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In this photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, a U.S. Border Patrol agent watches as people who've been taken into custody related to cases of illegal entry into the United States, stand in line at a facility in McAllen, Texas, Sunday, June 17, 2018.

Pregnant Teens Especially Vulnerable In Border Centers

As tales of wretchedness and overcrowding in government border detention facilities abound, one group of migrants is particularly vulnerable: teen moms and pregnant girls without parents of their own.

Flu Season Rages On, Hitting Baby Boomers Unusually Hard

Flu is widespread throughout the country, according to latest federal numbers. Those 65 and older are the most affected, but baby boomers are ending up in the hospital at an unusually high rate.

Ivanka Trump, White House adviser and daughter of President Trump, speaks during an Axios360 News Shapers event Thursday at the Newseum in Washington, D.C.

Ivanka Trump: Family Separations A 'Low Point'

The president's daughter said she's "vehemently against" separating families, while adding that she's concerned about policies that encourage parents to send children on dangerous journeys.

Adding a work requirement to Medicaid could make it harder for people who have health problems from getting access to care, analysts say.

Medicaid Work Requirement Wouldn't Shrink Spending Much

Most of the people on Medicaid are elderly, disabled or children, so a GOP proposal to require able-bodied recipients to work probably won't add up to big cost savings, analysts say.

'Star Spangled Scandal': How An 1859 Sensationalized Crime Set A Modern Day Precedent

Author Chris DeRose's examination of "sex, murder and the trial that changed America" shows that glorification of true crime and partisan rancor is nothing new to American politics.

A network of reproductive rights advocates is working to share information about self-induced abortion, both in person and over the Internet.

With Abortion Restrictions On The Rise, Some Women Induce Their Own

Activists are spreading information about self-induced abortion online and in person. The World Health Organization says a single drug, misoprostol, can be used to safely induce abortion.

A report from the Human Rights Watch makes the case that federal law enforcers, police, and local prosecutors are concealing the origins of evidence and intelligence in scores of criminal cases, especially drug arrests.

Report Alleges Police Use Secret Evidence Collected By Feds To Make Arrests

A Human Rights Watch report raises questions about the legality of some investigative tactics federal, state and local police are allegedly using to mask sources of evidence in criminal cases.

Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge sits on land surrounding the famous Rocky Flats Nuclear Reservation that produced nuclear weapons during the Cold War.

A New Wildlife Refuge On The Grounds Around An Old Nuclear Weapons Plant

Land around the shuttered weapons production facility in Colorado known as Rocky Flats is slated to reopen today as a wildlife refuge. But some are questioning whether it's too soon to be safe.

A Border Patrol agent uses a computer in San Diego, Calif., June 5, 2014

Border Patrol Agents Who Shot, Wounded Rock-Throwing Suspect Identified

Authorities on Wednesday released the names of two U.S. Border Patrol officers involved in a weekend shooting that wounded a man who allegedly assaulted one of the lawmen's colleagues with a rock during a predawn encounter in the Tijuana River Valley.

More testing for HIV infection is one of the steps needed to halt the spread of the virus.

Halting U.S. HIV Epidemic By 2030: Difficult But Doable

The Trump administration has a plan to end the spread of HIV in the U.S. in 10 years. HIV/AIDS advocates say it's feasible but that the administration's actions on health run counter to the goal.

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