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A doctor wearing a white lab coat uses a stethoscope to check the heart beat of an elderly patient wearing a grey polo shirt and blue jeans. There are anatomical charts hanging on the wall in the background.

This California ballot measure promises money for health care. Its critics warn it could backfire

Proposition 35 would dedicate tax revenue to pay doctors more if they see low-income patients with Medi-Cal insurance. Its critics worry the plan could run afoul of the federal government.

A sign outside a McDonald's restaurant is seen in Pittsburgh, on June 25, 2019. E. coli food poisoning linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers has sickened at least 49 people in 10 states, including one person who died and 10 who were hospitalized.

1 dead, dozens sickened in E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald's Quarter Pounders

E. coli food poisoning linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers has sickened at least 49 people in 10 states, including one person who died, federal health officials said.

The Christmas tree outside the U.S. Capitol is illuminated as Congress works to finalize a stop-gap spending bill to avoid a government shutdown.

Congress flirts with a holiday shutdown as GOP objects to bipartisan spending bill

Congressional leaders released a stop-gap spending bill to fund the government until March 14 but Republicans, including President-elect Trump, are objecting to additional spending in the bill.

Medicare could see changes under the Trump administration, including a shift toward Medicare Advantage.

Trump’s win could accelerate the privatization of Medicare

The former president's pending return to the White House could alter the very nature of Medicare, the nearly 60-year-old federal health care program.

In 2002, Ryan Wedding competed in the men's parallel giant slalom snowboarding event for Canada at the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics. He's now being pursued by federal agents under a U.S. operation dubbed Giant Slalom.

Former Canadian Olympian is accused of being a fugitive drug lord

Ryan Wedding was once an Olympic snowboarder. But now he faces federal charges of operating a sprawling cocaine trafficking ring — and ordering several murders.

Ethiopians wait for their ration of food supplies in February. The U.N.'s World Hunger Programme reports that in Ethiopia, "nearly 16 million people are food insecure because of drought, floods, desert locusts, COVID-19, conflict and economic shocks." The famine in Ethiopia in the mid-1980s was the impetus for the establishment of FEWS NET, a U.S.-funded famine alert project.

A respected U.S. famine warning system is 'currently unavailable.' What's the impact?

FEWS NET, the U.S. early warning system for famine, shut down after the foreign aid freeze. What are the consequences? And why does the U.S. has a famine early warning system in the first place?

Well water flows from pumps into a canal that will be used to irrigate a vineyard, Monday, July 25, 2022, in Rio Vista, Calif.

California farmers are hopeful Trump administration will deliver more water to fields

Since winning election, President-elect Donald Trump has been talking about immigration, border security and government efficiency. But in California farm country, his comments about water are also getting attention.

The satirical news site The Onion thought it purchased Alex Jones' Infowars at auction before a U.S. bankruptcy judge in Houston rejected the bid.

Judge denies Sandy Hook families' deal for a new auction of Alex Jones' Infowars

The ruling by a U.S. bankruptcy judge in Houston further complicates how and when Jones' bankruptcy case will be resolved and when the families he defamed will be paid.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission building is seen on September 19, 2006 in Washington, D.C.

Federal judge partially blocks U.S. ban on noncompetes

A federal judge in Texas has partially blocked the government's ban on noncompetes. An estimated 30 million U.S. workers are subject to the employment agreements.

Trucks move past cargo containers at a port in Bayonne, N.J., in 2021. The state is adopting California's Advanced Clean Trucks rules, which require at least 7% of medium- and heavy-duty vehicles sold in the state to be zero-emission for model year 2025. Dealers are petitioning for a delay, so far unsuccessfully.

'We are not California': New Jersey dealers push back on electric truck rules

Vehicle dealers are pushing back on rules that would increase the number of electric trucks sold in New Jersey. It could be a preview of a brewing fight over state rules about cars.

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