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Jessica Jones (center) speaks to people gathered around the Ben & Jerry's "Yes on 4" Truck about Florida's Amendment 4 initiative at Charles Hadley Park in Miami, on Oct. 22. Amendment 4 asked voters to restore the voting rights of people with past felony convictions.

Over 1 Million Florida Felons Win Right To Vote With Amendment 4

The state approved a key ballot initiative that will restore voting rights to citizens who have served sentences for certain crimes.

Yeni Gonzalez (center), a Guatemalan mother who was separated from her three children at the U.S.-Mexico border, is embraced by volunteer Janey Pearl Starks as pictures of other children separated from their families are displayed during a news conference on Tuesday in New York City. Gonzalez saw her children in a New York City facility for the first time since mid-May.

Migrant Parents Face Major Obstacles Before They Can Regain Custody Of Their Children

Guatemalan migrant Yeni Gonzalez was reunited with her three children in New York City for the first time since they were separated at the Southwest border. Their reunion was emotional but temporary.

Respiratory therapist Deena Neace checks James Muncy's blood pressure and pulse during a therapy session at the New Beginnings Pulmonary Rehab Clinic in South Williamson, Ky. Muncy is one of thousands of coal miners across Appalachia who are dying of advanced black lung.

'I Figured It Was Going To Be A Horrible Death, And It Probably Will Be'

Thousands of coal miners across Appalachia are grappling with complicated black lung, a disease that has drastically changed their lives, their communities and their families.

When Ohio voters head to the polls Tuesday, they'll be able to weigh in on a ballot measure that aims to get better drug prices for state programs.

Voters Confused By Ohio's Ballot Question On Drug Prices

Ohio voters are being asked by a ballot initiative to consider making a law that would require the state to pay no more for prescription drugs than the federal Department of Veterans Affairs does.

It looks like snow, but salt has leached to the surface of the flat stretch of exposed lakebed of Red Hill Bay on Feb. 25, 2019.

Salton Sea Management Effort Lags As Water Continues To Recede

California's largest lake is shrinking, and while the state has promised to manage the Salton Sea, those management efforts are lagging.

This June, instructions were posted at an early voting precinct in Bismarck, N.D. In that primary election, tribal IDs that did not show residential addresses were accepted as voter ID. But those same IDs will not be accepted in the general election.

Many Native IDs Won't Be Accepted At North Dakota Polling Places

The Supreme Court has upheld a state law requiring voters' IDs to have street addresses, which many reservations do not use. Native American groups are now scrambling to prepare for Election Day.

Danielle Holland reacts as she is given the FluMist vaccine in St. Leonard, Md., Oct. 4, 2005.

Federal Panel Recommends Against Using FluMist

An advisory committee of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends against using the nasal spray flu vaccine during the upcoming flu season.

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday. DeVos testified on the fiscal year 2018 budget request for the Education Department.

Asked About Discrimination, Betsy DeVos Said This 14 Times

The education secretary told lawmakers at a hearing, "Let me be clear: Schools that receive federal funds must follow federal law." If only federal law were clear.

An immigrant child looks out from a U.S. Border Patrol bus leaving as protesters block the street outside the U.S. Border Patrol Central Processing Center in McAllen, Texas., June 23, 2018.

More Than 200 Immigrant Children Remain Separated From Their Parents

More than 200 children are still separated from their parents after the U.S. separated nearly 3,000 of them at the border.

Purdue Pharma, maker of the opioid OxyContin, has a subsidiary that won a patent for a treatment for opioid addiction.

Drugmakers Play The Patent Game To Lock In Prices, Block Competitors

Pharmaceutical companies like Purdue Pharma, maker of OxyContin, often win patents for incremental changes with debatable value. Now there's a twist involving an opioid addiction treatment.

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