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Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam listens to a reporter's question during a news conference in Hong Kong, on Monday.

Hong Kong to lift flight bans and cut quarantine for arrivals

The local government also says it will suspend plans for a city-wide mass-testing exercise.

This hole was made in a Bronze Age man's skull shortly before he died, archaeologists say, based on several clues. It's the result of a surgical procedure called a trephination.

Clues to Bronze Age cranial surgery revealed in ancient bones

Archaeologists have discovered evidence of a rare type of skull surgery dating back to the Bronze Age that's similar to a procedure still being used today.

States filed lawsuits against corporations involved in the opioid crisis. Now, about $50 billion in settlement funds have begun to flow to state governments. Advocates want to make sure it is used to treat addiction.

Biden promised a watchdog for opioid settlement billions, but feds are quiet so far

Billions of dollars are headed to state and local governments to address the opioid crisis. If the federal government fails to oversee how the money is spent, advocates worry it will be wasted.

Protests in Sri Lanka have turned violent amid power, food and medicine shortages

NPR's Adrian Florido talks with journalist Sulochana Ramiah about Sri Lanka's protests, which have turned violent. The country is in crisis, with power blackouts and food shortages.

In this Aug. 30, 2021, file photo, vehicles idle in bumper-to-bumper traffic after a wildfire evacuation order in South Lake Tahoe, Calif. The threat the Caldor Fire poses to Lake Tahoe residents is exposing differences between laws against price-gouging in Nevada and California.

First Flames, Then Fees: Tahoe Evacuees Report Price-Gouging

The threat the Caldor Fire poses to Lake Tahoe residents is exposing differences between laws against price-gouging in Nevada and California.

The federal government's new opioid prescribing guidelines may help doctors better manage patients with chronic pain who need consistent doses of pain medicines. For example, one patient takes tramadol regularly for serious pain caused by osteogenesis imperfecta, or brittle bone disease.

CDC issues new opioid prescribing guidance, giving doctors more leeway to treat pain

The updated recommendations seek to course correct after guidelines from 2016 were criticized for harshly limiting access to needed pain medication.

A large assortment of fruit flavored e-cigarettes lines a glass covered shelf inside of Fuego Smoke Shop, May 18, 2022.

Flavored tobacco is now off the market in California

While California's flavored tobacco ban is being hailed by health organizations, convenience store owners say the products are being unfairly targeted.

An error email leaves 9 million student loan borrowers in limbo

Millions of borrowers thought they were approved for debt relief, Federal Student Aid says it was a mistake.

Statues at the site of the discovery of two dozen well-preserved bronze statues from an ancient Tuscan thermal spring in San Casciano dei Bagni, Italy on Nov. 3.

Discovery of ancient bronze statues in Italy may rewrite Etruscan and Roman history

The discoveries shed light on what the Italian Culture Ministry calls a "unique multicultural and multilingual haven of peace" between Etruscans and Romans at a time when they were mostly at war.

An employee pours marijuana flowers onto a try at a Mango Cannabis medical marijuana dispensary, on March 6, 2023, in Oklahoma City. Oklahoma voters on Tuesday rejected a measure to legalize recreational marijuana.

States rake in billions from taxes on weed sales. Here's where the money goes

Voters in Oklahoma turned back a ballot measure that would have legalized adult recreational marijuana. By one estimate, totals for taxes on medical and recreational use reached $3.7 billion in 2021.

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