senior officials and seated a newly elected parliament. The move is thought to be aimed at helping Kim ride out U.S. sanctions.

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