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When Kristie Fields was undergoing treatment for breast cancer nine years ago, a nurse suggested she go on the local news and ask for help with her medical bills. Fields says she and her husband quickly dismissed the idea.

'We're not doing that': A Black couple won't crowdfund to pay medical debt

Kristie Fields, a cancer patient in Virginia was urged to go public to seek help for her medical bills. But she worried about feeding hurtful stereotypes.

This combo of images provided by the Kent County, Mich., jail shows Barry Croft Jr., left, and Adam Fox.

2 men are found guilty of conspiring to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

A jury convicted two men of conspiring to kidnap Michigan's governor in 2020 in a plot prosecutors described as a rallying cry for a U.S. civil war by anti-government extremists.

A cannabis joint is lit in this undated photo.

California sees increase in cannabis-related ER visits by older adults

A UCSD study found that cannabis-linked ER admissions were up 1,804% for people over 65 from 2005 to 2019.

Cormac McCarthy attends the New York premiere of <em>The Road</em>, the film adaptation of his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name, in 2009.

Cormac McCarthy, American novelist of the stark and dark, dies at 89

The author of The Road, Blood Meridian and No Country For Old Men embodied a strong Southwestern sensibility, writing often about men grappling with the existence of evil.

In this photo released by Colombia's Armed Forces Press Office, soldiers and others pose for a photo on Friday with the four children who were missing after a deadly plane crash in the Solano jungle, Caqueta state, Colombia.

4 children lost for 40 days after a plane crash are found alive in Colombian jungle

The children — ranging from 11 months to 13 years old — survived a May 1 Amazon crash that killed three adults and then wandered on their own in the jungle before being found alive by soldiers.

Luda Toryanyk, 58, walks across the railroad tracks in Kozacha Lopan, Ukraine, on Sunday. The village was retaken by Ukrainian troops on Sept. 11 after being occupied by Russian forces for more than six months. Toryanyk carries home bags of food that Ukrainian volunteers were distributing in the center of the village.

In a retaken border village, Ukrainians point to signs of Russian abuse of civilians

Villagers describe allegations of abuse and officials say they found a torture chamber in Kozacha Lopan, in the Kharkiv region, which Russian forces invaded and took over at the start of the war.

San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station is pictured on June 9, 2023

Nuclear storage talks could mean changes for San Onofre

The Department of Energy is spending $26 million to explore possibilities for building temporary storage for spent nuclear fuel rods.

In March 2023, five women and two doctors sued the state of Texas over its abortion bans, saying they were putting patients at risk. Eight additional plaintiffs have joined the lawsuit as of May 22.

More women sue Texas saying the state's anti-abortion laws harmed them

More women who say they were put in danger by Texas' abortion bans are joining a lawsuit that seek to force the state to clarify medical exceptions in the laws.

The Federal Trade Commission has accused Amazon of harboring children's data even when parents request it to be deleted, as well giving its Ring employees access to users' videos.

Amazon must pay over $30 million over claims it invaded privacy with Ring and Alexa

The Federal Trade Commission has accused the online retailer of harboring children's data even when parents request it to be deleted, as well giving its Ring employees access to users' videos.

caroline: Tiny Desk Concert

The minimalist English octet stresses a communal spirit in its Tiny Desk performance.

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