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Veterans Claiming Illness From Burn Pits Lose Court Fight

Hundreds of veterans sued military contractor KBR Inc., alleging toxic smoke from burn pits at military bases made them ill. A federal appellate court said compensation must come from Congress.

2 Goldman Sachs Bankers Charged In Malaysian Financial Scandal

The federal indictment unsealed Thursday says they conspired to commit money laundering and bribery, misusing billions of dollars of Malaysian government funds.

Mary Mills, longtime intensive care nurse, feels the response to coronavirus at her Seattle hospital has been haphazard. She worries the growing number of patients will overwhelm the ICUs in the coming days.

Seattle Nurses Scrounge For Masks To Stay Safe On Pandemic's Front Lines

The first U.S cluster of coronavirus cases began in the Seattle area, and the case count is growing. Now nurses face shortages of protective gear, and confusion and fear about how to stay safe.

Ken Cuccinelli had been considered President Trump's top choice to lead Homeland Security. Instead, he'll be the deputy to the new acting secretary, Chad Wolf.

Chad Wolf Becomes Acting Head Of Homeland Security, Names Ken Cuccinelli His Deputy

Wolf had authored a memo calling for the separation of families at the border. Cuccinelli is an immigration hard-liner who was once seen as President Trump's pick for the top job.

Southern Star Tattoo in Atlanta seen Thursday. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is easing restrictions to reopen the state's economy starting Friday.

Sun Rays, Disinfectants And False Hopes: Misinformation Litters The Road To Reopening

Georgia is set to open up lots of businesses Friday — despite not meeting the benchmarks to move into phase one of the White House's reopening guidelines.

Water from the Flint River flows through the Hamilton Dam. In 2014, the city switched from Detroit's water system to the Flint River, setting the stage for a crisis that sickened residents and cost the mayor and other officials their jobs.

5 Years After Flint's Crisis Began, Is The Water Safe?

"In some ways we're better," says activist Melissa Mays. "In other ways, we're forever poisoned, damaged, traumatized ... that's not gonna ever be better."

The CDC is still trying to understand the mechanism by which Vitamin E acetate, an additive in some vapes, injures lung tissue. It may interfere with a natural fluid in the lung called surfactant, which helps make lung tissue stretchy. Or a byproduct may be a toxic chemical.

CDC Confirms A THC Additive, Vitamin E Acetate, Is The Culprit In Most Vaping Deaths

The spate of more than 2,500 acute vaping-related lung injuries tracked by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is on the decline, epidemiologists say, and the number of deaths has slowed.

Former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin defends pardoning and commuting sentences for more than 400 convicted people in his final days in office.

Ex-Kentucky Gov. Defends Controversial Pardons For Child Rapist, Murderer

Matt Bevin told Kentucky station WHAS Thursday: "If you had been repeatedly sexually violated, as a small child, by an adult, there are going to be repercussions of that physically and medically."

Even the Federal Reserve has noticed ghosting, which it defines as "a situation where a worker stops coming to work without notice and then is impossible to contact."

In A Hot Labor Market, Some Employees Are 'Ghosting' Bad Bosses

More employers say they're being "ghosted," the Federal Reserve noted recently. That's when a worker just stops coming to work and is impossible to contact. The strong economy may help explain it.

Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh, under investigation in connection with lucrative sales of her children's book, was the subject of a federal raid Thursday morning.

FBI And IRS Raid Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh's Home And Offices At City Hall

Pugh is being investigated after receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars in payments for a self-published children's book from private companies that were subject to her influence.

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