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Costa Rica's Ian Lawrence, right, vies for the ball with U.S. player DeAndre Yedlin during their FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 CONCACAF qualifier match in San Jose, Costa Rica, on Wednesday.

The U.S. men's soccer team qualifies for the World Cup despite its loss to Costa Rica

The U.S. will learn on Friday which three nations it will face in the group stage of the World Cup, which starts Nov. 21. The men's team returns after a 2018 loss that broke its qualifying streak.

The Navy granted Petty Officer First Class Juwairiya Webb an accommodation under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act to wear a hijab while on duty. Some attorneys worry that religious challenges to the military's COVID vaccine mandate may endanger future religious freedom cases.

Advocates worry military vaccine challenges could jeopardize other religious freedom cases

The military is taking a hard line on troops seeking religious exemptions to the COVID vaccine mandate. Lawyers say that could have consequences for others who seek different kinds of religious accommodations.

Preventive care should be free to patients under the Affordable Care Act, but Elizabeth Melville of Sunapee, NH., was charged $2,185 for a colonoscopy in 2021.

Cancer screenings like colonoscopies are supposed to be free. Hers cost $2,185

Preventive care, like screening colonoscopies, is supposed to be free of charge to patients under the Affordable Care Act. But some hospitals haven't gotten the memo.

Workers in protective suits clean the contaminated beach after an oil spill in Huntington Beach, Calif., on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021. The Coast Guard received the first report of a possible oil spill off the Southern California coast more than 12 hours before a company reported a major leak in its pipeline and a cleanup effort was launched, records show.

Oil pipeline planned even as California moves away from gas

A proposed oil pipeline in California that could allow ExxonMobil to resume production at three offshore platforms is expected to enter a critical phase of its government review next year.

Lake Charles native James Hiatt looks out across the Devil's Elbow - an off-shoot of the Calcasieu River -toward what could soon be the site of one of nine liquefied natural gas export terminals planned in southwest Louisiana.

The U.S. may soon export more gas to the EU, but that will complicate climate goals

To help wean Europe off Russian gas, the Biden administration wants to increase U.S. natural gas exports. But critics say that's at odds with the president's climate and environmental justice goals.

Assemblyman Jim Cooper, D-Elk Grove asks a question to Nancy Farias, the newly appointed director of the California Employment Development Department, seen in video monitor, during a hearing of an Assembly budget subcommittee at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022.

Anti-unemployment fraud measures in California face scrutiny

California Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration wants to pay tens of millions of dollars this year to stop scammers from stealing unemployment benefits.

A TV screen shows a news report on North Korea's missile launch with file footage of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, at a train station in Seoul on May 4. North Korea launched a ballistic missile toward its eastern waters, South Korean and Japanese officials said, days Kim vowed to bolster his nuclear arsenal "at the fastest possible pace" and threatened to use them against rivals.

North Korea may conduct a missile or nuclear test timed with Biden's visit to Asia

Pyongyang has conducted 16 missile test launches this year. Seoul and Washington are on alert for a possible new test launch, timed to coincide with President Biden's visit starting Friday.

DOJ arrests New York couple and seizes $3.6 billion in bitcoin related to 2016 hack

Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan were arrested Tuesday in Manhattan on money laundering and conspiracy charges.

A health care worker administers a dose of a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to a child at a pediatrician's office in Bingham Farms, Michigan. Federal agencies are considering whether to start giving the vaccine to children aged 5-11 in the near future.

When can kids under 12 get their shots? Here's the timeline

There are a couple of big steps to get through before U.S. kids under 12 might be able to get the vaccine. Here's how the process works and when the shots could arrive.

4 tips for parents and caregivers who want to go to college

Being a student parent or student caregiver comes with its own unique challenges — challenges not every college is equipped to help with.

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