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Latinas use social networks to get informal no-interest loans and save money. They're called "cundinas" or "tandas" and politicians are taking notice.

Russia has a long and legendary literary tradition that can perhaps give us insight into their president today.

Prisoners in China's re-education-through-labor camps make everything from electronics to shoes, which find their way into U.S. homes. U.S. efforts to stop their export have met with limited success.

State law makes it legal in some cases for undercover cops to have sex with prostitutes. At first, police officials expressed concern about eliminating that exemption. Now they're OK with a change.

The Obama administration and state health exchanges have been knocking themselves out to make sure people know they can't buy individual insurance after March 31. But most uninsured people don't know.

The company, citing religious objections, says it shouldn't have to provide contraception coverage in its health plan. The coverage is mandated by the Affordable Care Act.

The craft store chain's conservative Christian owners object to the Affordable Care Act mandate to include coverage for birth control in company health insurance plans.

California legislators are considering a reversal on a law banning bare-hand contact with ready-to-eat food before inspectors begin slapping fines on eateries this summer.

Legislators were surprised and outraged to learn that a decades-old state law made it legal in some cases for undercover cops to have sexual relations with prostitutes. They're vowing to change that.

Honolulu's police department wants to keep an exemption from arrest that is not included in a proposed state law. Critics say the police don't need to go all the way to break up prostitution rings.