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The U.S. food system makes junk food plentiful and cheap. Eating a diet based on whole foods like fresh fruit and vegetables can promote health - but can also strain a tight grocery budget. Food leaders are looking for ways to improve how Americans eat.

The U.S. diet is deadly. Here are 7 ideas to get Americans eating healthier

The way many Americans eat is fueling chronic disease. Here are seven big ideas from the White House's upcoming nutrition conference for how to improve Americans' diets.

In this Aug. 8, 2016, file photo, Ibtihaj Muhammad waits for her match at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

A New Jersey teacher accused of pulling a student's hijab sues an Olympic fencer

A girl reported to her mother in October 2021 that her teacher had yanked her hijab from her head while at school. The teacher says the Olympian's social media post ruined her reputation and career.

With A Staggering Depth Of 196 Feet, The World's Deepest Pool Is Opening In Dubai

At 196 feet deep, Deep Dive Dubai has set the record for the deepest diving pool. Visitors can explore, play pool and chess, and visit an underwater library.

George Pérez, celebrated comic book artist who redefined Wonder Woman, has died

Pérez died on Friday at age 67. In a career that spanned over four decades, Pérez's meticulous pencil was behind some of the biggest comic book heroes.

Inside the rise of 'stealerships' and the shady economics of car buying

Car dealerships deploy tricks and traps to make as much money as they can from you. Here's what I learned when trying to buy a new car.

A visual representation of the digital Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin. A new report says the technology's security is vulnerable.

Cryptocurrency tech is vulnerable to tampering, a DARPA analysis finds

A new analysis commissioned by DARPA quantifies how the decentralized tech that runs the currency system could be compromised.

President Bill Clinton holds up his hands indicating no more questions as he and Chinese President Jiang Zemin hold a joint press conference in 1997 in Washington, D.C. Clinton confirmed that he agreed to lift a ban on the export of nuclear power technology to China.

What 3 past Taiwan Strait crises can teach us about U.S.-China tensions today

Both the U.S. and China stepped up military activity in the region ahead of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Taiwan visit. Here's what is different now from crises in the Taiwan Strait decades ago.

Hanna "Anya" Antoniuk, 22, fled her home in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, after the Russian invasion. After she crossed into Poland, she saw a column of men offering rides. "No way I would have gotten into a strange man's car," she says. She was relieved to find a female-only carpooling service instead.

Polish women band together to give Ukrainian women car rides to safe refuge

Spooked by reports that traffickers are waiting at the Ukraine-Poland border, a Polish woman started an all-women car service to drive Ukrainian refugee women and children to homes or shelters.

ICARDA lab employee Bilal Inaty cuts a lentil plant in order to test it for various diseases at the ICARDA research station in the village of Terbol in Lebanon's Bekaa valley, on Dec. 21, 2022.

How ancient seeds from the Fertile Crescent could help save us from climate change

Some of the tens of thousands of seeds stored at a facility in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley may hold keys to helping the planet's food supply adapt to climate change. Many seeds were saved from Syria's war.

File photo of John Parkin, co-owner of Coyote Point Armory displaying a handgun at his store in Burlingame, Calif., June 23, 2022.

California takes aim at Supreme Court's concealed gun ruling

An Assembly committee advanced a bill Tuesday that would restrict concealed carry to those 21 and older. It would require applicants to disclose all prior arrests, criminal convictions and restraining or protective orders.

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