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Smog In Western U.S. Starts Out As Pollution In Asia, Researchers Say

By tripling their emission of pollutants, Asian countries have contributed as much as 65 percent of a rise in ozone levels in the western U.S., scientists say.

For Teens Knee-Deep In Negativity, Reframing Thoughts Can Help

Irritation and gloom may seem like the default mode for teenagers, but parents can help them gain a more realistic and resilient way of thinking. A clinical psychologist explains how.

Anastasio Hernandez Rojas stands with two of his children at a Coronado beach in this undated photograph.

Initial OK Given To $1M Settlement In Border Death Case

Anastasio Hernandez Rojas died in 2010, after border agents shot him multiple times with a Taser.

Sears, once the monolith of American retail, says that there is "substantial doubt" that it will be able to keep its doors open. Company shares tumbled more than 12 percent Wednesday. Above, the department store's location in Brooklyn's Flatbush neighborhood today.

Can Sears Survive? Maybe Not, Company Admits In Financial Filings

Shares of the company's stock tumbled 12 percent today after the company acknowledged Tuesday that its future viability is not a sure thing. The company lost $2 billion last year.

Places are reserved for journalists in the hearing room ahead of U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions' testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee about Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election in the Hart Senate Office Building on Tuesday. More such hearings are still to come.

This Week, Will The Russia Story Actually Be About Russia?

Members of Congress have more big hearings planned at which current and former U.S. officials are set to talk about Russian interference and the integrity of state election systems.

After the WannaCry cyberattack hit computer systems worldwide, Microsoft says governments should report software vulnerabilities instead of collecting them. Here, a ransom window announces the encryption of data on a transit display in eastern Germany on Friday.

WannaCry Ransomware: Microsoft Calls Out NSA For 'Stockpiling' Vulnerabilities

The NSA's losing control of the software behind the WannaCry cyberattack is like "the U.S. military having some of its Tomahawk missiles stolen," Microsoft President Brad Smith says.

Visitors and medical personnel enter a transport plane carrying Otto Warmbier at a Cincinnati regional airport Tuesday. Warmbier, who was released and medically evacuated from North Korea, has been in a coma for months, his parents said.

After Otto Warmbier's Release, Will U.S. Ban Travel To North Korea?

It's highly unusual for the government to restrict the ability of Americans to go abroad. A full-on ban would have to come from Congress, but the secretary of state has authority to restrict travel.

For Chronic Low Back Pain, Mindfulness Can Beat Painkillers

Meditation can help relieve chronic back pain, and so can cognitive behavioral therapy, a study finds. But good luck getting insurance to pay for it.

The U.S. Capitol is seen reflected in the windows of the Capitol Visitors Center as lawmakers worked to avert a government shutdown on Friday in Washington, D.C.

Government Hurtles Toward Midnight Shutdown

A procedural vote appeared likely to fail in the Senate that would have moved forward a stopgap measure to fund the government for four weeks. Now, a midnight shutdown looks inevitable.

Surfers pass in front of the San Onofre nuclear power plant, June 7, 2013.

Parties In Challenge To Nuclear Waste Storage At San Onofre Headed Into Settlement Talks

Next week's trial to determine the legality of a plan to store 3.6 million pounds of deadly waste from the shuttered San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station near the sea has been postponed to enter settlement talks.

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