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An Israeli army battle tank moves along the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel on May 7.

A timeline of events leading up to Israel's Rafah offensive

The Gaza Strip's Rafah border crossing with Egypt has been a key lifeline for people in the Palestinian enclave. Here is a timeline of events since Oct. 7, 2023, leading up to Israel's offensive.

Medicaid plans aren't required to cover Wegovy for weight loss and obesity, but some do and others are considering adding it for those uses.

Decades-old law limits access to Wegovy for Medicaid beneficiaries

New medications like Wegovy are changing the way people lose weight and manage obesity, but many Medicaid beneficiaries can't get them.

Virginia Rep. Jennifer Wexton used text-to-speech technology to advocate for her bill on the House floor Monday, following her diagnosis with the rare brain condition known as progressive supranuclear palsy.

A lawmaker with a brain disease used voice assist to back her bill on the House floor

Rep. Jennifer Wexton of Virginia was diagnosed last year with rare disease that makes it hard to speak. She still advocated for a bill renaming a post office in her district – and the House passed it.

Traveling internationally with a dog — or adopting one from abroad — just got a bit more complicated. The CDC issued new rules intended to reduce the risk of importing rabies.

The CDC issues new rules for bringing dogs into the U.S., aimed at keeping out rabies

The CDC announced stricter regulations for importing dogs from abroad — or traveling internationally with your furry companions.

Arthur Hughes plays the title character in Hulu's four-part series, Shardlake.

Beautifully acted 'Shardlake' brings 500-year-old Tudor intrigue into the present day

A London barrister in Henry VIII's England finds himself investigating a murder in a monastery. Hulu's new four-part series, based on C.J. Sansom's 2003 novel, feels strikingly contemporary.

In a decade of drug overdoses, more than 320,000 American children lost a parent

New research documents how many children lost a parent to an opioid or other overdose in the period from 2011 to 2021. Bereaved children face elevated risks to their physical and emotional health.

UC San Diego students sit on the lawn of Matthews Quad in a demonstration against the war in Gaza, May 8, 2024.

After campus crackdown, UC San Diego students march for Gaza ceasefire

The peaceful demonstration is an indication that students are not giving up their demand that the university divest from companies involved in the war.

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis listens during the final arguments in her disqualification hearing on March 1 in Atlanta. She was allowed to remain on the case if a special prosecutor she hired resigned.

Georgia appeals court will review decision on Trump case DA, bringing another delay

The Georgia Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments after former President Trump appealed a decision allowing Fulton County DA Fani Willis to stay on the criminal case involving him and others.

Want to lend a friend money? Ask yourself if you can afford to never see it again

Lending money to family and friends is a tricky business. What if they don't pay you back? What if you don't have the cash? Financial experts weigh in on the topic.

The Taliban has a history of supporting the use of stoning as a punishment for "moral crimes" — reiterated in a statement this year by their supreme leader. Above: In 2015, Afghan Solidarity members gather in Kabul to protest Taliban militants who stoned an Afghan woman to death in the Taliban-controlled area outside Firozkoh, the capital of central Ghor province. She was accused of adultery.

Taliban affirms that stoning will be punishment for adulterers — especially women

In a recording, the group's leader declared: "We will flog the women ... we will stone them to death in public [for crimes]." What does Islamic law say on the matter? And have stonings taken place?

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