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Four U.S. states are still struggling with high rates of lead poisoning from soil, pipes and paint. It impacts thousands of people each year, especially low-income communities and families of color.

California's attorney general is investigating oil and gas companies for allegedly deceiving the public that most plastic can be recycled, citing NPR and PBS Frontline's investigation of the industry.

Roughly $61 million dollars earmarked for permanent supportive housing in San Diego County has gone unclaimed.

A redrawn Phoenix-area district represented by Rep. Greg Stanton is ground zero for the kind of race Democrats need to win in order to keep control of the House.

The U.S. had halted inspections of avocados from Mexico on Saturday, after a USDA inspector received a verbal threat.

Jeanine Pirro, Tucker Carlson and others are being grilled under oath in a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News for spreading lies about a voting tech company's role in the 2020 elections.

A major part of the three former police officers' defense is that they were inadequately trained in intervention and that they deferred to the senior officer on the scene.

Authorities said the two fugitives were taken into custody near Evansville, Ind., after a chase with U.S. Marshals. The corrections officer has died, officials said.

A group of students challenged the college's policy, saying it violated their rights to reject medical treatment, among other things.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen spoke to Morning Edition about global efforts to choke off much of Russia's profit from oil sales and the odds of a recession in the U.S.