U.S. & World

The synchronized emergence of periodic cicadas is an evolutionary strategy. But some scientists think global warming could be affecting the insects’ cycles.

A mom says “the unthinkable happened” when she was handed the wrong baby in a hospital maternity ward and cared for the infant for several hours.

Israeli officials sound increasingly concerned that the International Criminal Court could issue arrest warrants for the country’s leaders more than six months into the Israel-Hamas war.

The next time you receive a medical bill, take a close look at it line by line. A certain type of fee is popping up on more and more bills, and experts say it can range anywhere from a couple bucks to $1,000.

King Charles III is returning to public duties with a visit to a cancer treatment charity, beginning his carefully managed comeback after the monarch’s own cancer diagnosis sidelined him for three months.

The search engine can feed one’s availability bias, or the tendency to think easily accessible information is the most factual information.

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, a historic shift to generations of American drug policy that could have wide ripple effects across the country.

The Environmental Protection Agency has finalized a ban on consumer uses of methylene chloride, a chemical widely used as a paint stripper but known to cause liver cancer and other health problems.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force announced the updated guidance Tuesday

Britney Spears and her father Jamie Spears have settled the remaining issues in the court conservatorship that controlled her life and affairs for nearly 14 years.

Automatic emergency braking will have to come standard on all U.S. new passenger vehicles in five years.

The musical “Hell’s Kitchen” fueled by Alicia Keys songs, and the play “Stereophonic” about a ’70s rock band at the edge of stardom each earned a leading 13 Tony Award nominations Tuesday.

A Virginia woman mourning the death of her dog says a veterinarian prescribed one medication, a pharmacy provided another and her longtime companion died within days.